Damascus International Film Festival Explained

Damascus International Film Festival مهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي
Location:	Damascus, Syria
Founded:	1979
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
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]	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 &<br> 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

External links

• Damascus International Film Festival official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://afakcinemasy.com/article.php?id=169 . ar:الدورة الأولى لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . ar .
2. Web site: Second Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195311/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/3/Second+Session . September 15, 2009 .
3. Web site: Third Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195316/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/4/Third+Session . September 15, 2009 .
4. Web site: http://afakcinemasy.com/article.php?id=166 . https://archive.today/20150426015058/http://afakcinemasy.com/article.php?id=166 . dead . 2015-04-26 . ar:الدورة الرابعة لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . ar .
5. Web site: http://www.damascusfest.com/ar/archive/details/6/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A9+%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86+%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A . ar:الدورة الخامسة . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . ar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090914084042/http://www.damascusfest.com/ar/archive/details/6/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A9+%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86+%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A . September 14, 2009 .
6. Web site: Sixth Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195322/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/7/Sixth+Session . September 15, 2009 .
7. Web site: Seventh Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195327/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/8/Seventh++Session . September 15, 2009 .
8. Web site: Eighth Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195339/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/9/Eighth+Session . September 15, 2009 .
9. Web site: Ninth Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195238/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/10/Ninth+Session . September 15, 2009 .
10. Web site: Tenth Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195245/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/11/Tenth+Session . September 15, 2009 .
11. Web site: Eleventh Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195250/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/12/Eleventh+Session . September 15, 2009 .
12. Web site: Twelfth Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195256/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/13/Twelfth+Session . September 15, 2009 .
13. Web site: http://www.damascusfest.com/ar/archive/details/14/الدورة+الثالثة+عشر+لمهرجان+دمشق+السينمائي . ar:الدورة الثالثة عشر . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . ar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091105053624/http://www.damascusfest.com/ar/archive/details/14/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A9+%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1+%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86+%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A . November 5, 2009 .
14. Web site: Fourteenth Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195301/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/15/FOREENTH+SESSION . September 15, 2009 .
15. Web site: Fifteenth Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915195306/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/16/Fifteenth+session . September 15, 2009 .
16. Web site: Sixteenth Session . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091205231442/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/archive/details/19/Sixteenth+session . December 5, 2009 .
17. Web site: http://afakcinemasy.com/article.php?id=148 . ar:الدورة السابعة عشر لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . ar .
18. Web site: http://afakcinemasy.com/article.php?id=147 . ar:الدورة الثامنة عشر لمهرجان دمشق السينمائي الدولي . Damascus International Film Festival (archived) . 2015-04-25 . ar .