Projects by Egyptian directors and producers have won the Awal Film, an award given during the ongoing Amman International Film Festival and the Amman Film Industry Days.

A total of nine film projects in both development and post-production categories received a total of 11 in-kind and cash awards.

The Egyptian films that won the awards and have Egyptian production or are by Egyptian directors include ‘Home There… Cinema Here’ by Nidal Al-Dibs, produced by Mostafa Youssef (Syria/Egypt), which was granted an award of $7,000 from Rum Pictures (Jordan) for colour grading services.

‘The Lottery’ by Karoline Kamel and produced by Mai Saad (Egypt) was granted participation in MAFF Market Forum – Post Production Platform from the Malmö Arab Film Festival.

The inaugural edition of the Amman International Film Festival takes place between 23 and 31 August.

The festival was originally scheduled to take place in April this year, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The festival's organisers revealed that they are adding a drive-in cinema at Amman's New Abdali (the land in front of The Boulevard) and outdoor venues for screenings located at the premises of the Royal Film Commission in Jabal (Amman).

In parallel to the screenings, the industry sector held Amman Film Industry Days (AFID) organising seminars, workshops and talks with industry professionals.

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