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 filmmkaing 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 Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. The JSFF is Jordan's only competitive and nationally managed short film festival.

Awards

Winners 2010

Daisy 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.