DOHA ‘THE REPENTANT’, directed by Merzak Allouache, received the award of the Best Narrative Feature Film at the DTFF 2012 Arab Film Competition, held in Doha, on Thursday.
The award, which carries a $100,000 cash prize, was handed over to Allouache by the members of the jury headed by Tunisian actress Hend Sabry.
The 82-minute film, which looks at the effects of extremism and civil war in Algeria, was also screened in the Director’s Forthnight Section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In his acceptance speech, Allouache dedicated his achievement to ‘those fighting for freedom in Algeria’.
This is the second time Allouache’s work has received the top prize at the DTFF. His movie ‘Normal’ won in the same category in 2011.
Addressing young filmmakers at the event, the director said the prize money he received for the film ‘Normal’ was used to fund his latest project.
Other winners at the event include Nabil Ayouch, the director of ‘Horses of God’ (Morocco) who received this year’s award of Best Narrative Filmmaker.
Ahmed Hafiane of the film ‘Professor’ bagged the Best Performance Award, while ‘The Lebanese Rocket’ Society, directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, received the Best Documentary Feature Film award.
The Best Documentary Filmmaker Award went to Hanan Abdalla for her exemplary work in the film ‘In The Shadow of a Man (Egypt)’.
Damien Ounouri’s ‘Fidai’ received a special mention recognition in this category.
‘The Forgotten’ (Syria, Qatar), directed by Ehab Tarabieh, also went home with the Best Short Film award.
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