Arabic press release - Awards for Jordan Shot Film Festival 2009

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.

CONTACT
Hazim Bitar
Festival Director
Jordan Short Film Festival
web: http://www.JordanFilmFestival.com
tel: +962.776.400.434
email: JordanianFilms@...

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