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Abouna was directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun of Chad
A scene from Abouna which won the prize for best cinematography

Complete list of prizes

It's not just the long form feature film that wins prizes at FESPACO.

At the climax of the 2003 edition at the Municipal stadium, many prize winners were announced in the festival's different competition categories.

The jury's "special prize" for a full length film was awarded to Kabala by Malian director Assane Kouyate.

The awards for best actor and actress were given to Cheikh Doukoure for his performance in Paris Selon Moussa, and to Awatef Jendoubi of Tunisia for her first big role as Fatma.

Mahamat Saleh Haroun's film Abouna won the best cinematography award for the beautiful work of Ethiopian Abraham Haile Birru.

Jason Xenopolous from South Africa won the award for the best editing in the long film category.

The award for the best set design went to Heremakono, the film that won the Stallion de Yennenga for best film.

The prize for the best music was awarded to Le Prix de Pardon which featured the music of Youssou N'Dour, Wasis Diop, and Loy Ehrlich;

The best sound in the long film category was judged to have been in Khaled Ghorbal's Fatma.

Special prize of the European Union was awarded to L'Afrance, directed by Alain Gomis of Senegal. He also picked up the Oumarou Ganda Prize for a first feature film by a young.

The Grand prize for a short film went to a home-grown film maker Adama Rouamba, for Source d'histoire.

The best documentary on TV/video went to Tanger, le reve des bruleurs by Leila Kilani of Morocco, and the title of best television drama or sitcom went to Houria by Rachida Krim from Algeria.

The Jury's prize for TV/Video was awarded to Silence Viole, and the short film category "special prize" was awarded to Drink in the Passage by Zola
Maseko, of South Africa.

 
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