Tunisian drama Purple Path, directed by Lotfi Achour, scooped the Golden Yusr for finest movie and the prize for finest director on the 4th Purple Sea Worldwide Movie Pageant on Thursday (December 12).
The principle award was introduced by jury head and Oscar-winning US filmmaker Spike Lee at a ceremony in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Scroll down for full listing of winners
On stage, Lee declared that it was additionally Achour’s birthday, which means the perfect movie and director awards are fairly the current, coming with money prizes of $100,000 and $30,000 respectively.
The movie, which premiered at Locarno, is impressed by the true story of two younger shepherds who have been attacked by a jihadist group. After one is killed, the opposite is pressured to take the top of his cousin again residence as a brutal message.
Presenting the perfect director award, juror and UK actress Minnie Driver mentioned: “This director will dwell indelibly in my coronary heart eternally as a result of it’s probably the most affecting, extraordinary and provoking movies I’ve ever seen.”
This yr’s function Purple Sea: Competitors strand included 16 titles from the Center East, African and Asia, with a jury that additionally included Egyptian director Abu Bakr Shawky, Turkish actress Tuba Buyukustun and US actor and producer Daniel Dae Kim.
The Silver Yusr and a money prize of $12,500 went to Mahdi Fleifel’s To A Land Unknown, the story of two Palestinian refugees saving for pretend passports to get out of Athens. Star Mahmoud Bakri received finest actor for his efficiency within the function, which premiered in Administrators’ Fortnight at Cannes.
One of the best actress prize went to Mariam Sherif for Taghrid Aboulhassan’s Snow White. The position was notable because it marked the primary time an Egyptian function forged a girl with dwarfism in a number one position.
Honorary awards
Earlier within the ceremony, honorary awards got to Indian actress/producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas, introduced by Sarah Jessica Parker, and Oscar-winning US actress/producer Viola Davis, introduced by Saudi director Hana Al-Omair.
Accepting the honour, Davis mentioned: “As I’ve journeyed by way of my profession, I’ve been completely in shock – possibly not shock – that it’s been my intercourse and my blackness that has gotten in the best way of what I dwell for. I believe that my journey as an artist has been very equal to my journey as a human being and that’s that the dragons that I’ve determined to slay in my life and in my profession is that I completely matter.
“The best reward that I may give as an artist is to permit the world to know that individuals who seem like me, they matter too. You possibly can both depart one thing for individuals or depart one thing in individuals and what I select to go away in individuals is that this work that enables them to really feel much less alone. Thank for acknowledging that.”
Opening the evening, Jomana R. Alrashid, chairwoman of the Purple Sea Movie Basis, mentioned that 122 movies performed over 300 screenings, with 30,000 tickets issued. She added that 530 worldwide delegates attended from 85 nations. On the trade aspect, there have been 142 exhibitors on the Purple Sea Souk, which included 1,730 delegates.
“The Purple Sea movie pageant represents a seismic shift within the panorama of cinema,” mentioned Alrashid. “We’re greater than only a pageant. We’re a dynamic new hub that heralds the way forward for storytelling, rising from the colourful and complicated landscapes of the Arab world, Asia and Africa. However our mission is evident – to amplify voices traditionally underserved, to create pathways for rising abilities, to redefine the standard constructions of cinema and to display that extraordinary tales can emerge from any nook of the world.
“As we strategy our fifth yr, we’re not merely celebrating a milestone. We’re inspiring a era of storytellers who will influence how humanity sees itself. We’ll proceed to help rising abilities, amplify various narratives and create world platforms for native tales.”
The purple carpet included appearances from Alia Bhatt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Adrien Brody, Dev Patel, Jason Statham and Andrew Garfield, whereas award presenters additionally included John Boyega, Eiza Gonzalez, Taiwanese actress Ke-Xi Wu (Black Tea) and Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Banel & Adama).
The ceremony was adopted by a screening of Modi – Three Days On The Wing Of Insanity with its director Johnny Depp in attendance. The pageant continues till Saturday, December 14.
Purple Sea Yusr Awards 2024
Golden Yusr Finest Characteristic Movie
Purple Path (Tunisia) dir. Lotfi Achour
Silver Yusr Characteristic Movie
To A Land Unknown (Pal) dir. Mahdi Fleifel
Yusr Finest Director
Lotfi Achour, Purple Path (Tunisia)
Yusr Jury Prize
Looking for Haven For Mr. Rambo (Egypt) dir. Khaled Mansour
Yusr Finest Actor
Mahmoud Bakri, To A Land Unknown (Pal)
Yusr Finest Actress
Mariam Sherif, Snow White (Egypt)
Yusr Finest Screenplay
Songs Of Adam (Iraq) scr. Oday Rasheed
Yusr Cinematic Achievement
To Kill A Mongolian Horse (China-HK-Mongolia) dir. Tao Qiu
Golden Yusr Finest Brief Movie
Hatch (Iran) dirs. Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh
Silver Yusr Brief Movie
Alazar (Eth) dir. Beza Hailu Lemma
Brief Movie Particular Point out
Kids Of Barzagh (UAE) dir. Ahmed Kattab
Extra Pageant Awards
Asharq Finest Documentary
State Of Silence (Mex) dir. Santiago Maza
Chopard Rising Saudi Expertise
Roula Dakheelallah (Saudi) My Driver And I
Movie AlUla Viewers Award Worldwide Movie
Little Jafna (Fr) dir. Lawrence Valin
Movie AlUla Viewers Award Saudi Movie
Hobal, dir. Abdulaziz Alshlahei