‘Safe Exit’ wins El Gouna’s top narrative feature prize

Variety reports that Mohammed Hammad’s “Safe Exit” won the Golden Star for best narrative feature at the ninth El Gouna Film Festival, which ended October 23. Ahmed Hassouna’s “Citizen Osama” won the documentary Golden Star and best Arab documentary. CineGouna’s 19 selected projects received more than $350,000 across 40 awards, while six Arab TV projects joined its inaugural Series development lab.