The film "Ezmûn", a joint production of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, Germany and Qatar managed to won the Crystal Globe Competition section of the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the International Federation of Critics Award dubbed FIPRESCI Prize in Czech Republic.

The prize was awarded to Exam in a ceremony attended by film Director Shawkat Amin Korki, producer Mehmet Aktas, actors Avan Jamal and Vania Salar.

The members of the jury of the International Federation of Film Critics awarded the FIPRESCI prize to the film "Ezmûn", from the Crystal Globe Competition that best promotes film art and encourages new and young cinema.

At this year’s edition of Karlovy Vary IFF the FIPRESCI prize was awarded in memory of Jan Foll (1951–2021), an unmistakable persona of Czech film criticism who influenced several generations of young journalist.

The members of the jury "FIPRESCI" prize were Birgit Beumers from United Kingdom, Eirik Bull from Norway and Adéla Mrázová from the Czech Republic.

This fourth feature film of Shawkat Amin Korki is co-produced by Mitos Film in Berlin and Masti film in Sulaymaniyah. The German company ArtHood is to screen ‘The Exam’ internationally.

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