Best Narrative Film – Chicken with Plums, directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (France, Germany, Belgium)

Special Jury Award – A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi (Iran)

Best Director from the Arab World – Ismaël Ferroukhi, Free Men (France, Morocco)

“For his excellent telling of an unknown and important story”

Best Producer from the Arab World – Ziad Hamzeh and Ridha Behi, Always Brando (Tunisia)

“In recognition of their determination to realize their cinematic dream against all odds”

Best Actor – Woody Harrelson, Rampart (USA)

“For his riveting and complex performance as a derailed LA cop”

Best Actress – Jayashree Basavaraj, Lucky (South Africa)

Jury Special Mention – Soufia Issami, Mouna Bahmad, Nouza Akel and Sara Betioui, actresses, On the Edge (Morocco, France, Germany, UAE)

“For their impressively authentic performances”

Narrative Competition jury – Nabil Maleh, Syrian filmmaker (president); Marianne Denicourt, French actress; Lucinda Englehart, British producer; Laila Eloui, Egyptian actress; George Sluizer, Dutch director

Best Film – Stories Only Exist When Remembered, directed by Julie Murat (Brazil, Argentina, France)

“It was a unanimous decision by the jury to award this the Best Film prize. It's a film that opened a window onto a new perspective of both life and death. At once subtle but full of emotion, the story is universal and resonates days after the viewing experience.”

Special Jury Award – Alms for a Blind Horse, directed by Gurvinder Singh (India)

“For its visual style and a poetic journey indicating a new and intriguing voice to emerge from the cinematic landscape of India”

Best Director from the Arab World – Amr Salama, Asma’a (Egypt)

“For the bold and important choice of a topic that will engage conversation about the significance of cinema in raising awareness”

Best Producer from the Arab World – Souney Kadouh, This Narrow Place (Lebanon, USA)

“For an independent spirit and a determined effort”

Best Actor – Maged El Kedwany, Asma’a (Egypt)

“A natural and restrained performance bringing to life a character with human complexity and emotional conflict”

Best Actress (split prize) – Memona Mohamed, Tears of Sand (Spain)

“For skillful achievement and a graceful simplicity in creating a complex, understated and unexpected performance” shared with Sonia Guedes, Stories Exist Only When Remembered (Brazil, Argentina, France) 

“For an elegant performance played with a haunting resonance and ageless gravitas”

New Horizons Competition jury: Bahman Ghobadi, Iranian director (president); Paul Baboudjian, Lebanese filmmaker; Marwan Hamed, Egyptian director; Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian writer/director; Aimee Mullins, US athlete/model/actress aimee

Best Narrative – A Marriage, directed by Henning Rosenlund (Norway)

Best Documentary – Written in Ink, directed by Martin Rath (Poland)

Best Animation – Luminaris, directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina), shared with Specky Four-Eyes, directed by Jean-Claude Rozec (France)

Best Film from the Arab World – Farewell Exile, by Lamia Alami (Morocco)

Best Producer – Arben Zharku (Kosovo) for The Wedding Tape

Best Producer from the Arab World – Yacine Bouaziz (Algeria) for Tomorrow, Algiers

Best Documentary – Position Among the Stars, directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich (Netherlands)

“Its distinguished cinematic language, the visualization and the way the life of a family is presented in this film takes us to their world and lets us experience the complexities of the society they lived in – with a sense of humor that turns their tragedy into happy moments.”

Special Jury Award – The Tiniest Place, directed by Tatiana Huezo (Mexico)

“This film uses the camera as a professional, artistic means of telling a story in a different way, building a strong cinematic language that helps get to the depth of a tragic experience, yet doesn’t simply dwell in tragedy.”

Best New Director – Gemma Atwal, Marathon Boy (India, UK, USA)

“This film demonstrates a strong ability to build a scenario that manipulates the expectations of the scenes and its relation with the characters. Throughout the film the audience takes a long, deep look at an individual life, exploring it step by step, and living through all the happy and sad moments.”

Best Director from the Arab World – Safinez Bousbia, El Gusto (France, Algeria, Ireland, UAE)

“For its accomplishments in linking the past with the present, linking the characters with the scenes, and using the screen to make a dream come true”

Best Producer from the Arab World –  Mohamed Hefzy, Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Politician (Egypt, UAE)

“For the work and effort done to let the audience have a closer look at a historical moment that the Arab world is living currently, through three different and complete points of view”

Documentary Competition jury – Tahani Rached, Egyptian-Canadian writer/director (president); Anwar Jamal, Indian director; Victor Kossakovsky, Russian director; Mahmoud Al Massad, Jordanian filmmaker; Mostafa Messnaoui, Moroccan writer and film critic

Best Film – The Last Mountain, directed by Bill Haney (USA)

“A powerful documentary that shows a community living next to a mountain as it fights to save their environment from a damaging coal company and their own government. The documentary shows both the problem and the consequences and proposes a renewable energy solution.” 

The Our World jury was made up of graduate students from Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) – Khasiaba Al Dalel, Yu-Kuang Lin and Mohamed Asaad Taher. Dr. Amal Al Ghaferi served as advisor.

Audience Choice Award – Skeem, directed by Timothy Greene (South Africa)

El Gusto, directed by Safinez Bousbia (France, Algeria, Ireland, UAE)

Lily Cole (UK)  and Sarah Bolger (Ireland) for their roles in The Moth Diaries 

Short Narrative Competition:

First Prize – Soul, directed by Fatma Abdulla (UAE)

Second Prize – Dreams of Rice, by Yasser Al Neyadi and Hana Al Shatri (UAE)

Third Prize  – Telephoni, directed by Hassan Kiyany (UAE)

Special Jury Award – Raneen, directed by Maitham Al Musawi (Oman)

Best Emirati Film – Soul, directed by Fatma Abdulla (UAE)

Best Script – Dreams of Rice, by Yasser Al Neyadi and Hana Al Shatri (UAE)

Best Cinematography – Wind, directed by Waleed Al Shehhi (UAE)

Short Documentary Competition:

First Prize – A Falcon Will Not Breed a Dove, by Mansour Al Dhaheri (UAE)

Second Prize – Photon, by Awadh Al Hamzani (Saudi Arabia)

Third Prize – A Night to Remember, by Fahmi Farahat (Saudi Arabia)

Special Jury Award – Letters to Palestine, by Rashid Al Marri (UAE)

Student Short Narrative Competition:

First Prize – Maher's Camera, by Mansour Al Badran (Saudi Arabia)

Second Prize – Mad Camel, by Mohammed Fikree (UAE)

Third Prize – Dinner #7665, by Salma Serry (UAE, Egypt)

Student Short Documentary Competition:

First Prize – 6 on 18, by Salma Serry (UAE, Egypt)

Second Prize – Layers, by Manal Wicki (UAE)

Third Prize – Lahjatna (Our Accent), by Mariam Al Nuaimi (UAE)