During the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Arab Cinema Center (ACC) granted Mouhamad Keblawi, Founder and Head of Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the Arab Cinema Personality of the year award. This comes in recognition of his contribution and immense support to Arab Cinema through the festival, with an aim to promote Arab cinema in Sweden and Scandinavia. Keblawi is also the founder of Arab Cinema in Sweden, a company that works on the distribution of Arab films in Sweden. I'd also like to thank the Arab Cinema Center for this award, which I'm very proud of." The Arab Cinema Personality of The Year award is part of its strategy of promoting the Arab film industry internationally and supporting Arab filmmakers.

Source: Egypt Today February 19, 2022 22:56 UTC