The Jordan Short Film Festival (JSFF) () 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 (AFC) a film collective based in Amman, Jordan.

Overview

Founded in 2004 by Palestinian diaspora filmmaker Hazim M. Bitar, The Jordan Short Film Festival (JSFF) started as a short film cinema week to provide film aficionados in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

with an opportunity to screen Jordanian short films produced by the

Amman Filmmakers Cooperative The Amman Filmmakers Cooperative () promotes independent Jordanian and Palestinian Diaspora filmmaking through training, experimentation, and networking. The Cooperative seeks to empower student filmmakers to produce films using very nominal reso ...

(AFC) 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 Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) () is an independent, non-profit NGO that funds individuals and cultural organizations in the Arab region. By awarding grants for partial funding of cultural projects and other forms of support, AFAC fac ...

. The JSFF is Jordan's only competitive and nationally managed short film festival.

Awards

Winners 2010
''Daisy Cutter'' by Enrique García & Rubén Salazar (Best Int'l Film)
''Flu'' by Riad Makdessi (Best Arab Film)
''My House is Cloudy'' by Karim Azimi (Special Mention)
''Alienation of Jerusalem'' by Saad Arouri (Special Mention) Winners 2009
''London-Gaza'' by Dima Abu Hamdan (Best Arab Film)
''LoopLoop'' by Patrick Bergeron (Best Int'l Film) Winners 2008
''Solitude'' by Mehrdad Sheikhan (Best Int'l Film)
''Bent Maryam'' by Saed Salmin Almerry (Best Arab Film)
François Delaive in the short film ''Abattoir'' (Special Mention for Best Actor)
Dominique Loisos in the short film ''Bonfire'' (Special Mention for Best Actress)
Hazim Bitar & Rifqi Assaf in the short film ''The View'' (Special Mention for Best Script)
Colin Bell in the short film ''Leap Year'' (Special Mention for Cinematography)
''Justice of Vengeance'' by Khaled Hlilat (Special Mention for First Film) Winners 2007
''The Life and Other Building Yards'' by Giuseppe Schettino (Best Int'l Film)
''A Sheherazade Tale'' by Rami Kodeih (Best Arab Film)
''For A Better World'' by Barbara Hlali (Special Mention - Best Script)
''Sabah El Foll'' by Sherif Elbendary (Special Mention - Best Actress)
''Abajee'' by Maureen Bharoocha (Special Mention - Best Actor)
''Rabia's Journey'' by Mayar Roumi (Special Mention - Cinematography)
''Humoresque'' by Diana Deleanu (Special Mention)
''Mazari'' by Ahmad Sarraf Yazd (Special Mention)
''Three Eyes'' by Rawan Zeine (Special Mention) Winners 2006
''Aan'' by Poopak Mozafari (Best Int'l Film)
''Ahmad Suliman'' by Waleed Al Shehhi (Best Arab Film)
''Willow Drive'' by Jakob Rovik (Special Mention)
''Rainbow'' by Abdelsalam Shehadeh (Special Mention) Winners 2005
''Letter to Sarah'' by Mutaz Jankot (Audience Choice - No. 1 tie)
''Overdose'' by Ammar Quttaineh (Audience Choice - No. 1 tie)
''Tough Day'' by Amin Matalqa (Audience Choice - No. 2)
''Three Ghettos One Land'' by Suhad Khatib (Audience Choice - No. 3) Winners 2004
Non-Competitive film week.

References

External links

Open For Film Submission - JSFF'09

CHINA ECONOMIC NET: Jordan kicks off short film festival

Q & A with JSFF Festival Director Hazim Bitar

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Filmmaker Magazine - JSFF Call for Submission

JSFF Mobile Movie Competition

Official Selection - JSFF'07

Clermont-Ferrand Festival in Jordan
Film festivals in Jordan