Superstar Adel Imam received the Best Actor award at the 30th Mostra International Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
At the 30th Mostra International Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, superstar Adel Imam received the Best Actor award on his role as Zaki Pash in “The Yacoubian Building”.

Moreover, The film has received massive recognition at the festival as it was included in the List of Films Most Voted-for by the Public. 

The Mostra film festival is considered is part of the cultural legacy of the State of São Paulo and Brazil.

The awards were Jointly presented by Mostra’s directors Leon Cakoff and Renata de Almeida, in addition to Serginho Groisman and Marina Person, the ceremony was marked by an atmosphere of commemoration and gratitude.

Awarded Films, Actors and Filmmakers at the 30th Mostra International Film Festival in Sao Paulo:

Jury Award

– Best Motion Picture: Drained, by Heitor Dhalia (Brazil) Special Jury Award: The Violin, by Francisco Vargas (Mexico)

with special mention for actor Don Angel Tavira Jury Award

– Best Actor: Adel Imam, The Yacoubian Building (Egypt)Jury Award

– Best Actress: Maria Lundqvist, Äideistä Parhain (FinlandJury Award

– Honorable Mention (for visual achievement) : The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, by Cao Hamburger (Brazil)

The List of Films Most Voted-for by the Public:

- Amu, United States/India, by Shonali Bose

- Along the Ridge, Italy, by Kim Rossi Stuart

- Drained, Brazil, by Heitor Dhalia

- Go Etxebeste!, Spain, by Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal

- How Much Further, Ecuador, by Tania Hermida

- Shortbus, United States, by John Cameron Mitchell

- The 12 Labours, Brazil, by Ricardo Elias

- The Violin, Mexico, by Francisco Vargas

- The Yacoubian Building, Egypt, by Marwan Hamed

- The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, Brazil, by Cao Hamburger

- Things Behind the Sun, Israel, by Yuval Shafferman

The jury at the 30th Mostra consists of: Iraqi director, screenwriter and actor Bahman Gohbadi; Italian psychoanalyst and essayist now living in Brazil, Contardo Calligaris; Brazilian actress and director now living in Italy, Florinda Bolkan; Mexican producer Jorge Sánchez; Spanish producer, curator and photographer José Maria Prado; American-born Brazilian photography director Lauro Escorel; and German director and screenwriter Wolfgang Becker.