The Arab Cinema Centre revealed the winners of the Annual Critics Awards, which is held at the same time as the 70th Cannes Film Festival. The Best Film award went to Mohamed El-Said’s “Akher Ayam El-Madina” (In the Last Days of the City). “The Arab Cinema Centre, through the Annual Critics Awards, continues to support and promote Arab cinema on the Arab and international levels. This initiative is part of the methods we employ to achieve that goal, and more initiatives will be launched to help disseminate Arab cinema and establish its presence,” said Alaa Karkouti, co-founder of the Arab Cinema Centre. The Critic Awards initiative in this year’s round brings together 24 juries from among the most distinguished Arab and foreign critics from 15 countries around the world.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 23, 2017 11:03 UTC