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\n\tAnnemarie Jacir\u2019s award-winning film Palestine 36<\/em> leads the nominations for the 10th edition of the Critics Awards For Arab Films, which were announced today. <\/p>\n \n\tThe annual prizes, organized by the Arab Cinema Centre (ACC), have been voted on by a record 307 Arab and international critics from 75 countries this year, with the awards ceremony due to take place during the Cannes Film Festival on May 16.<\/p>\n \n\tPalestine 36<\/em> has been nominated in six categories including best film, director and screenplay. \u00a0It is followed by Maryam Touzani\u2019s Calle M\u00e1laga<\/em> with five nominations; Cherien Dabis\u2019 All That\u2019s Left Of You<\/em> with four; and then Yunan<\/em>, My Father\u2019s Scent<\/em>, and Once Upon A Time in Gaza<\/em> with three each.<\/p>\n \n\tKaouther Ben Hania\u2019s Oscar-nominated and Venice Grand Jury Prize winner Gaza War-set drama The Voice of Hind Rajab<\/em> has garnered just one nomination in the best director category.<\/p>\n \n\tExploring the events around the 1936-1939 revolt in which Palestinians rose up against Britain\u2019s colonial rule, Palestine 36<\/em> world premiered in Toronto last year and went to tour raft of festivals, winning the Tokyo Grand Prix, and made it into the Academy Awards Best International Feature Film December shortlist.<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing a packed festival run, Watermelon Pictures launched the picture theatrically in North America at the end of March. It has also enjoyed successful runs in the UK and a raft of European territories and continues to travel.<\/p>\n \n\tMoroccan director Touzani\u2019s Spanish-language drama Calle M\u00e1laga<\/em>, <\/em>starring Carmen Maura as a woman fighting to keep her childhood home in Tangier, debuted in Venice, winning the Audience Award.<\/p>\n \n\tU.S.-Palestinian director Dabis\u2019 All That\u2019s Left Of You, <\/em>following three generations of a Palestinian family in the wake of 1948, premiered at Sundance, and also made it onto the Best International Feature Film shortlist.<\/p>\n \n\tRecent winners of the best film award are Thank You For Banking With Us! <\/em>(2025) and Goodbye Julia <\/em>(2024).<\/p>\n \n\tThe Full List Of 2026 Nominees:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tBest Feature Film<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA | Tarzan and Arab Nasser | Palestine \n\tBest Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tAmer Nasser and Marie Legrand| ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA \n\tBest Director<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tMaryam Touzani | CALLE M\u00c1LAGA \n\tBest Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tDeborah Christelle Naney | PROMISED SKY \n\tBest Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tAdham Shukr | THE SETTLEMENT \n\tBest Music<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tArmand Amar | HIJRA \n\tBest Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tAmeer Fakher Eldin | YUNAN \n\tBest Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Louvart | PALESTINE 36 \n\tBest Documentary<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tTHE LIONS BY THE RIVER TIGRIS | Zaradasht Ahmed | Iraq \n\tBest Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tL\u2019MINA | Randa Maroufi | Morocco
PALESTINE 36 | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine
ALL THAT\u2019S LEFT OF YOU | Cherien Dabis | Palestine
CALLE M\u00c1LAGA | Maryam Touzani | Morocco
COTTON QUEEN | Suzannah Mirghani | Sudan<\/p>\n
Cherien Dabis | ALL THAT\u2019S LEFT OF YOU
Annemarie Jacir | PALESTINE 36
Maryam Touzani and Nabil Ayouch | CALLE M\u00c1LAGA
Ahmed Amer and Mohamed Siam | MY FATHER\u2019S SCENT<\/p>\n
Cherien Dabis | ALL THAT\u2019S LEFT OF YOU
Tarzan and Arab Nasser | ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Annemarie Jacir | PALESTINE 36
Kaouther Ben Hania | THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB<\/p>\n
Mounia Akl | A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Yasmine Al Massri | PALESTINE 36
Carmen Maura | CALLE M\u00c1LAGA
Baneen Ahmad Nayyef | THE PRESIDENT\u2019S CAKE<\/p>\n
Nawwaf Aldaferi | HIJRA
Dhafer L\u2019Abidine | PALESTINE 36
Georges Khabbaz | YUNAN
Ahmed Malek | MY FATHER\u2019S SCENT<\/p>\n
Suad Bushnaq | YUNAN
Amine Bouhafa | AISHA CAN\u2019T FLY AWAY
Omar El-Deeb | THE PRESIDENT\u2019S CAKE
Freya Arde | CALLE M\u00c1LAGA<\/p>\n
Ahmed Hafez | MY FATHER\u2019S SCENT
Qutaiba Barhamji, Maxime Mathis, and Kaouther Ben Hania | THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Heba Othman | THE SETTLEMENT
Zeina Aboul Hosn | DEAD DOG<\/p>\n
Mostafa El Kashef | AISHA CAN\u2019T FLY AWAY
Joe Saade | A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Christopher Aoun | ALL THAT\u2019S LEFT OF YOU
Frida Marzouk | PROMISED SKY<\/p>\n
KHARTOUM | Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, and Phil Cox | Sudan
50 METERS | Yomna Khattab | Egypt
LIFE AFTER SIHAM | Namir Abdel Messeeh | Egypt
DO YOU LOVE ME | Lana Daher | Lebanon<\/p>\n
IT\u2019S SO BEAUTIFUL HERE | Basma Alsharif and Kamal Aljafari |\u00a0 Palestine
CONTROL ANATOMY | Mahmoud Al Haj | Palestine
I\u2019M GLAD YOU\u2019RE DEAD NOW | Tawfeek Barhom | Palestine
SOUS LES RUINES | Nadhir Bouslama | Tunisia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n