Three films have been shortlisted for this year’s Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films, which were launched by European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC).
From a total of 23 submitted European films, the three finalists are: EO (Oscar entry from Poland in the Best International Feature Film category), The Happiest Man In The World (Oscar entry from North Macedonia in the Best International Feature Film category), and To The North (from Romania, which competed in the Orizzonti section of the 79th Venice Film Festival).
The winning feature will receive the award at a gala ceremony during the Cairo International Film Festival on November 17 (the festival runs November 13-22).
The Arab Critics’ Award for European Films was launched in 2019 by EFP and ACC. It is a spin-off from the ACC’s Critics’ Awards to boost film diversity in the region and raise the interest of the industry for outstanding European films. This initiative, supported by Creative Europe – MEDIA Program of the European Union, also aims to cast a spotlight on film critics from 15 Arab-speaking countries and their role in opening up new perspectives and bridging cultural gaps.
Previous winners were God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya by Teona Strugar Mitevska (2019), Undine by Christian Petzold (2020) and 107 Mothers by Peter Kerekes (2021).
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