The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters has congratulated the Kuwaiti movie producer and director Abdullah Boushehri for his movie “Europe” that won the top awards for direction and acting at the International Red Sea Film Festival, recently hosted by Saudi Arabia.

The NCCAL official spokesperson, Dr. Issa Al-Ansari, conveyed felicitations to Boushehri from the Minister of Information, Culture, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and the council Chairman, Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, and its Secretary General Kamel Al-Abduljelil.

Al-Ansari said he was elated that the movie was honored with the high esteem awards noting that it had also been premiered at the prestigious international Cannes festival.

This work that materialized as a result of Kuwaiti-Iraqi-Italian cooperation constituted a new boost for the Kuwaiti movie making industry that first saw the light in the 60s of the past century.

The movie narrates a tragic story of an Iraqi, named Kamal, who tries to reach Europe on foot however he falls prey to manipulation by border guards and anti-immigration activists.

Boushehri, a graduate from Florida Atlantic University, had produced the movies, “A Kuwaiti Hero,” and “Loss of Ahmad,” that won the top award as the best Gulf documentary in 2007.

Meanwhile, the council congratulated the State of Kuwait Representative at the Arab Music Academy Dr. Mohammad Al-Daihan for his appointment as the deputy president of the Arab body.

The council spokesman, Dr. Al-Ansari, in a statement, relayed congratulations from minister Al-Mutairi and Abduljelil to Dr. Al-Daihan.

Source: Kuwait News Agency