The Grand Prize of the 35th Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (JCC) was awarded to the feature film ‘’Red Path‘’ by Lotfi Achour, becoming the 10th Tunisian film to win the Golden Tanit of the Carthage Film Festival since its creation in 1966.
The complete prize list for the official competition of the JCC, held from December 14 to 21, 2024, was unveiled on Saturday evening at a ceremony held at the Théâtre de l’Opéra in the City of Culture in Tunis.
‘’Red Path‘’ also won the Audience Prize, awarded ex aequo with the Syrian film ‘’Salma‘’ by Joud Said.
The JCC Grand Prize awards the best work in the feature-length fiction competition. Tunisia succeeds Tanzania, winner of the Grand Prize in 2022 for ‘Les Révoltés (Vuta N’Kuvute)’ by Amil Shivji, and Egypt in 2021 for ‘Feathers’ by Omar Zohairy.
In the same competition, ‘To a land Unknown’ by Palestinian-Danish director Mehdi Fleifel won the Silver Tanit, while the Bronze Tanit went to ‘Demba’ by Senegalese director Mamadou Dia.
Tunisian cinema also won four other prizes, including three Tanits in the documentary competition.
The short film ‘Les derniers jours avec Eliane’ by Mehdi Hajri won a Tanit d’or. The feature film ‘Matula’ by Abdallah Yahia and the short film ‘Bord à bord’ by Sahar El Euchi each won a Bronze Tanit.
‘Aicha’, a feature-length fiction film by Mehdi Barsaoui, won the prize for best editing, awarded to Camille Toubkisla, a French editor.
The complete list of winners in the official competition of the 2024 JCC:
Feature film competition
Feature films:
- GoldenTanit : ‘’Red Path‘’ by Lotfi Achour, Tunisia
- Silver Tanit : ‘To a land Unknown’ by Mahdi Fleifel, Palestine
- Bronze Tanit: ‘Demba’ by Mamadou Dia, Senegal
- Special Jury Mention: ‘Rambo. Mr. for Haven Seeking’ by Khaled Mansour, Egypt
- Audience Award (ex aequo): ‘Les enfants Rouges’ by Lotfi Achour, Tunisia & ‘Salma’ by Joud Said, Syria
Short films :
⦁ Golden Tanit: ‘Nothing happen after that’ by Ibrahim Omar, Sudan
⦁ Silver Tanit: ‘Better than earth’ by Sherif Elbendary, Egypt
⦁ Bronze Tanit: ‘Bord à bord’ by Sahar El Euchi, Tunisia
⦁Audience Award: ‘In the waiting room’ by Moatasem Taha, Palestine
Documentary Film Competition
Feature films
⦁ Golden Tanit: ‘A fidai film’ by Kamal Aljafari, Palestine
⦁ Silver Tanit: ‘Tongo SAA/ Rising Up at Night’ by Nelson Makengo, DRCongo
⦁ Bronze Tanit: ‘Matilla’ by Abdallah Yahia, Tunisia
⦁ Special Jury Mention: ‘Ndar : Saga Waalo’ by Ousmane William Mbaye (Senegal)
Short films
⦁ Golden Tanit: ‘Les derniers jours avec Eliane’ by Mehdi Hajri, Tunisia
⦁ Silver Tanit: ‘Fariha’ by Badr Yousef, Yemen
⦁ Bronze Tanit: ‘Unyagoni Bahati’s sex education journey’ by Saitabao Kaiyare, Kenya
First Feature Competition, Tahar Cheriaa Prize
- TV 5 Monde Prize: ‘Hanami’ by Denise Fernandes, Cape Verde
‘Ciné promesse
⦁ ‘Une malédiction’ by Bothayna Aloulou, Tunisia
National Competition (Tunisia):
⦁Prize for Best Feature Film: ‘The Bridge’ by Walid Mattar
⦁Prize for Best Short Film: ‘Le sentier de Aïcha’ by Selma Hobbi
⦁Prize for Best Feature Documentary: ‘The Colour of Phosphate’ by Ridha Tlili
Artistic prize list:
⦁ Best Actor Award: Sammy Lechea for his role in ‘The vanishing’ by Karim Moussaoui, Algeria
⦁ Best Actress Award: Sulef Fawakherji for her role in ‘Salma’ by Joud Said, Syria
⦁ Best Screenplay Award: Bode Asiyanbi for ‘Man is Dead’ by Awam Ampa, Nigeria
⦁ Best Music Award: Hany Adel for ‘Arze’ by Mira Shaib, Lebanon
⦁ Best Photography Award: Mostafa El Kashef for ‘The village next to paradise’ by Mo Harawe, Somalia
⦁ Best Editing Award: Camille Toubkis for ‘Aicha’ by Mehdi Barsaoui, Tunisia
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