4th Amman International Film Festival

Jordan, August 15 - August 22 2023

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The jury

Mohamed Tarek (Egypt), Schayan Riaz (Germany), Henda Haouala (Tunisia / France)

Awarded films

Lyd by Sarah Ema Friedland Rami Younis
(Palestine, UK, United States, 2023, 78 min)

Reports

Shaping the Narrative: Women at the Heart of the Amman Film Festival by Mohamed Tarek
Animated History: Of Fighting Occupation Artistically by Schayan Riaz
A Praxis of Resistance by Henda Haouala

The winning film was distinguished “for its innovative and playful approach to an urgent subject, mixing archive footage, animation, interviews and more to create a rich canvas of Palestinian history. It is a one-of-a-kind documentary that is both factual and has real artistic merit.”