Five awards for two Syrian films at Alexandria Film Festival

Cairo, SANA- Syria  harvested five awards at the 35^th edition of Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival which concluded activities on Sunday evening.

Syria’s participation in the festival was limited to ilms produced by the General Organization for Cinema.

Syrian film titled Darb al-Sama “Sky Road” by Jude Said, Ayman Zidan, Samah al-Qatal and Rami Kousa and directed by Jude Said won three awards.

The awards are Mahmoud Abdul-Aziz Award for the Best Actor which was won by elite Syrian artist Ayman Zidan, Nour al-Sharif Award for the Long Narratives and Documentaries and the Best Scenario Award which was named after the late author Najib Mahfouz at the International Competition.

Meanwhile, Syrian film al-Etiraf “Confession” by director Bassel al-Khatib won the Best Scenario Award within the Arab Competition for the Long Narratives, and the Best Actor Award went for artist Dima Qandalift for her role in the film.

Ruaa al-Jazaeri