Completed Projects

Completed Projects

Since its launch in 2007 the DFC has showcased a total of 64 films in development (fiction and documentary) of which 18 films have now been completed. Six are now in post production and a further two are in production.

Amreeka (directed by Cherien Dabis), USA/Kuwait – DFC 2007: DIFF Award winner

Avenue of the Wounded Palm Trees, The (directed by Abdellatif Ben Ammar), Tunisia/Algeria – presented at DFC 2008

Beit Sha’ar/Nomad’s Home (directed by Iman Kamel), Egypt/Germany/Kuwait/United Arab Emirates – presented at DFC 2009

City of Life (directed by Ali Mostafa), UAE – presented at DFC 2007

Death for Sale (directed by Faouzi Bensaidi),Morocco, France, Belgium – DFC 2008: Arte Award winner

Everyday is a Holiday (directed by Dima El Horr), Lebanon/France – DFC 2008: Desert Door DIFF Work in Progress Award winner

Fifth String, The (directed by Selma Bargach), Morocco – presented at DFC 2008

Man Without a Cell Phone (directed by Sameh Zoabi), Palestine/Germany – DFC 2007: DIFF Award winner

Messages From the Sea (directed by Saoud Abdel Sayed), Morocco – presented at DFC 2007

One Man Village, The (directed by Simon El Habre), Lebanon/Germany – DFC 2007: DIFF Award winner

Port of Memory (directed by Kamal Aljafari), Palestine/Germany – presented at DFC 2007

Son of Babylon (directed by Mohamed Al Daradji), Iraq/United Kingdom – presented at DFC 2007

Tangled up in Blue (directed by Haider Rashid), Iraq/UK/Saudi Arabia/Italy – presented at DFC 2008

This is my Picture When I Was Dead (directed by Mahmoud Al Massad), Jordan/Netherlands – DFC 2008: DIFF Award winner

We Were Communists (directed by Maher Abi Samra), Lebanon/ United Arab Emirates/France) – presented at DFC 2008 

Zelal (directed by Marianne Khoury and Mustapha Hasnaoui), Egypt/France/Morocco/United Arab Emirates) – presented at DFC 2009

Zindeeq  (directed by Michel Khleifi), Palestine – DFC 2009: Desert Door DIFF Work in Progress Award winner