Suheir Hammad Wins Best Actress

Suheir Hammad won the Best Actress award at the last spectacular AMAL Festival. The International Euro-Arab Film Festival, organised for the first time in 2003, by the Fundación Araguaney-Puente de Culturas (Bridging Cultures) and held in Santiago de Compostela is the only festival in Europe aiming to present the social and cultural reality in Arab countries to a more and more increasing audience.

Being no stranger to winning prestigious awards, Suheir Hammad has once again proven that her talent, passion and determination are exceptional and only worthy of the Best.

Some of the other winners at the AMAL Festival include:

Best Feature film: A boyfriend for Yasmina

Best Documentary: ex-aequo The one man’s village and Checkpoint Rock. Songs from Palestine.

Best Fiction Short Film: The north route

Best Documentary Short Film: Stranger in my home

Best Director: Rashid Masharawi for Laila´s birthday

Best Actress Award: Suheir Hammad for Salt of this sea

Best Actor Award: José Luis García Pérez for A boyfriend for Yasmina

Television de Galicia Prize: Pomegranates and myrrh

Audience Award: Al Nakba by Rawan Damen – Al Jazeera

Words by Serafima Serafimova

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