Just because the gongs have been handed out and several filmmakers might have woken up with a strange glass statuette leering at them from their bedside table in Emirates Palace, that doesn't mean it's over for the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. There are still several screenings today, including the chance to see the main award winners.
WINNER: BLACK PEARL AWARD NARRATIVE Araf/Somewhere In Between Hotly anticipated before it arrived in Abu Dhabi, this drama from Turkish director Yesim Ustaglu tells the story of two youngsters who try to escape from their dull, limbo-trapped lives and break free from the vicious cycle of their numbing illusions. The miserableness is unrelenting, but there's a dramatic turn towards the end that leads to a spectacular finale. Marina Mall, Vox 5, 6pm
WINNER: BLACK PEARL AWARD DOCUMENTARY A World Not Ours Part episode of The Wonder Years, part eye-opening history lesson, Mahdi Fleifel's colourful documentary sees the London-based Palestinian director return to the Ain Al-Hilweh refugee camp in south Lebanon where he grew up, and introduces to a collection of absorbing characters a script could never do justice to. Hilarious in parts and emotional in other, A World Not Ours was a deserved winner, offering a superb window into the lives of those trapped in a situation where hope is all too often a far-flung concept. Marina Mall, Vox 2, 3.45pm
WINNER: SPECIAL JURY AWARD DOCUMENTARY Stories We Tell Oscar-nominee Sarah Polley's tear-jerking documentary explore the secrets of her own family, using narratives from each member and archival footage to create a personal essay on the issues of how truth and memory are used to spin different tales. It's the filmmaker's first foray into documentary making, and proved to be one of the most warmly received of the whole festival. Marina Mall, Vox 4, 3.30pm
WINNER: BLACK PEARL AWARD NEW HORIZONS A Respectable Family The corrupt dealings of a expansive family in post-revolutionary Iran are explored in this methodically structured debut drama from documentary filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi, littered with flashbacks to the 1980s and with a story that brings us to the modern day. Word of warning: it's quite complicated so you might want to pay attention to the subtitles. Emirates Palace, 6.15pm
