Jordan Short Film Festival 2009 Awards

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.