Annemarie Jacir’s award-winning movie Palestine 36 leads the nominations for the tenth version of the Arab Movie Critics Awards, introduced as we speak.
The annual awards, organized by the Arab Cinema Heart (ACC), have been voted on this 12 months by a document 307 Arab and worldwide critics from 75 nations, with the awards ceremony set to happen through the Cannes Movie Competition on Could 16.
Palestine 36 was nominated in six classes, together with finest movie, director and screenplay. It’s adopted by that of Maryam Touzani Malaga Avenue with 5 nominations; Cherien Dabis All that is left of you with 4; after which Greek, My father’s fragranceAnd As soon as upon a time in Gaza with three every.
Gaza, the warfare drama, by Kaouther Ben Hania, Oscar nominee and winner of the Venice Grand Jury Prize Hind Rajab’s voice obtained just one nomination in the perfect director class.
Exploring the occasions across the 1936-1939 revolt wherein Palestinians rose up in opposition to British colonial rule, Palestine 36 had its world premiere in Toronto final 12 months and toured quite a few festivals, successful the Tokyo Grand Prix and making the shortlist for the Academy Awards for Greatest Worldwide Function Movie in December.
After a packed competition, Watermelon Footage launched the movie theatrically in North America in late March. He has additionally loved success within the UK and plenty of European territories and continues to journey.
The Spanish-language drama from Moroccan director Touzani Malaga road, starring Carmen Maura as a girl preventing to maintain her childhood dwelling in Tangier, debuted in Venice and gained the Viewers Award.
Palestinian-American director Dabis’ All that is left of you, following three generations of a Palestinian household within the aftermath of 1948, premiered at Sundance and likewise made the shortlist for Greatest Worldwide Function Movie.
Latest winners of the Greatest Movie award are Thanks for doing enterprise with us! (2025) and Goodbye Julia (2024).
The total listing of 2026 nominees:
Greatest Function Movie
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA | Tarzan and the Arab Nasser | Palestine
PALESTINE 36 | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine
ALL THAT REMAINS OF YOU | Chérien Dabis | Palestine
CALLE MALAGA | Maryam Touzani | Morocco
QUEEN OF COTTON | Suzannah Mirghani | Sudan
Greatest screenplay
Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand| ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Chérien Dabis | ALL THAT REMAINS OF YOU
Annemarie Jacir | PALESTINE 36
Maryam Touzani and Nabil Ayouch | CALLE MÁLAGA
Ahmed Amer and Mohamed Siam | MY FATHER’S PERFUME
Greatest Director
Maryam Touzani | CALLE MÁLAGA
Chérien Dabis | ALL THAT REMAINS OF YOU
Tarzan and the Arab Nasser | ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Annemarie Jacir | PALESTINE 36
Kaouther Ben Hania | THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Greatest actress
Deborah Christelle Naney | PROMISED HEAVEN
Mounia Akl | A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Yasmine Al Massri | PALESTINE 36
Carmen Maura | MALAGA STREET
Baneen Ahmad Nayyef | THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE
Greatest Actor
Adham Shoukr | THE REGULATIONS
Nawwaf Aldaferi HIJRA
Dhafer L’Abidine | PALESTINE 36
Georges Khabbaz | YUNAN
Ahmed Malek | MY FATHER’S PERFUME
Greatest music
Armand Amar | HIJRA
Suad Bushnaq | YUNAN
Amine Bouhafa | Aisha can not fly away
Omar El-Deeb | THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE
Freya Arde | MALAGA STREET
Greatest enhancing
Ameer Fakher Eldin | YUNAN
Ahmed Hafez | MY FATHER’S PERFUME
Qutaiba Barhamji, Maxime Mathis and Kaouther Ben Hania | THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Heba Othman | THE REGULATIONS
Zeina Aboul Hosn | DEAD DOG
Greatest Cinematography
Hélène Louvart | PALESTINE 36
Mostafa El Kashef | Aisha can not fly away
Joe Saade | A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Christophe Aoun | ALL THAT REMAINS OF YOU
Frida Marzouk | PROMISED HEAVEN
Greatest Documentary
LIONS ON THE EDGE OF THE TIGRIS RIVER | Zaradasht Ahmed | Iraq
KHARTOUM | Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed and Phil Cox | Sudan
50 METERS | Yomna Khattab | Egypt
LIFE AFTER SIHAM | Namir Abdel Messée | Egypt
DO YOU LOVE ME | Lana Daher | Lebanon
Greatest Brief Movie
THE MINE | Randa Maroufi Morocco
IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL HERE | Basma Alsharif and Kamal Aljafari | Palestine
ANATOMY OF CONTROL | Mahmoud Al Haj | Palestine
I am glad you are useless now | Tawfeek Barhom | Palestine
UNDER THE RUINS | Nadhir Bouslama | Tunisia