Prize of the Jury of FIPRESCI (Jury of International Film Critics)

Toi, Waguih

director: Namir Abdel Messeeh

France 2005

Statement:

The jury found a radical mixture of films that challenged us to make comparisons. We watched everything from rigorous formal experimentation to raw documentary. But one film stood out. For its sincerity, its psychological depth and the nuance of its technique, the FIPRESCI jury gives the International Critics Award to <>Toi, Waguih<>, director Namir Abdel Messeeh's story of what happens when a child uproots his father's political history.

Jury FIPRESCI 2006: 

Cameron Bailey (Canada), Barbara Schweizerhof (Germany), Tonci Valentic (Croatia)