International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) wrapped-up its 49​ edition by announcing the award winners. The Festival screened a black-and-white version of Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-nominated ​Parasite​, which won the IFFR audience award by receiving the highest score of ​4.764​ out of 5. While Ladj Ly’s ​Les Miserables ​came in second place with 4.676, the movie also won the IFFR Youth Jury Award. Both films were screened as part of ​the Official rd​

Selection Out of Competition at the 3​ edition of GFF, where ​Les Miserables ​won the Cinema for Humanity Audience Award, for ​exemplifying humanitarian themes.
Winner of El Gouna Silver Star for Narrative Film and ​Oscar-nominated ​Corpus Christi, directed by Jan Komasa, took the third place with 4.655. The film’s lead star ​Bartosz Bielenia was also awarded ​El Gouna Star for the Best Actor​. ​Marayam Touzani’s ​Adam ​came in seventh place with 4.603. ​Adam​ won ​El Gouna Bronze Star for Narrative Film at the 2019 edition of GFF.