As the 10th Malmo Arab Film Festival closed on 13 October, the awards were announced as follows:

Feature Film Competition

Best Feature Film Award
"A Son", directed by Mehdi M. Barsaoui - Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar

Best Documentary Award
"Talking About Trees" directed by Suhaib Gasmelbari - Sudan, France, Chad, Germany, Qatar

Best Director Award
Sudanese director Amjad Abu Elala, for "You Will Die at Twenty" - Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar

Best Screenplay Award
Nadine Shams for the film "When We Are Born" directed by Tamer Ezzat - Egypt

Best Actor Award
Mohamed Hatem for "When We Are Born" directed by Tamer Ezzat - Egypt

Best Actress Award
Najla Ben Abdullah, for the film A Son", directed by Mehdi M. Barsaoui - Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar

Special mention
for the movie "The Perfect Candidate" directed by Haifaa Al Mansour - Saudi Arabia, Germany

Audience Award presented by The City Malmö
"Talking About Trees" directed by Suhaib Gasmelbari - Sudan, France, Chad, Germany, Qatar

Short Film Competition

Best Short Film Award
“Heart, You Deserve That!” by Lamia Idriss - Egypt

Special Jury Award
“3 Logical Exits” by Mahdi Fleifel - Lebanon, Denmark, UK

Special mention
to the film “Ome” by Samir Geagea - Lebanon, Qatar

Special mention
for the film “The Trap” by Nada Riyadh - Egypt, Germany

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