Complete Awards List of the Official Competitions of JCC 2025
 
The Carthage Film Festival announced, on Saturday, December 20, 2025, the Awards of the Official Competitions of its 36th edition, in a ceremony held at the Opera Theater of the Chedli Klibi City of Culture. The 36th edition of the JCC took place from December 13 to 20, 2025.
 
Official Feature Fiction Film Competition:
 
Golden Tanit: The Stories by Abu Bakr Shawky (Egypt)
 
Silver Tanit: My father's Shadow by Akinola Davies JR (Nigeria)
 
Bronze Tanit: Sink by Zain Duraie (Jordan)

Honorary Tanit: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
 
Best Screenplay: Director Amel Guellaty for the film "Where the Wind Comes From" (Tunisia)
 
Best Female Performance: Palestinian actress Saja Kilani for the film "The Voice of Hind Rajab"
 
 
Best Actress Special Mention: Ivorian actress Debora Lobe Naney for the film "Promised Sky"
 
 
Best Male Performance: Saudi actor Nawwaf Aldaferi for the film "Hijra"
 
 
Best Actor Special Mention: Iraqi actor Hussein Raad Zuwayr for the film "Irkalla: Gilgamesh's Dream
 
 
 
Best Original Music: Afrotronix for the film "Diya" (Chad)
 
Best Cinematography: Miguel Ioann Littin Menz for the film "Hijra"
 
Best Editing: Guillaume Talvas for the film "Diya"
 
Best Set Design: Assem Ali for the film "My Father's Scent"
 
Audience Award: Where The Wind Comes From by Amel Guellaty (Tunisia)
 
 
 
First Feature:
 
Tahar Cheriaa Award for Best First Feature: My Father's Shadow by Ankola Davis JR (Nigeria)
 
TV5 MONDE Award for Best First Film: Cotton Queen by Suzannah Mirghani (Sudan)
 
 
 
Official Feature-Length Documentary Film Competition:
 
 
Golden Tanit: Liti Liti by Mamadou Khouma Gueye (Senegal)
 
Silver Tanit: The Lions by The River Tigris by Zaradasht Ahmed (Iraq)
 
Bronze Tanit: On the Hill by Belhassen Handous (Tunisia)
 
Special Mention: Our Seed by Anis Lassoued (Tunisia)
 
Tribute to filmmaker Mamadou Moustapha Gaye:Graveyard of Life (Senegal)
 
 
 
Official Short Film Competition:
 
Golden Tanit: 32B by Mohamed Taher (Egypt)
 
Silver Tanit: Coyotes by Said Zagha (Palestine)
 
Bronze Tanit: She's Swimming by Liliane Rahal (Lebanon)
 
Special Mention 1: Café? by Bamar Kane (Senegal)
 
Special Mention 2: The Bird's Placebo by Rami Jarboui (Tunisia)
 
 
 
Ciné Promesse:
 
Ciné Promesse Award: Rock-Paper-Scissors by Cherifa Benouda (ESSAC - Tunisia)
 
Mention 1: Looking for Abbas Saber by Dina Hassan Aboelea (High Cinema Institute - Egypt)
 
Mention 2: Was Never Her Choice by Marguerita Nakhoul (Notre Dame de Louaizé University - Lebanon)