
Jordan Short Film Festival 2009 Awards
November 14, 2009
JSFF'09 OFFICIAL JURY AWARDS
Best Arab Short Film (3000 USD) | Gaza-London by Dima Hamdan | UK/Palestine | 14:24 min | 2009 | Fiction
Synopsis: December 2008. A massive Israeli assault on Gaza in underway. Mahmoud is in London, his mother's trapped in Gaza, and he's lost all contact with her.
Best International Short Film (3000 USD) | LoopLoop by Patrick Bergeron | Canada | 5 min | 2008 | Experimental
Synopsis: In a train going to Hanoi in Vietnam, the houses boarding the railroad are passing by. Using animation and time shifts this video runs forwards and backwards looking for forgotten details, mimicking the way memories are replayed in the mind.
JSFF'09 CULTURAL ACTIVISTS JURY AWARDS
Special Mention - Eternal by Steve Woods | Ireland | 7 min | 2009 | Experimental
Synopsis: Dance is resistance. Palestine is eternal.
Special Mention - Cake with Cream | Ahmed Magdy | Egypt | 9:32 min | 2009 | Fiction
Synopsis: Under the cold concrete bridge, and between piles of trash and garbage. There’s a glance of hope to find some love and happiness. And there’s also cake with cream.
Official Selection '09
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Nov 11 - 14, 2009 @ Mohtaraf Remaal
Arab Short Film Competition
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