The Golden Pyramid for Best Film

For a simple and moving account of a man searching to become the father that he never was The Golden Pyramid for best film, to be awarded to the director

• Film: Rendez-Vous in Kiruna         
• Directed by: Anna Novion     
• Produced by: La Mouche du Coche
• Country: (France)

The Silver Pyramid

For its transformation of our contemporary economic crisis into a truly modern tragedy Special Jury Prize, awarded to the director:

• Film: L’industriale
• Directed by: Guiliano Montaldo
• Produced by: Bibi Film
• Country: (Italy)

Shadi Abdel Salam

For its timely, sensitive and touching depiction of an important family issue The "Shadi Abdel Salam" award For the first film,(Presented to the director)

• Vanessa Di Quattro
• For her role in Film: Breach in the Silence
• Directed by: Luis Alejandro & Andres Eduardo Rodriguez
• Produced by: The Motion Illusion Project
• Country: ( Venezuela )

Isis Prize for Best Actress

For her bold performance in a film that tears off the mask of oppression:

• Vanessa Di Quattro
• For her role in Film:  Breach in the Silence
• Directed by: Luis Alejandro & Andres Eduardo Rodriguez
• Produced by: The Motion Illusion Project
• Country: ( Venezuela )

Isis Prize for Best Actor

For his rich and subtle performance as an older man facing a new turn in his life:

• To the Actor: Marian Dziedziel
• For his role in Film: The Fifth Season of the Year
• Directed by: Jerzy Domaradzki
• Produced by: WFDIF
• Country: (Poland)

Naguib Mahfouz Award

Goes to a Film with high artistic value inviting for dialogue, cohabitation and acceptance of the other.

• Film: The Miscreants
• Directed by: Mohcine Besri
• Produced by: Tamawayt Productions
• Country: (Morocco)

Isis Prize for Best Actress

• Actress: Adila Ben Dimerad
• Film: The Repentant
• Directed by: Merzak Allouache
• Produced by: Yacine Djadi, Baya Films
• Country: (Algeria- France)

Isis Prize for Best Actor

• Goes to the Great Actor: Saad Al Farag
• For his role in Film: Tora Bora
• Directed by: Walid Al Awadi
• Produced by: C Sky Pictures
• Country: (Kuwait)

Arab films Competition (Special Mention)

For the Rich Image and Scenes

• For his Film: Heels of War
• To the Director: Joe Bou Eid
• Produced by: Naftaleen Entertainment
• Country (Lebanon).

Arab films Competition (Special Mention)

For its optimistic Vision regarding the Palestinian Cause

• For the film “When I Saw You”
• To the Director: Anne Marie Jacir
• Produced by: Philistine Films
• Country (Palestine- Jordan).

Arab films Competition (Special Mention)

Prize of the 35th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, The exceptional edition held in exceptional circumstances, The Prize goes to a film with a high cinematographic language that detects the results of the 25th of January revolution. It has a distinguished direction- Dialogue and acting:

• Film: El-sheta elli-fat (Winter of Discontent)
• Directed by: Ibrahim El Batout
• Produced by: Zad Communication and Production LLC
• Country: (Egypt)

Human Rights Competition The Tahrir Square Prize

Awarded to the best film promoting the values of Human Rights, and given to the director And for the very fine cinematique language and for a vision of a better word where people live in peace and with tolerance and acceptance. We the members of the Jury award:

• Film: Rose
• Directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski
• Produced by: WFDIF
• Country: (Poland)

Human Rights Competition (Special Mention)

After much deliberation we would like to award a special mention to a film that recognizes with humor and warmth the right to all humans beings to live and die with Dignity, The special merit award goes to the direction crew, and inspiring cast of :

• The Film: Full Circle
• Directed by: Zhang Yang
• Produced by: Dasen International Media CO, LTD.
• Country: (China)

The FIPRESCI Award

Goes to:

• Directors: Luis Alejandro & Andres Eduardo Rodriguez
• For their film: Breach in the Silence
• Produced by: The Motion Illusion Project
• Country: (Venezuela)

Presented to the Feature Film

• Two Rooms and a Parlor
• Directed by: Sherif El Bendari
• Produced by: Racha Najdi
• Country: (Egypt- Lebanon)

Presented to the Feature Documentary

• Little
• Directed by: Nagham Osman
• Produced by: Karim Amer
• Country: (Egypt)

Libliba
Actress & Singer – Egypt

She began working in films at the age of five and became famous for imitating celebrities. She studied classical ballet and was widely famed for singing children's songs. She has recorded 260 songs, and won Best Actress Award in 1996 from Paris Biennial of Arab Cinema (Biennale des Cinemas Arabes a Paris) ... Read more..

Nelly
Actress – Egypt

The artist and the superstar Nelly, is one of the most important show stars in the history of an Egyptian cinema, Television and theater. Nelly was born in 1949 at Al Dahr in central Cairo, to an Egyptian family of Armenian origins. She is the younger sister of the child prodigy "Fayroz"... Read more..

Onsi Abo Saief
Egypt

Set engineer, fashion designer, artistic director of the Aswan Sculpture Symposium, a member of the Film Commission. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1967 He began his career as an assistant to an interior decorator in the film "The Mummy"... Read more..

Zhang Yimou
Director, Producer, Writer and Actor

Born 1951 in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China .He is a film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer.He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum... Read more..