WINNING FILMS – FEATURE ARAB NARRATIVE
Black Iris Award
2026
A Sad and Beautiful World
By Cyril Aris
Lebanon
Jury Award
The President’s Cake
By Hasan Hadi
Iraq
Special Mention
The Settlement
Best first-time scriptwriter: Mohamed Rashad
Egypt
Special Mention
A Sad and Beautiful World
Best First-Time Lead Actor: Hasan Akil
Lebanon
Special Mention
Where the Wind Comes
Best First-Time Lead Actress: Eya Bellagha
Tunisia
Audience Award
A Sad and Beautiful World
By Cyril Aris
Lebanon
Black Iris Award
2025
Red Path
By Lotfi Achour
Tunisia
Jury Award
To a Land Unknown
By Mahdi Fleifel
Palestine
Special Mention
Simsim
Best first-time scriptwriter: Tamara Owais
Jordan
Special Mention
Red Path
Best First-Time Lead Actor: Ali Helali
Tunisia
Special Mention
Songs of Adam
Best First-Time Lead Actor: Azzam Ahmed
Iraq
Special Mention
Simsim
Best First-Time Lead Actress: Saja Kilani
Jordan
Audience Award
To a Land Unknown
By Mahdi Fleifel
Palestine
Black Iris Award
2024
Hounds
By Kamal Lazraq
Morocco
Jury Award
The Burdened
By Amr Gamal
Yemen
Audience Award
“Inshallah a Boy”
By Amjad Al Rasheed
Jordan
Special Mention
Best First-Time Lead Actor: Abdellatif Masstouri
“Hounds”
By Kamal Lazraq
Morocco
Special Mention
Best First-Time Lead Actress: Abeer Mohamed
“The Burdened”
By Amr Gamal
Yemen
Black Iris Award
2023
Ashkal
By Youssef Chebbi
Tunisia
Special Mention
Hanging Gardens
By Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Iraq
Black Iris Award
2022
Soula
By Salah Issaad
Algeria
Special Mention
THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE
By Khadar Ahmed
Somalia
Black Iris Award
2021
Honey Cigar | Cigare au Mie
By Kamir Aïnouz
Algeria
Special Mention
Skies of Lebanon | Sous Le Ciel d'Alice
By Chloé Mazlo
Lebanon
Black Iris Award
2020
You Will Die at Twenty
By Amjad Abu Alala
Sudan
Special Mention
Last Visit
By Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan
Saudi Arabia
