[Video] Kairos Wins Grand Prize, Best Director and Best Screenplay at Rabat Auteur Film Festival
RABAT, Morocco — The 31st Rabat International Auteur Film Festival closed with its awards ceremony at the Mohammed V National Theatre. Canadian director Jennifer Alleyn's Kairos was the big winner, taking the Hassan II Grand Prize, best director and best screenplay.
Kairos follows Manu, an actor who comes home after a year abroad and struggles to restart his career. Led by Emmanuel Schwartz, the film closed the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma in April.
In the acting categories, Yuki Katayama won best actress for Fujiko, by Japanese director Taichi Kimura, and Italian actor Valerio Mastandrea won best actor for Armony, by Dario Albertini. The Special Jury Prize went to Yunan, by Ameer Fakher Eldin, and the audience award went to Monologue, by Assan Tamaev.
The documentary competition Grand Prize went to Souraya Mon Amour, by Lebanese director Nicolas Khoury. Among the short films, best Moroccan short went to You Are Seen, by Zakaria Dinia, and best experimental short to L'Mina, by Randa Maroufi.
More than 120 films were programmed at this edition of the festival, which was founded in 1994.
The above are this edition's principal awards; the full winners list is in the festival's official announcement.
Source: Rabat International Auteur Film Festival
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Photo: 图：摩洛哥拉巴特 Mohammed V 国家剧院外立面，本届电影节颁奖礼在此举行。来源：Fauve，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0。 / Photo: The facade of the Mohammed V National Theatre in Rabat, Morocco, where this edition's awards ceremony was held. Source: Fauve, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
