Jordan Short Film Festival
The Jordan Short Film Festival was established as an art film festival to provide a platform for indie filmmakers in Jordan and Arab world to showcase their films while keeping in touch with the latest development in the indie filmmaking movement world-wide. The JSFF is managed by the Amman Filmmakers Cooperative a film collective based in Amman, Jordan.
Overview
Founded in 2004 by Palestinian diaspora filmmaker Hazim M. Bitar, The Jordan Short Film Festival started as a short film cinema week to provide film aficionados in Jordan with an opportunity to screen Jordanian short films produced by the Amman Filmmakers Cooperative and other Jordanian and Palestinian indie filmmakers. Later, the JSFF launched two main competitions: the International short film competition and the Arab short film competition. There are other competitions that take place parallel to the festival, such as the Mobile Phone Film Competition and All.Films.Look.Alike amateur filmmakers competition. The JSFF holds periodic screenings year-round in various areas of Jordan and in conjunction with other international festivals. The JSFF regularly partners with various cultural institutions such as the Shoman Foundation, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, French Cultural Center, Spanish Agency for Cultural Cooperation, and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC). The JSFF is Jordan's only competitive and nationally managed short film festival.Awards
Winners 2010Daisy Cutter by Enrique García & Rubén Salazar
Flu by Riad Makdessi
My House is Cloudy by Karim Azimi
Alienation of Jerusalem by Saad Arouri
Winners 2009
London-Gaza by Dima Abu Hamdan
LoopLoop by Patrick Bergeron
Winners 2008
Solitude by Mehrdad Sheikhan
Bent Maryam by Saed Salmin Almerry
François Delaive in the short film Abattoir
Dominique Loisos in the short film Bonfire
Hazim Bitar & Rifqi Assaf in the short film The View
Colin Bell in the short film Leap Year
Justice of Vengeance by Khaled Hlilat
Winners 2007
The Life and Other Building Yards by Giuseppe Schettino
A Sheherazade Tale by Rami Kodeih
For A Better World by Barbara Hlali
Sabah El Foll by Sherif Elbendary
Abajee by Maureen Bharoocha
Rabia's Journey by Mayar Roumi
Humoresque by Diana Deleanu
Mazari by Ahmad Sarraf Yazd
Three Eyes by Rawan Zeine
Winners 2006
Aan by Poopak Mozafari
Ahmad Suliman by Waleed Al Shehhi
Willow Drive by Jakob Rovik
Rainbow by Abdelsalam Shehadeh
Winners 2005
Letter to Sarah by Mutaz Jankot
Overdose by Ammar Quttaineh
Tough Day by Amin Matalqa
Three Ghettos One Land by Suhad Khatib
Winners 2004
Non-Competitive film week.