Announcing the winners of the Cine Gouna Awards in its eighth edition

 

CineGouna to support film production, the El Gouna Film Festival platform for supporting Arab film projects in the development and post-production stages, announced the full list of winners of the prizes for the eighth edition of the program, the total prizes of which exceeded 300,000 US dollars, represented by financial and service support prizes provided by the El Gouna Festival and its sponsors.

 

Where the Cine Gouna jury to support film production, consisting of the Spanish producer Esiona Pasola, the Egyptian director, producer and writer Ahmed Amer, and the Moroccan producer Lamia Chraibi, after consultation with the sponsoring companies, distributed 29 valuable prizes to 17 projects out of 19 that competed on this platform.

 

 

Amr Mansi, co-founder and executive director of the El Gouna Film Festival, expressed his happiness with the great diversity of awards, and said: “During the year we proudly observed the repeated successes achieved by the films graduating from Cine Gouna to support film production, Which is reflected in the interest of filmmakers and donors on the platform, which has become a main station for the Arab film industry.”

While Ahmed Shawky, President of Cine Gouna to support film production, spoke about the eighth edition, saying: “During the days of Cine Gouna to support film production, the makers of the 19 participating projects held 114 individual meetings with the participating international companies, institutions and festivals. At the festival, they benefited from a training program tailored to the needs of each project, which makes everyone benefit, whether they win platform awards or not.

 

The full list of Cine Gouna awards to support film production 2025:

 

CineGouna Platform Certificate, and a financial award of 15,000 US dollars for the best project in the development stage: Salt (Tunisia, France, Belgium, Denmark, Qatar), directed by Rami Jarboui, produced by Ramzi Lammouri.

 

 

CineGouna Platform Certificate, and a financial award of $15,000 for the best film in post-production: The Man Who Bows Before Flowers (Lebanon), directed by Elian Raheb, produced by Cynthia Choucair.

 

10,000 US dollars provided by Film Square: I fear the day I meet you (Egypt), directed by Khaled Mansour, produced by Rasha Hosni.

 

10,000 US dollars financial award from Arab Radio and Television ART: Paradise Beirut (Lebanon, France) Directed by: Cynthia Sawma, Produced by: Georges Choucair and Matthew Gledhill.

 

10,000 USD cash prize from Abou Ghaly Motors: American Dream: The Return of Captain Kabonga (Egypt, Saudi Arabia) Directed by Amir El-Shenawy, Produced by Ahmed Abdel Peace.

 

10,000 US dollars financial award from Blue Bay Productions: Biso (Iraq, Denmark) Directed by Muslim Habib, produced by Mona Al-Kazemi and Tamara Amer.

 

10,000 US dollars financial award from the Sawiris Foundation For Cultural Development and the Drosos Foundation: An American Dream: The Return of Captain Kabonga (Egypt, Saudi Arabia) Directed by Amir El-Shenawy, Produced by Ahmed Abdel Salam.

 

8,000 US$ cash prize provided by Big Bang Studios: Blue Card (Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia) Directed by Mohamed El-Omda, Produced by Amjad Abu Alaa.

 

$5,000 Financial award from the Red Sea Film Foundation for a project in development: Paradise Beirut (Lebanon, France) Directed by: Cynthia Souma, Produced by: George Choucair and Matthew Gledhill.

 

$5,000 American financial award from the Red Sea Film Institute for a film in post-production: Qastal (Lebanon), directed and produced by Karim Kassem.

 

5,000 US dollars. Award from New Century Productions: Neither Patience nor Silence (Jordan, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia), directed by Basil Ghandour, produced by Rola Nasser

 

$5,000 prize money from Rise Studios: Paradise Beirut (Lebanon, France) Directed by: Cynthia Sawma, produced by: George Choucair and Matthew Gledhill.

 

$5,000 prize money from Narration: Dream American: The Return of Captain Kabonga (Egypt, Saudi Arabia), directed by Amir El-Shenawy, produced by Ahmed Abdel Salam.

 

5,000 US dollars for script development services with Maryam Naoum, narrated by: Assa (France), directed by Valentin Njeim, produced by Manon Messiaen.

 

50,000 US dollars for distribution of two films from MAD Solution: Assa (France), directed by Valentin Njeim, produced by Manon Messiaen.

 

13,500 US dollars for post-production services from B Media Productions: Halima (Morocco) Directed and produced by Yassin Al-Idrissi.

 

13,500 US dollars for post-production services from B Media Productions: Four Love Stories (Egypt) Directed by Majed Atta, Produced by Omnia Swaidan

 

12,000 US dollars for full DCP services from Shift Studios: Animals (Egypt), directed by Mourad Mostafa, produced by Sawsan Youssef

 

12,000 US dollars for full promotion services Complete from Shift Studios: An American Dream: The Return of Captain Kabonga (Egypt, Saudi Arabia), directed by Amir El-Shenawy, produced by Ahmed Abdel Salam. Peace.

 

$6,000 for post-production services from Big Bang Studios: Four Love Tales (Egypt) Directed by Maged Atta, produced by Omnia Suwaidan.

 

$5,000 for audio services provided by The Sound of Egypt: An American Dream: The Return of Captain Kabonga (Egypt, Saudi Arabia) Directed by Amir El-Shenawy, Produced by Ahmed Abdel Salam.

 

5,000 US dollars for audio services provided by The Sound of Egypt: The Four Love Tales (Egypt) Directed by Maged Atta, Produced by Omnia Swaidan.

 

An invitation to attend the Rotterdam Film Lab valued at $5,000 from the Arab Cinema Center: Your Voice is Just (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan) directed by Rana Matar, produced by Lama Jamjoum.

 

An invitation to cover costs for a project in The development stage for participation in the Turin Film Laboratory TFL NEXT, with the participation fee covering 1,700 euros from the Turin Film Laboratory and IEFTA: To slaughter the cow!  (Morocco) Directed and produced by Asmaa Al-Dir.

 

Invitation to participate in a French festival presented by the French Embassy in Cairo / French Institute: Animals (Egypt), directed by Mourad Mostafa, produced by Sawsan Youssef.

 

Invitation to participate in the documentary film market The Mediterranean (Medimed): Concrete Land (Jordan, Palestine) Directed by Asmaa Bakrat, Produced by Ban Maraqa.

 

Invitation to participate in the Durban Film Market presented by Durban Film Mart: To slaughter the cow!  (Morocco) Directed and produced by Asmaa Al-Dir.

 

One-year membership in DAE services provided by the European Documentary Film Institute DEA: Disappeared (France, Syria, Lebanon) Directed by Anas Zawahri, produced by Ahmed Al-Hajj.