Zawya Short Film Festival poster - Zawya Official Facebook PageCAIRO – 11 February 2018: The 3rd Zawya Short Film Festival granted four awards to four short films one Jury special mention. 15 in total films were competing for the awards.The Best Film Award worth LE 15,000 went to “Major Tom”, a short film directed by Abdelrahman Salem and sponsored by Red Star Films. The film was also screened at the Copper Coast Short Film Festival.The festival granted the Misr International Films Best Director Award worth LE 15,000 to the Egyptian director Muhammed Taymour for his short film “From the Remains of the Dead”.“Marchedaire” (Into Reverse) directed by Noha Adel won the Film Clinic Jury Prize, worth LE 10,000. The film has been previously screened at the 15th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).The Birthmark Films Best Script award went to” Something Cold” by Amrosh Badr. The film was screened at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival last year.The jury Special Mention was given to the animated film “The Unknown Sweet Potato Seller” by Roshdy Ahmed.

Source: Egypt Today February 11, 2018 12:33 UTC