Egyptian feature wins best film award at 8th Tarifa
Microphone - Official Trailer from Ahmad on Vimeo . Egyptian Ahmad Abdalla’s “Microphone” has won the 15 000 € best feature-length movie award at the 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa (FCAT) held from June 11th to the 19th, 2011, in Tarifa, Spain. Ahmad Abdalla 148 African movies from 23 African countries competed for 8 awards with a total 46 500 € cash prizes. The jury said “Microphone” won “for its energy and shedding of light on the potential of the new Egypt and also because it reflects the role of art in political and social change." "Microphone" was the winner of the coveted "Golden Tanit" Award of the official competition of feature films at the 23rd edition of Carthage Film Festival which was held in Tunis from October 23 to 31, 2010 and the movie was in the Official selection of the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (Vanguard Program), Official selection of the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival and Official Competition of the Dubai...