El Gouna Film Festival · 2021

Fifth edition

14 October to 22 October 2021.

  • 76 films from 46 countries, 7 of them Egyptian and 16 Arab.
  • 20 Stars and prizes, given by 0 jurors on 0 panels.

The night of the Stars: the Golden Star went to The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic. Every Star of 2021

The programme

76

Every film the festival listed for this edition, section by section. Point at a poster, or press it, and it comes forward.

Where a film's own poster is not on the record yet, goat grids draws one from its title.

Feature Narrative Competition

13
Bronze StarNETPAC awardCaptain Volkonogov EscapedNETPAC, special mentionOnce Upon a Time in CalcuttaAditya Vikram SenguptaGolden StarBest ActorThe Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See TitanicTeemu NikkiGreen StarFIPRESCI critics’ prizeCosta Brava, LebanonMounia AklArab filmBest Arab filmFeathersOmar El ZohairyEgyptian filmAnother WorldMurinaAntoneta Alamat KusijanovićCompartment N°6Juho KuosmanenThe Worst Person in the WorldJoachim TrierThe Sea AheadEly DagherArab filmClara SolaNathalie Álvarez MesénCasablanca BeatsNabil AyouchArab filmAmiraMohamed DiabEgyptian film

Feature Documentary Competition

10
Golden StarLife of IvannaRenato Borrayo SerranoSilver StarCinema for Humanity audience awardOstrov – Lost IslandSvetlana Rodina, Laurent StoopBronze StarSabayaHogir HiroriBest Arab filmCaptains of Za'atariAli El ArabiEgyptian filmA Man and a CameraGuido HendrikxBack HomeSara ShazliEgyptian filmThe Quest for TonewoodHans Lukas HansenThe Blue InmatesZeina DaccacheArab filmSilence of the TidesPieter-Rim de KroonThis Rain Will Never StopAlina GorlovaArab film

Short Film Competition

21
Best Arab filmCai-BerAhmed AbdelsalamEgyptian filmSilver StarHoly SonStrangersA DikeArab filmApallouDisplacedSamir KarahodaHis Name Was CargoUlysses Must GoTallahasseeNoir-soleilMarie LarrivéLili AloneZou JingKhadigaMorad MostafaEgyptian filmCreatureMaría Silvia EsteveNour ShamsFaiza AmbahArab filmJunieGrégoire GraesslinThe JourneyÈve Saint-LouisThe Last Day of PatriarchyOlmo OmerzuArnoosSamer BattikhiArab filmHair Tie, Egg, Homework BooksLuo RunxiaoBrankaÁkos K. KovácsNightAhmad SalehArab film

Environment Competition

2
Invisible DemonsRahul JainSilence of the TidesPieter-Rim de Kroon

Official Selection Out of Competition

13

Special Presentations

5
Dekalog 5: Thou Shall Not KillKrzysztof KieślowskiThe Double Life of VéroniqueKrzysztof KieślowskiThree Colours: RedKrzysztof KieślowskiThree Colours: WhiteKrzysztof KieślowskiThree Colours: BlueKrzysztof Kieślowski

Special Program

2
Dekalog 5: Thou Shall Not KillKrzysztof KieślowskiThree Colours: BlueKrzysztof Kieślowski

Worked on one of these films? Find your name.

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Honoured at the fifth edition

2021Career Achievement Award

Ahmed El Saka

2021Career Achievement Award

محمد بكرMohammed Bakri

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