Malmö – March 3, 2023
Yesterday evening, Thursday, March 2, the winners of the Malmö City Business Awards were announced. The Malmö Arab Film Festival and its founder, Mouhamed Keblawi, won the award in the Creative Industries category for the year 2023. Janne Grönholm, Municipal councilor for culture and leisure / Deputy Mayor at Malmö city, handed over the award to Keblawi.
The award motivation stated that: “This year’s winners succeed in a brilliant way in contributing to both important knowledge exchange, collaborations, financing and business in an industry with complex co-financing systems. By building bridges between cultures in times of polarization, they contribute to the emergence of more voices and stories, as well as to the valuable development of the hub of film industry actors in the city. The winner is a brave and driven personality who inspires and challenges established norms, and who with his competence and his international network built something unique that puts Malmö on the map as a film city in Europe”
Upon receiving the award, Mouhamed Keblawi expressed his happiness with it, saying: “Winning the Malmö Business life Award for creative industry is our pride. thank you City of Malmö thank you Malmö Business life and jury, It’s fantastic to feel that there are people who appreciate what you do. This award will give us motivation to promote our work and be an example of serious and successful work for a better life.”
