MAFF Market Forum Awards 2016
MAFF Development Funding:
Feature Films:
Jury: Ayesha Chagla, Manager of Dubai Film Market – Intishal Al-Timimi, Festival director at El Gounda Film Festival – Ali Abbasi, Film Director
Winner: SEK 150,000 from Swedish Film Institute award to “In the Land of Wonder”, Director: Nadine Khan, Arab producer: Film Clinic – Swedish producer Anagram.
Documentary:
Jury: Magnus Gertten, Director and producer – Ola Al-Sheikh, Film Critic – Hogir Hirori, Documentary director
Winner: SEK 50,000 from the Swedish Film Institute to “Chopped”, Director: Karam Ali, Producer: Arab producer Idioms Film – Swedish producer HB PeÅ Holmquist Film.
Short films:
Jury: Joakim Strand, Head of production at Film i Skåne – Habib Attia, Director & Producer) – Sam Lahoud, NDU Film Festival Founding Director
Winners:
- USD 2,000 from NDU International Film Festival to “If Toys Can Speak”, Director: Maria Abdel Karim, Producer Chantal Hannouch.
- USD 2,000 from NDU International Film Festival to “Wanderings”, Director: Rola Shamas, Producer: Klara Films
- SEK 30,000 from Film i Skåne to “Wanderings”, Director Rola Shamas, Producer Klara Films.
Doc Post-Production Platform:
Jury: Rasmus Steen, International Media Support – Charlotte Madsen, SVT- Commissioning Documentaries for SVT – Maher Diab, Cosmopolitan illustrator & photographer
Winners:
- 5 days of Color Grading and 3 days of Motion Graphics from Good Film & Post to “Off Khartoum Sides”, Director Marwa Zein, Producer Marwa Zein.
- 3-5 days of grading, 1 DCP, 1 master digital Betacam and 1 DVD from Way Creative to “As I want”, Director Samaher Alqadi, Producer Karim El Hakim.
- 3 weeks of sound post facility and 1 week of sound mix facility and a 50% discount for a sound design from Tonemestrene to “Ibrahim”, Director Lina Alabed, Producer Rami Nihawi.
- Grading for 2-3 days from Lilapost to “On the Fence”, Director Nesrrine Elzayat, Producer Hala Loy.
- Distribution in the Arab world by MAD Solutions to “Tiny Souls”, Director Dina Naser, Producer Khaled Haddad.
- 20 minutes of original music by Way Creative Sleeprise Music to “Tiny Souls”, Director Dina Naser, Producer: Khaled Haddad.