JCC 2010 / Official Competition / Narrative Feature Films
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- DirectorAhmad AbdallaStarsKal NagaYousra El LozyHany AdelKhaled returns from USA to his mother's funeral at his hometown: Alexandria, Egypt. He decides to make it a fresh new start even if it meant mending his first love story yet it proved a horrific failure. Khaled clashed big time with a changing more conservative Alexandria but He also stumbles upon fresh youth struggling for their under-ground music bands, art and ideas. in the middle of all the confusion, Will it ever all makes sense at the end? A question for the youth and the city to answer.Tanit d'Or
- DirectorAbdelkrim BahloulStarsSami AheddaBenyamina BahloulKrimo BouguetofIn 1962, a young woman lost everything during the war for independence in Algeria. A Frenchman who is leaving the country offers his former home to her and her six children. An unscrupulous government official is trying to take the home away from her.Tanit d’Argent / Audience Award
- DirectorDaoud Aoulad-SyadStarsAbdelhadi TohrachBouchra HraichMustapha Tah-TahFor the filming of Aoulad-Syad's previous film, a mosque was built on Moha's land. Once the filming is complete, the set is dismantled with the exception of the mosque. Moha has a problem since he can no longer plant his vegetables.Tanit de Bronze / جائزة المنتج ( الغرفة الوطنية لمنتجي الأفلام –تونس)
- DirectorDima El-HorrStarsHiam AbbassManal KhaderRaia HaidarIt's Independence Day in Lebanon: three women who've never met before are on the same bus heading to visit a prison situated in a remote area of the country. Traveling through an arid landscape littered with mines and decapitated dreams, the journey transforms into the women's quest for their own independence.Mention Spéciale
- DirectorOliver HermanusStarsDenise NewmanKeenan ArrisonEmily ChildShirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams family has lost all their worldly possessions to medical bills. Shirley has no money, no job and no husband - he left without a trace months ago. Shirley's life now consists of trying to make ends meet by shoplifting and relying on the charity of others. When a young, eager occupational therapist, Tamsin Ranger, comes into their lives, Shirley hopes that it might lift her son's spirits and finally put them on the path to some form of stability. At the same time Shirley receives a phone call one afternoon informing her that Donovan's case is finally going to trial, but the glory is short lived when Shirley discovers that the shooter is one of Donovan's childhood friends. Her reaction to the betrayal is so overwhelming that she chooses not to tell Donovan in fear of further damaging his already unstable emotional state. Determined to make a change in their lives, Shirley actively decides to embrace their new circumstances, hoping that Donovan will follow her example. But his mental state continues to deteriorate and Tamsin is unsuccessful in distracting him from his ever-present disability. Shirley is eventually left without an sign of the family she once had. Set in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, Shirley Adam's story is symptomatic of the relationship between violence and poverty - the destruction of an entire family is related to one single incident that cannot be erased or repaired. Riddled with the socio-political and racial tensions that plague these Cape Flats slums, Shirley Adams is the story of one woman's amazing strength and self sacrifice.Prix de l'interprétation féminin: Denise Newman / Prix de la Fédération Internationale de la presse cinématographique
- DirectorDaoud Abdel SayedStarsAsser YassinBasmaMayy KassabA man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.Prix de l'interprétation musculine: Asser Yassin
- DirectorAbdellatif Ben AmmarStarsLeïla OuazNeji NejahHassan KachachBizerte, Tunisia, winter of 1991, a Tunisian writer entrusts the typing of an autobiographical manuscript to the young woman, Chama, thanks to the content of the book, now she feels the need to dive even more into the events of the war in Bizerte.جائزة لجنة تحكيم الأطفال
- DirectorMoez KamounStarsHend El FahemLotfi BondkaLotfi AbdelliAicha lives in a remote Tunisian mountain top village and dreams of a better life. After promising her the world, her boyfriend disappears and leaves her in a state of confusion and despair. A meeting with a young Tunisian immigrant to France may change everything. Meanwhile, Adam arrives in this peaceful village to escape from the city and the stress of his profession there as a doctor. Soon the tranquil setting of this place will be turned upside down... With a generation that struggles with modern day ideals, religion and identity Moez Kamoun's film 'Late December' portrays a moving, funny and challenging story that break down the barriers of today's misconceptions about Western and Arabic culture.
- DirectorJoud SaeedStarsAbdulatif AbdulhamidKinda AlloushJamal ChoukeirAs a child, while playing with a gun, Majed is wounded, and loses his memory. Later, in 2006, Majed is the IT manager of a new bank. He meets Joy, a Lebanese widow who is the bank manager. Like Majed, she has suffered from the war in Lebanon; losing her father killed by the Syrians.
- DirectorHawa EssumanTom TykwerStarsSamson OdhiamboLeila Dayan OpouKrysteen SavaneA Kenyan boy goes on a strange journey to return his father's soul.
- DirectorCaroline KamyaStarsPhilip BuyiRehema NanfukaStephen OcenOne day in the life of three people, a 12 year old former child soldier, a hip hop dancer and a maid taking us from the city of Kampala, Uganda to northern Uganda post-war.
- DirectorKhalo MatabaneStarsFana MokoenaPresley ChweneyagaeNeo NtlatlengA potent drama about a South African corporate leader whose past as a violent revolutionary comes back to threaten him.
- DirectorAïda Ben AleyaStarsAmira ChalbiAhmed HafieneAbdelmadjid BakirThe story of Donia, a lonely young girl who tries by all means to survive her difficult life.