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‘Goodbye Julia’ Leads Critics Awards for Arab Films Nominations Ahead of Cannes Ceremony
Sudanese drama 'Goodbye Julia' leads the nominations of the Critics Awards for Arab Films, which will be announced during Cannes.
The drama, which marked Kordofani’s debut, has scored nominations in eight categories of the Arab film awards, including best feature, director, screenplay, actress, actor and editing. Other frontrunners are Jordanian first-timer Amjad Al Rasheed’s dark social comedy “Inshallah a Boy,” with six noms, and Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s hybrid doc/drama “Four Daughters,” about an Arab mother contending with the Islamic radicalization and the sexual desires of her teenage daughters, also with six nominations. The entries are from all over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region including Sudan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon.
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