Golden Pyramid Award

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The Golden Pyramid Award is the highest prize for best film in the international competition of the Cairo International Film Festival, hosted annually in Cairo, Egypt. [1]

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References

  1. "Awards – Cairo International Film Festival" . Retrieved 2019-10-02.