Golden Pyramid Award

The Golden Pyramid Award is the highest prize for best film in the international competition of the Cairo International Film Festival, hosted annually in Cairo, Egypt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ciff.org.eg/awards/|title=Awards – Cairo International Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-02}}

Winners and nominees

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Year

!Winners

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1991
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! style="background:#FAEB86"| The Object of Beauty

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1992
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Those Left Behind

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1993
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Curfew

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1994
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!style="background:#FAEB86"|Colonel Chabert

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1995
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|The Flor Contemplacion Story

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1996
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|A Girl Called Apple

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1997
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|The Chambermaid on the Titanic

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1998
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Malli

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1999
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|A Major Inconvenience

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2000
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Sigh

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rowspan="2"|2001
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!style="background:#FAEB86"|Pauline and Paulette

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style="text-align:center"|Daughters of This Century

|{{sfn|Jane Sloan|2007|p=122}}

2002
{{small|(26th)}}

! style="background:#FAEB86"|The Last Blues

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2003
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|The King

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2004
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Guardians of the Clouds

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2005
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Mother of Mine

|{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/klaus-haros-film-mother-of-mine-wins-golden-pyramid/4025489.article|title=Klaus Haro's film, Mother of Mine, wins Golden Pyramid|date=2005-12-13|newspaper=Screen Daily|access-date=2015-04-29}}

2006
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|The Road

|{{cite web|url=http://www.masress.com/en/dailynews/59721|title=Chinese film defies critics and wins the Golden Pyramid|date=2006-12-10|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|access-date=2015-04-29}}

2007
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Intimate Enemies

|{{cite web|url=http://www.masress.com/en/dailynews/107468|title=French war movie sweeps film festival awards |date=2007-12-09|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|access-date=2015-04-29}}

2008
{{small|(32nd)}}

! style="background:#FAEB86"|Return to Hansala

|{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/29/61062.html|title=Spain and Belgium winners at Cairo film fest|date=2008-11-29|newspaper=Al Arabiya|access-date=2015-04-29}}

2009
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Letters to Father Jacob

|{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/other-festivals/cairo-festival-hands-main-prizes-to-letters-to-father-jacob-and-the-hedgehog/5008473.article|title=Cairo festival hands main prizes to Letters To Father Jacob and The Hedgehog|date=2009-11-23|newspaper=Screen Daily|access-date=2015-04-29}}

2010
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Lust

|{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2010/12/10/egypt-sweeps-top-awards-at-cairo-international-film-festival/|title=Egypt sweeps top awards at Cairo International Film Festival|date=2010-12-10|access-date=2015-04-29|newspaper=Daily News Egypt}}

2012
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Rendez-vous in Kiruna

|{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/60025.aspx|title=35th Cairo International Film Festival closes on a sad note|date=2012-12-08|access-date=2015-04-29|newspaper=Al Ahram}}

2014
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Melbourne

|{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/115870/Arts--Culture/Film/th-Cairo-International-Film-Festival-Iranian-film-.aspx|title=36th Cairo International Film Festival: Iranian film Melbourne wins Best Film|date=2014-11-18|access-date=2015-04-29|newspaper=Al Ahram}}

2015
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Mediterranea

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2016
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|Mimosas

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2017
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|The Intruder

|{{Cite web |url=https://www.ciff.org.eg/static/en/article.html?id=2057 |title=Prizes of the 39th Cairo International Film Festival (21st- 30th Nov.2017) |access-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305063726/https://www.ciff.org.eg/static/en/article.html?id=2057 |archive-date=5 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}

2018
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|A Twelve-Year Night

|{{cite web | url=https://www.ciff.org.eg/ciff-40-result/ | title=Prizes of the 40th Cairo International Film Festival (20- 29 Nov. 2018) | access-date=4 December 2018}}

2019
{{small|(41st)}}

! style="background:#FAEB86"|I'm No Longer Here

|{{cite web | url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/mexicos-i-am-no-longer-here-tunisias-a-son-win-at-cairo-film-festival/5145271.article | title=Mexico's 'I Am No Longer Here,' Tunisia's 'A Son' win at Cairo Film Festival | access-date=30 April 2020}}

2020
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! style="background:#FAEB86"| Limbo

|{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/395849/|title=British film Limbo tops the Golden Pyramid at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival|work=Cineuropa|first=Ola|last=Salwa|date=15 December 2020|accessdate=20 September 2021}}

2021
{{small|(43rd)}}

! style="background:#FAEB86"| The Hole in the Fence

|{{cite web|url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/5/445856/Arts--Culture/All-the-winners-of-the-rd-Cairo-International-Film.aspx/|title=All the winners of the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival|work=Ahramonline|first=Eslam|last=Omar|date=6 December 2021|accessdate=10 December 2022}}

2022
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! style="background:#FAEB86"| Alam

|{{cite news |last1=Vourlias |first1=Christopher |title=Fiery Palestinian Coming-of-Age Drama 'Alam' Wins Top Prize at Cairo Film Festival |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/alam-wins-cairo-film-festival-1235440065/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |publisher=Variety |date=23 November 2022}}

2024
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! style="background:#FAEB86"|The New Year That Never Came

|{{cite news |last1=Vivarelli |first1=Nick |title=Cairo Film Festival Canceled Due to Israel-Hamas War |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/cairo-film-festival-cancelled-israel-hamas-war-1235760309/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |publisher=Variety |date=18 October 2023}}{{cite news |author=John Bleasdale|title='The New Year That Never Came,' Black Comedy About a Repressive Regime, Seizes Top Prize at Cairo Film Festival|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/the-new-year-that-never-came-cairo-film-festival-1236218953/|access-date=November 25, 2024 |publisher=Variety|date=November 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125025505/https://variety.com/2024/film/global/the-new-year-that-never-came-cairo-film-festival-1236218953/|archive-date=November 25, 2024|url-status=live}}

References

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Bibliography

  • {{Cite book |author=Jane Sloan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7excPrfowYC&dq=Daughters+of+This+Century+madhuri+dixit+tapan+sinha&pg=PA122 |title=Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women |date=2007-03-26 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |isbn=978-1-4616-7082-7 |language=en}}