Damascus International Film Festival
مهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي
LocationDamascus, Syria
Founded1979
Festival dateNovember
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://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
1981
2nd[2]		 The Survivors
Fragments
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]		 Argentina Little Sky
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

  1. ^ الدورة الأولى لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-04-25.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Second Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  3. ^ "Third Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ الدورة الخامسة. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on September 14, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  6. ^ "Sixth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  7. ^ "Seventh Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  8. ^ "Eighth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  9. ^ "Ninth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  10. ^ "Tenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  11. ^ "Eleventh Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  12. ^ "Twelfth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  13. ^ الدورة الثالثة عشر. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on November 5, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  14. ^ "Fourteenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  15. ^ "Fifteenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  16. ^ "Sixteenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on December 5, 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  17. ^ الدورة السابعة عشر لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-04-25.[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ الدورة الثامنة عشر لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي. Damascus International Film Festival (archived) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-04-25.[permanent dead link]

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