See the full list of El Gouna winners below.

It would have been nice to have someone.

For me, thats huge, says Khoury.

Indian director and actress Nandita Das and head of the El Gouna jury presents the Golden Star to Egyptian producer Abdelrahman Amin for ‘Ghost Trail’

Indian director and actress Nandita Das and head of the El Gouna jury presents the Golden Star to Egyptian producer Abdelrahman Amin for ‘Ghost Trail’Getty Images

They were very difficult to penetrate.

We have 150 youngsters from all over Egypt.

Today, I was able to shoot without a penny out of Europe.

Naguib and Samih Sawiris at the El Gouna Film Festival on October 24, 2024

directed

Silver Star for Narrative FilmThe Kingdom(Fr)Dir.

Shuchi Talati

Best Arab Narrative FilmThank You for Banking with Us!

(Pal, Ger, Saudi Arabia, Qat, Egy)Dir.

Laila Abass

and

Who Do I Belong To(Tun, Fr, Can)Dir.

Farah Kassem

Silver Star for Documentary FilmSoundtrack to a Coup DEtat(Bel, Fr, Neth)Dir.

Johan Grimonprez

Bronze Star for Documentary FilmA New Kind of Wilderness(Nor)Dir.

Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir

My Memory is Full of Ghosts(Syria)Dir.

Maha Haj

Silver Star for Short FilmHow We Got Mother Back(Portugal)Dir.

Goncalo Waddington

An Orange from Jaffa(Palestine, Poland)Dir.

Mohammed Almughanni

Bronze Star for Short FilmEbb & Flow(Leb, Qat, U.S.)Dir.

Nay Tabbara

Best Arab Short FilmA Promise to the Sea(Egypt, Sweden)Dir.

Hend Sohail

Special MentionDawn Every Day(Egypt) Dir.

Amir Youssef,Voiceless(Switzerland) dir.