It is the first Palestinian film to win Marrakech’s Etoile D’Or award.
Palestinian film Happy Holidays walked away with the Étoile d’Or for Best Film at the Marrakech Film Festival.
Directed by Scandar Copti, Happy Holidays is a contemporary Haifa-set drama in which a minor car accident sets off a chain of events, unraveling lies and unspoken truths that sow division within a multifaceted patriarchal society. It is the first Palestinian film to win Marrakech’s Etoile D’Or award.
Happy Holidays world premiered in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons segment this year, winning Best Screenplay. It has also since won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Its German producer, Dorothe Beinemeier, won the producers award for the co-production at the Hamburg Film Festival.
Additionally, actresses Wafaa Aoun and Manar Shehab shared the prize for Best Performance by an Actress for their performances in the film.
