Special Award

Le prix UGTT du meilleur scénario de film tunisien de Long métrage fiction est décerné à BEAUTY & THE DOGS de Kaouther Ben Hania - Tunisia

Prix spécial CNCI de l’image « Ali Ben Abdallah » pour un film de long métrage en compétition : WHOSE COUNTRY? de Mohamed Siam - Egypt

Prix Spécial TV5 Monde : NORTHERN WIND de Walid Mattar - Tunisia

Official competiton short documentaries

Mention spéciale : Cloch'art de Manel Katri - Tunisia

Bronze Tanit: Gaza by her de May Odeh - Riham Al Ghazali - Palestine

Silver Tanit: NO HARBOUR FOR THE SMALL SHIPS de Joëlle Abou Chabké - Lebanon

Golden Tanit: Jackenson-From Street kid to champion de Linda Leila Diatta - Jean Marc Poteau - Niger - Haiti

Official competiton feature documentaries

Mention spéciale : GHOST HUNTING de Raed Andoni - Palestine

Bronze Tanit: UPON THE SHADOW de Nada Mezni Hafaiedh - Tunisia

Silver Tanit: KEMTIYU-CHEIKH ANTA de Ousmane William Mbaye - Senegal

Golden Tanit: KORO DU BAKORO de Simplice Ganou Herman - Burkina Faso

Official competiton short films

Mention spéciale : SECRETS OF THE WIND de Imène Alnasiri - Tunisia

Bronze Tanit: AFFABILITY de Ahmed Nader - Egypt

Silver Tanit: DEM DEM ! de Lopy Pape Bouname Marc Recchia Christophe Rolin - Senegal

Golden Tanit: AYA de Moufida Fedhila - Tunisia

Official competiton Feature films

Prix du meilleur montage : UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN de Karim Moussaoui - Algeria

Prix de la meilleure image décerné à Frederic Serve – Film THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR de Licínio Azevedo - Mozambique

Prix de la meilleure musique originale : FÉLICITÉ de Alain Gomis - Senegal

Prix du meilleur scénario : NORTHERN WIND de Walid Mattar - Tunisia

Prix de la meilleure interprétation féminine Véronique Tchanda Beya pour son rôle dans FÉLICITÉ d'Alain Gomis - Senegal

Prix de la meilleure interprétation masculine Abdel Moneem Chwayet pour son rôle dans MUSTAFA Z d'Nidhal Chatta - Tunisia

Bronze Tanit: VOLUBILIS de Faouzi Bensaidi - Marocco

Silver Tanit: INXEBA de John Trengove - South Africa

Golden Tanit: THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR de Licínio Azevedo - Mozambique

Compétition Officielle Longs Métrages : Prix Tahar Cheriaa

Tanit d’or pour la « 1ère Œuvre » de long métrage : prix Tahar Chriaa : NORTHERN WIND de Walid Mattar - Tunisia

Prix parallèles JCC 2017

Prix parallèle CREDIF « pour la création cinématographique féminine » décerné à la meilleure actrice des films en compétition officielle.
OUAGA GIRLS de Theresa Traore Dahlberg - Burkina Faso

Prix parallèle FIPRESCI « pour le meilleur film de long métrage » dans la compétition officielle.
THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR de Licínio Azevedo - Mozambique

Prix parallèle FACC « de la critique africaine – Paulin Soumanou Vieyra» décerné pour un film de long métrage en compétition officielle.
THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR de Licínio Azevedo - Mozambique

Prix parallèle FEMME ET MÉMOIRE « PRIX HASSIBA ROCHDI de la meilleure interprétation féminine » dans la compétition officielle de films tunisiens de fiction.
Le prix est décerné à Mariam Al Ferjani pour son rôle dans BEAUTY & THE DOGS de Kaouther Ben Hania - Tunisia

The official award list of the OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS Sections of feature and animation long and short films and documentary films includes the following awards:

A- The TANITS

1/ Golden Tanits (First Prize)

• - Golden Tanit for the best feature film.
• - Golden Tanit for the best short film.
• - Golden Tanit for the best first feature film (Tahar Cheriaa Award).
• - Golden Tanit for the best long documentary.
• - Golden Tanit for best short documentary.

2/ Silver Tanit (Second Prize)

• - Silver Tanit for the best feature film.
• - Silver Tanit for the best short film.
• - Silver Tanit for the best long documentary.
• - Silver Tanit for best short documentary.

3/ Bronze Tanit (Third Prize)

• - Bronze Tanit for the best feature film.
• - Bronze Tanit for the best short film.
• - Bronze Tanit for the best long documentary.
• - Bronze Tanit for best short documentary.

B – OTHER OFFICIAL AWARDS:

• - Best screenplay award for a feature film in the Official Competition.
• - Best actress award for a film in the Official Competition.
• - Best actor award for a film in the Official Competition.
• - Best original music award.
• - Best photography award.
• - Best editing award.

The Jury reserves itself the discretion to grant or not to grant any of the awards mentioned in section 4.
The Jury may grant special merit awards.
There are no tied awards in the awarding of all prizes (Tanits and other prizes).
Organizations wishing to award other prizes or awards should apply with JCC Management to get their agreement before the start of the session.
The physical value for each of these parallel prizes is fixed at five thousand US dollars minimum (US$ 5,000).
A special award ceremony to announce the results and hand in the prizes will be organized by JCC Management.

Tanits and prizes offer the following benefits:

• - Feature Film Gold Tanit: a specific trophy and forty thousand (40,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Feature Documentary Gold Tanit: a specific trophy and a thirty thousand (30,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - First Feature Film (Tahar Chriaa Prize): a specific trophy and a twenty thousand (20,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Short Film Gold Tanit: a specific trophy and a ten thousand (10,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Feature Film Silver Tanit: a specific trophy and a fifteen- thousand (15,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Silver Tanit Long Documentary: a specific trophy and a ten- thousand (10,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Short Film Silver Tanit: a specific trophy and a five -thousand (5,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Feature Film Bronze Tanit: a specific trophy and a ten- thousand (10,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Long Documentary Bronze Tanit: a specific trophy and a six- thousand (6,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Short Film Bronze Tanit: a specific trophy and a three- thousand (3,000) Tunisian Dinars premium.
• - Feature film best screenplay award: a specific trophy.
• - Best actress award: a specific trophy.
• - Best actor award: a specific trophy.
• - Best original music award: a specific trophy.
• - Best photography award: a specific trophy.
• - Best editing award: a specific trophy.

All the amounts mentioned above are paid half to the director and half to the producer of the winning film as follows:

• - in Tunisian Dinars or in a transferable currency to prize-winners other than Tunisians.
• - in Tunisian Dinars to Tunisian prize-winners.