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.

Winners and nominees

Year Winners Ref.
1991
(15th)		 The Object of Beauty
1992
(16th)		 Those Left Behind
1993
(17th)		 Curfew
1994
(18th)		 Colonel Chabert
1995
(19th)		 The Flor Contemplacion Story
1996
(20th)		 A Girl Called Apple
1997
(21st)		 The Chambermaid on the Titanic
1998
(22nd)		 Malli
1999
(23rd)		 A Major Inconvenience
2000
(24th)		 Sigh
2001
(25th)		 Pauline and Paulette
Daughters of This Century
2002
(26th)		 The Last Blues
2003
(27th)		 The King
2004
(28th)		 Guardians of the Clouds
2005
(29th)		 Mother of Mine
2006
(30th)		 The Road
2007
(31st)		 Intimate Enemies
2008
(32nd)		 Return to Hansala
2009
(33rd)		 Letters to Father Jacob
2010
(34th)		 Lust
2012
(35th)		 Rendez-vous in Kiruna
2014
(36th)		 Melbourne
2015
(37th)		 Mediterranea
2016
(38th)		 Mimosas
2017
(39th)		 The Intruder
2018
(40th)		 A Twelve-Year Night
2019
(41st)		 I'm No Longer Here
2020
(42nd)		 Limbo
2021
(43rd)		 The Hole in the Fence
2022
(44th)		 Alam
2024
(45th)		 The New Year That Never Came
2025
(46th)		 Dragonfly

References

  1. ↑ "Awards – Cairo International Film Festival". Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. ↑ Jane Sloan 2007, p. 122.
  3. ↑ "Klaus Haro's film, Mother of Mine, wins Golden Pyramid". Screen Daily. 2005-12-13. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  4. ↑ "Chinese film defies critics and wins the Golden Pyramid". Daily News Egypt. 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  5. ↑ "French war movie sweeps film festival awards". Daily News Egypt. 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  6. ↑ "Spain and Belgium winners at Cairo film fest". Al Arabiya. 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  7. ↑ "Cairo festival hands main prizes to Letters To Father Jacob and The Hedgehog". Screen Daily. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  8. ↑ "Egypt sweeps top awards at Cairo International Film Festival". Daily News Egypt. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  9. ↑ "35th Cairo International Film Festival closes on a sad note". Al Ahram. 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  10. ↑ "36th Cairo International Film Festival: Iranian film Melbourne wins Best Film". Al Ahram. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  11. ↑ "Prizes of the 39th Cairo International Film Festival (21st- 30th Nov.2017)". Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Prizes of the 40th Cairo International Film Festival (20- 29 Nov. 2018)". Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "Mexico's 'I Am No Longer Here,' Tunisia's 'A Son' win at Cairo Film Festival". Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Salwa, Ola (15 December 2020). "British film Limbo tops the Golden Pyramid at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ↑ Omar, Eslam (6 December 2021). "All the winners of the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival". Ahramonline. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  16. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (23 November 2022). "Fiery Palestinian Coming-of-Age Drama 'Alam' Wins Top Prize at Cairo Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  17. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (18 October 2023). "Cairo Film Festival Canceled Due to Israel-Hamas War". Variety. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  18. ↑ John Bleasdale (November 23, 2024). "'The New Year That Never Came,' Black Comedy About a Repressive Regime, Seizes Top Prize at Cairo Film Festival". Variety. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  19. ↑ Assibu, Essie (22 November 2025). "'Dragonfly,' 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza' Win Big at Cairo Film Festival as Industry Hub Cairo Film Connection Marks Record Year". Variety. Retrieved 10 February 2026.

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