DUBAI: Egyptian filmmaker Haya Khairat will be given the Angénieux Special Encouragement Award at the Cannes Film Festival, she announced on Instagram this week.
“Grateful, happy and humbled beyond words to be selected for an @angenieuxlenses encouragement award this year alongside the great DOP Barry Ackroyd taking place at the @festivaldecannes,” she captioned her post.
The Angénieux Special Encouragement Award, which was launched in 2018, highlights young talents of cinematography.
Khairat said it is a “dream come true” to be there.
“This is only the start, won’t stop till my film gets screened there one day,” she wrote.
Khairat’s debut film “Dark Chocolate” won the Audience’s Best Short Film Award at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2019.
The award’s previous recipients include Cecile Zhang from China in 2018, Modhura Palit from India in 2019, Pamela Albarran from Mexico in 2021 and Evelin van Rei from the Netherlands in 2022.
