TAF awards offer a financial reward to winning filmmakers, along with a one-of-a-kind trophy designed by Habiba El-Sayed, a ceramic artist in Toronto. Habiba designed the award to incorporate traditional motifs and more modern aesthetics, landing on “traditional mashrabihya, which are Islamic privacy screens, using a wood finish and incorporating that with a more sleek look of mirror. In this case, the mirror represents the way filmmakers are reflected in the works they create, and the way they reflect the experiences of the world around them.”
NAKHEEL JURY AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
QAYQUB JURY AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
JUTHOUR JURY AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER, SHORT FILM
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In the Middle
2019 | 14mins | Yemen, Qatar, Russia | Arabic, EnglishIn a rarely seen perspective of war, we follow Ali—a Yemeni soldier on tour in the temporary capital of Aden. […]
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Teyama Alkamli
Teyama Alkamli is an award-winning Syrian-Canadian writer, director, and producer living in Toronto. She is an alumna of DocNomads, the […]
Sadiya Ansari
Sadiya Ansari is an award-winning journalist based in London.Her work — including essays, features, Q&As and books reviews — has appeared in the Guardian, VICE, Refinery29, […]
Aisha Jamal
Aisha Jamal is a filmmaker and film programmer based in Toronto, Canada. Her films have played venues and festivals world […]YAMAMA AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
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Maradona’s Legs
2019 | 20mins | Palestine, Germany | ArabicDuring the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys are looking for “Maradona’s legs”; the last missing sticker that they […]