Årets vinnere av publikumsprisen!
The audience has voted and selected two winners of the Audience Award.
This year, there was a tie for first place among the audience favorites. The two winning films are AÏCHA and MARIAM'S CHOICE. Read about the films below.
AÏCHA
AÏCHA
Aya feels trapped in her job as a housemaid at a luxury hotel in a Tunisian desert town, as well as in an unhealthy relationship. When she survives a bus accident as the sole survivor, she seizes the opportunity to start anew. After the accident, she changes her name to Amira and travels to the capital, Tunis, hoping for a fresh start. The city offers new opportunities but also new dangers. After a night out, she witnesses a murder and becomes entangled in a police investigation that exposes deep-seated corruption within the Tunisian police force.
MARIAM'S CHOICE
MARIAM'S CHOICE
Mariam is the mother of a family of six, whom we meet in this Egyptian dramedy. She is also the first one to be confronted with a moral dilemma: her boss offers her a million pounds to help him leave this world. One by one, we meet the rest of the dysfunctional family: a husband who has a mistress and cares more about holding onto money than helping his children; the youngest son, who runs around in an elephant costume and watches porn with his friend; and a daughter who wants to get married but doesn't have the money for a dowry, finding a solution in her imagination. A delightful film with both humor and depth.