Second award for powerful short film
SAT-7 film Perhaps God Sees Me, which offers a message of hope for young people experiencing despair, has won the Jewel Award for best drama at the CEVMA (Christian European Visual Media Association) awards.
It is the film’s second accolade, as it also picked up the Best Humanitarian Short Film Award at the Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries last year.
Collecting the CEVMA award on Saturday (13 September) on behalf of SAT-7, George Makeen, Ministry Content Advisor, said:
“We are very proud to get this award for this project, which is so close to our hearts. We are trying to talk to young people in the Arab World who feel that no-one sees them, that perhaps God doesn’t see them anymore. We are saying, ‘We understand your pain, we feel it, but the only hope that we have is that perhaps God still sees us in the middle of all this suffering.’”
Perhaps God Sees Me won the CEVMA Jewel Award for best drama with a budget under €50K. Last year, SAT-7 TÜRK’s first feature film, Yakamoz, won the CEVMA Jewel Award for best drama over €50K.
Suicide prevention
Perhaps God Sees Me was made as part of SAT-7’s Youth for an Enabling Society (YES) project. It tells the powerful and moving story of a young woman who is going through an identity crisis, struggling with depression and contemplating suicide. But as opportunities arise to help others, she finds a renewed sense of meaning and self-worth.
The CEVMA award comes just after World Suicide Prevention Day was marked on 10 September. Perhaps God Sees Me was shown on the YES project’s Our Generation Plus social media pages for the first time on this date last week and received encouraging feedback from viewers.
YES project lead, Rafik George, said:
“I am happy that the film won another prize, but what touched my heart the most were people’s reactions to the film and the messages we received saying that it told their story and that their outlook on life changed after watching it. All the glory goes to the Lord.”
Maged Mounir, SAT-7 Egypt Executive Director, added:
“We are so thankful to God that this is not the first time this movie has won an award, and this indicates that the film is up to international standards. More importantly, the meaning and message behind the movie is very touching to many who do not feel or know the value of their lives.”
The YES project is implemented by SAT-7 Egypt in partnership with Norwegian Mission Society (NMS) and supported by DIGNI. Click here to find out more about the YES project