Egyptian Film "Feathers" Wins Grand Prize at Cannes Critics’ Week

Egyptian director Omar El-Zohairy won Wednesday the Nespresso Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival’s parallel Critics' Week for his debut feature film "Reesh" (Feathers).

The film revolves around a magic trick gone awry at a children’s birthday party with the authoritative father of the family turned into a chicken.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Omar El-Zohairy[/caption]

This year, former Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu chaired the Critics’ Week jury for its 60th anniversary.

The panel also awarded the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award to Sandra Melissa Torres in Amparo by Simón Mesa Soto.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Prizes of the Jury

Nespresso Grand Prize

Feathers, dir: Omar El Zohairi

Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award

Sandra Melissa Torres in Amparo

Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film

Duo Li (Lili Alone), dir: Zou Jing

Partner Prizes

Gan Foundation Award for Distribution

Condor (Rien A Foutre)

SACD Prize

Elie Grappe and Raphaëlle Desplechin for Olga

Canal+ Award for Short Film

Brutalia, Days of Labour, dir: Manolis Mavris