Tunisia’s “Purple Path,” directed by Lotfi Achour, was awarded the Golden Yusr for greatest characteristic movie Thursday on the Purple Sea Movie Competition awards ceremony, the place honorary awards have been bestowed on Viola Davis and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Sarah Jessica Parker, Dev Patel, John Boyega and Nick Jonas have been among the many star visitors.
Johnny Depp’s “Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Insanity” screened because the pageant’s closing gala screening, with Depp attending with star Riccardo Scamarcio.
“Purple Path,” described as “a journey into the wounded psyche of a kid in a struggle zone,” is the third characteristic movie by Achour. It had its world premiere on the Locarno Movie Competition. The Golden Yusr comes with a $100,000 money prize.
Achour additionally took house Purple Sea’s Yusr prize for greatest director, which comes with a $10,000 prize.
The awards have been bestowed by a options jury led by its president Spike Lee, and comprised of Minnie Driver, Daniel Dae Kim, Abu Bakr Shawky and Tûba Büyüküstün.
The Silver Yusr for a characteristic movie, which comes with a $30,000 prize, was received by Martin Scorsese-inspired refugee thriller “To a Land Unknown,” directed by Palestinian-Danish helmer Mahdi Fleifel. The movie had its premiere in Administrators’ Fortnight at Cannes.
The movie’s lead Mahmoud Bakri nabbed the award for greatest actor, whereas the perfect actress honor went to Mariam Sherif for “Snow White.”
The Yusr award for screenplay and a $10,000 prize was taken by Oday Rasheed for “Songs of Adam.”
The Yusr award for cinematic achievement was received by “To Kill a Mongolian Horse,” directed by Tao Qiu, and the Yusr jury prize, with a $10,000 prize, went to “Searching for Haven for Mr. Rambo,” directed by Khaled Mansour.
The pageant and its Souk market had a brand new house this 12 months in Jeddah’s historic Al Balad district. The pageant lineup comprised 122 movies from 85 nations. Fifty per cent of the movies have been world or worldwide premieres, with 46 world premieres, 15 worldwide premieres and 53 Center East and North Africa regional premieres, in accordance with Shivani Pandya Malhotra, Purple Sea’s managing director.
Jomana Al-Rashid, chairwoman of the Purple Sea Movie Basis, stated: “Over the previous eight days, we now have celebrated the transformative energy of cinema and championed various narratives from throughout the globe.”
Different prizes included the Asharq Award for greatest documentary in competitors, with a $10,000 prize, for Santiago Mazar’s “State of Silence,” the Chopard Rising Saudi Expertise Award, which went to Roula Dakheellahah, the Movie AlUla viewers award for worldwide movie, which went to “Little Jaffna,” directed by Lawrence Valin, and the Movie AlUla viewers award for a Saudi movie, which got here with a $50,000 prize, which went to “Hobal,” directed by Abdulaziz Alshlahei.
The Gold Yusr for greatest shorts was received by “Hatch,” directed by Alireza Kazemipour and Panta Mosleh. The award got here with a $25,000 prize. The Silver Yusr for a brief movie, with a $12,500 prize, went to “Alazar,” directed by Baiza Hailu Lemma.
