Woman wins award for best drama at Saudi Film Festival

2015/02/25 18:49:42 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

A female Saudi film-maker won an award for best drama at the Saudi Film Festival, the chief juror said Wednesday, hailing a higher quality of entries despite the kingdom & #039;s cinema ban. At the awards ceremony on Tuesday night, Hana al-Omair took the Golden Palm Tree prize for her drama & quot;Complain & quot;, said Abdullah al-Eyaf, the head of the festival jury. Another woman, Shahad Ameen, won second prize in the drama category for & quot;Eye & amp; Mermaid & quot;, a fantasy about a girl who discovers her father has tortured a mermaid to extract beautiful black pearls. Mohanna Abdullah took third place for his film & quot;Adam & #039;s Ant & quot;, the story of a prisoner who tries to befriend an ant in his cell.
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