Narrative Competition

• Best Narrative Film  – Chicken with Plums, directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (France, Germany, Belgium)
• Special Jury Award –  A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
• Best Director from the Arab World – Ismaël Ferroukhi, Free Men (France, Morocco)
  “For his excellent telling of an unknown and important story”
• Best Producer from the Arab World – Ziad Hamzeh and Ridha Behi, Always Brando (Tunisia)
  “In recognition of their determination to realize their cinematic dream against all odds”
• Best Actor – Woody Harrelson, Rampart (USA)
  “For his riveting and complex performance as a derailed LA cop”
• Best Actress – Jayashree Basavaraj, Lucky (South Africa)
• Jury Special Mention – Soufia Issami, Mouna Bahmad, Nouza Akel and Sara Betioui, actresses, On the Edge (Morocco, France, Germany, UAE)
  “For their impressively authentic performances” 

Narrative Competition jury – Nabil Maleh, Syrian filmmaker (president); Marianne Denicourt, French actress; Lucinda Englehart, British producer; Laila Eloui, Egyptian actress; George Sluizer, Dutch director

New Horizons Competition

• Best Film – Stories Only Exist When Remembered, directed by Julie Murat (Brazil, Argentina, France)
  “It was a unanimous decision by the jury to award this the Best Film prize. It's a film that opened a window onto a new perspective of both life and death. At once subtle but full of emotion, the story is universal and resonates days after the viewing experience.”
• Special Jury Award – Alms for a Blind Horse, directed by Gurvinder Singh (India)
  “For its visual style and a poetic journey indicating a new and intriguing voice to emerge from the cinematic landscape of India”
• Best Director from the Arab World – Amr Salama, Asma’a (Egypt)
  “For the bold and important choice of a topic that will engage conversation about the significance of cinema in raising awareness”
• Best Producer from the Arab World – Souney Kadouh, This Narrow Place (Lebanon, USA)
  “For an independent spirit and a determined effort”
• Best Actor – Maged El Kedwany, Asma’a (Egypt)
  “A natural and restrained performance bringing to life a character with human complexity and emotional conflict”
• Best Actress (split prize) – Memona Mohamed, Tears of Sand (Spain)
  “For skillful achievement and a graceful simplicity in creating a complex, understated and unexpected performance” shared with Sonia Guedes, Stories Exist Only When Remembered (Brazil, Argentina, France)
  “For an elegant performance played with a haunting resonance and ageless gravitas”

New Horizons Competition jury: Bahman Ghobadi, Iranian director (president); Paul Baboudjian, Lebanese filmmaker; Marwan Hamed, Egyptian director; Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian writer/director; Aimee Mullins, US athlete/model/actress 

Short Film Competition

• Best Narrative – A Marriage, directed by Henning Rosenlund (Norway)
• Best Documentary – Written in Ink, directed by Martin Rath (Poland)
• Best Animation – Luminaris, directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina), shared with Specky Four-Eyes, directed by Jean-Claude Rozec (France)
• Best Film from the Arab World – Farewell Exile, by Lamia Alami (Morocco)
• Best Producer – Arben Zharku (Kosovo) for The Wedding Tape
• Best Producer from the Arab World – Yacine Bouaziz (Algeria) for Tomorrow, Algiers?

Documentary Competition

• Best Documentary – Position Among the Stars, directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich (Netherlands)
  “Its distinguished cinematic language, the visualization and the way the life of a family is presented in this film takes us to their world and lets us experience the complexities of the society they lived in – with a sense of humor that turns their tragedy into happy moments.”
• Special Jury Award – The Tiniest Place, directed by Tatiana Huezo (Mexico)
  “This film uses the camera as a professional, artistic means of telling a story in a different way, building a strong cinematic language that helps get to the depth of a tragic experience, yet doesn’t simply dwell in tragedy.”
• Best New Director –   Gemma Atwal, Marathon Boy (India, UK, USA)
  “This film demonstrates a strong ability to build a scenario that manipulates the expectations of the scenes and its relation with the characters. Throughout the film the audience takes a long, deep look at an individual life, exploring it step by step, and living through all the happy and sad moments.”
• Best Director from the Arab World – Safinez Bousbia, El Gusto (France, Algeria, Ireland, UAE)
  “For its accomplishments in linking the past with the present, linking the characters with the scenes, and using the screen to make a dream come true”
• Best Producer from the Arab World –  Mohamed Hefzy, Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Politician (Egypt, UAE)
  “For the work and effort done to let the audience have a closer look at a historical moment that the Arab world is living currently, through three different and complete points of view”

Documentary Competition jury – Tahani Rached, Egyptian-Canadian writer/director (president); Anwar Jamal, Indian director; Victor Kossakovsky, Russian director; Mahmoud Al Massad, Jordanian filmmaker; Mostafa Messnaoui, Moroccan writer and film critic 

Our World

• Best Film – The Last Mountain, directed by Bill Haney (USA)
  “A powerful documentary that shows a community living next to a mountain as it fights to save their environment from a damaging coal company and their own government. The documentary shows both the problem and the consequences and proposes a renewable energy solution.” 

The Our World jury was made up of graduate students from Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) – Khasiaba Al Dalel, Yu-Kuang Lin and Mohamed Asaad Taher. Dr. Amal Al Ghaferi served as advisor.

Showcase

• Audience Choice Award –  Skeem, directed by Timothy Greene (South Africa) 

NETPAC Award

• Marathon Boy, directed by Gemma Atwal “For the great Indian story of a child told locally, but brilliantly integrated into the problems of Asian societies” 

FIPRESCI Prize

• El Gusto, directed by Safinez Bousbia (France, Algeria, Ireland, UAE)

Black Pearl Awards for Career Excellence

• Tilda Swinton (UK)
• Michael Winterbottom (UK)

Black Pearl Rising Star Awards

• Lily Cole (UK)  and Sarah Bolger (Ireland) for their roles in The Moth Diaries 

Emirates Film Competition

Short Narrative Competition:

• First Prize  – Soul, directed by Fatma Abdulla (UAE)
• Second Prize – Dreams of Rice, by Yasser Al Neyadi and Hana Al Shatri (UAE)
• Third Prize  – Telephoni, directed by Hassan Kiyany (UAE)
• Special Jury Award – Raneen, directed by Maitham Al Musawi (Oman)
• Best Emirati Film – Soul, directed by Fatma Abdulla (UAE)
• Best Script – Dreams of Rice, by Yasser Al Neyadi and Hana Al Shatri (UAE)
• Best Cinematography – Wind, directed by Waleed Al Shehhi (UAE)

Short Documentary Competition:

• First Prize – A Falcon Will Not Breed a Dove, by Mansour Al Dhaheri (UAE)
• Second Prize – Photon, by Awadh Al Hamzani (Saudi Arabia)
• Third Prize – A Night to Remember, by Fahmi Farahat (Saudi Arabia)
• Special Jury Award – Letters to Palestine, by Rashid Al Marri (UAE)

Student Short Narrative Competition:

• First Prize – Maher's Camera, by Mansour Al Badran (Saudi Arabia)
• Second Prize – Mad Camel, by Mohammed Fikree (UAE)
• Third Prize – Dinner #7665, by Salma Serry (UAE, Egypt)

Student Short Documentary Competition:

• First Prize – 6 on 18, by Salma Serry (UAE, Egypt)
• Second Prize – Layers, by Manal Wicki (UAE)
• Third Prize – Lahjatna (Our Accent), by Mariam Al Nuaimi (UAE)