<p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr">The Cairo International Film Festival administration announced in its 45th session that the film Abu Zaabal 89 won the Best Documentary Feature Award, on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the festival, which was held on Friday evening, November 22, at the Grand Theater of the Egyptian Opera House, in the presence of the festival president, Hussein Fahmy, and a number of other stars and celebrities. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:400/300;" src="https://images.akhbarelyom.com//images/images/medium/20241122234151001.jpg" alt="" ></figure><h3 style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Abu Zaabal movie story</span></h3><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The film takes place in 83 minutes through a son’s recollection of his trip with his mother to Abu Zaabal prison in 1989 to visit his father, as the son nostalgically relives that trip with his father now. It is directed by Bassam Mortada, and is competing in the International Critics’ Competition.</p><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Cairo International Film Festival is one of the oldest festivals in the Arab world and Africa and is unique in being the only festival in the Arab and African region registered in Category A with the International Federation of Film Producers in Paris (FIAPF). </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:710/384;" src="https://yallaanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/530837_0.jpg" alt="" ></figure><h3 style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);"><strong>Honorees at Cairo International Film Festival</strong></span></h3><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The 45th Cairo International Film Festival honored three prominent cinematic figures, including Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah, who was awarded the Golden Pyramid Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his distinguished artistic career, star Ahmed Ezz, who was awarded the Faten Hamama Excellence Award, and Bosnian director Danis Tanovic, who heads the jury of the international competition.</p><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Cairo International Film Festival is one of the oldest and most regular festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is unique in being the only festival in the Arab and African region registered in Category A with the International Federation of Film Producers in Paris (FIAPF). </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1177/658;" src="https://media.egypttelegraph.com/2024/11/large/28101286820669202411220955135513.jpg" alt="" ></figure>