Damascus International Film Festival
| Location | Damascus, Syria |
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| Founded | 1979 |
| Festival date | November |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://damascusfest.com |
The Damascus International Film Festival (Arabic: مهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي) is a biannual November film festival hosted by the government of Syria since 1979. The festival was established by the late Syrian film director Muhammad Shahin. It alternates with the Carthage Film Festival. Up to 1999, the festival's competition focused on films from Arab countries, Latin America and Asia. Since 2001 the festival has an international focus.
Award winners
| Year | Best film | Best actor | Best actress |
| 1979 1st[1] |
Sun of the Hyenas Fences |
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| 1981 2nd[2] |
The Survivors Fragments |
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| 1983 3rd[3] |
Last of Presents | ||
| 1985 4th[4] |
Remedy | Syed Ali Koirat for Kingdom of Dreams |
Naglaa Fathi for Sorry, Law |
| 1987 5th[5] |
A Successful Man | Ahmed Zaki for The Wife of an Important Man |
Pan Hong for The Last Empress Mahua Roychoudhury for Man and Woman |
| 1989 6th[6] |
Nights of the Jackal | Asaad Fedda for Nights of the Jackal |
Fatima Belhadj for The Citadel |
| 1991 7th[7] |
Supporting Roles The Kit Kat |
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz for The Kit Kat |
Luisa Pérez Nieto for Supporting Roles |
| 1993 8th[8] |
The Frontier | Abdellatif Kechiche for Bezness |
Dimple Kapadia for The Mourner |
| 1995 9th[9] |
Amnesia | Tayser Idris for Rising Rain Mohamed Ali Allalou for Youssef: The Legend of the Seventh Sleeper |
Amel Hédhili for The Silences of the Palace Lucy for The Stolen Joy |
| 1997 10th[10] |
Tieta of Agreste The Captain |
Tao Hong for Colors of the Blind | |
| 1999 11th[11] |
Fallen Angels Paradise | Tamara Acosta for The Revenge | |
| 2001 12th[12] |
Aberdeen | Josse De Pauw for Everybody's Famous! |
Licia Maglietta for Bread and Tulips |
| 2003 13th[13] |
Dolls | ||
| 2005 14th[14] |
 Little Sky |
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| 2007 15th[15] |
That Winter | Julio Chávez for The Other |
All actresses for Caramel |
| 2008 16th[16] |
Empties | Reza Naji for The Song of Sparrows |
Kristin Scott Thomas for I've Loved You So Long |
| 2009 17th[17] |
Treeless Mountain | Vladimir Ilyin & Aleksey Vertkov for Ward No. 6 |
Giovanna Mezzogiorno for Victory |
| 2010 18th[18] |
Outside the Law | George Piştereanu for If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle |
Gabriela Maria Schmeide for The Hairdresser |
References
- ^ الدورة الأولى لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-04-25.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Second Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Third Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ الدورة الرابعة لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ الدورة الخامسة. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on September 14, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Sixth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Seventh Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Eighth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Ninth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Tenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Eleventh Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Twelfth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ الدورة الثالثة عشر. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on November 5, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Fourteenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Fifteenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "Sixteenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on December 5, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ الدورة السابعة عشر لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-04-25.[permanent dead link]
- ^ الدورة الثامنة عشر لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-04-25.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Damascus International Film Festival official website
