Egyptian underground art film scoops top regional prize

TUNIS- "Microphone", about young hip hop and graffiti artists in Egypt's second city Alexandria, scooped the top award Sunday of Tunisia's Carthage Film Festival showcasing African and Arab cinema.
Directed by Egyptian Ahmad Abdalla, the film impressed with its audacity and youth, announced the jury president, Haitian director Raoul Peck.
"The Golden Tanit is awarded to this film for its boldness, its youth, the reach of its music, the richness of its characters in a society which refuses to grant young musicians the place that they claim," he said.