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
WINNER
Mediterranean Fever
2022 | 108mins | Cyprus, France, Germany, Palestine, Qatar | ArabicWaleed develops a close relationship with his neighbor, a small-time crook with an ulterior plot in mind that leads them […]
HONOURABLE MENTION
The Lebanese Burger Mafia
2023 | 103mins | Canada, Lebanon | EnglishThe meaty saga of a rogue fast- food chain with mysterious origins, a cult following, and a secret pathway to […]
JURY
Farah Sadek
Farah Sadek is an Egyptian journalist and interviewer based in Cairo, with a BA in Mass Communication and a major in […]
Johnny Dabeet
Johnny Dabeet is a seasoned filmmaker and the founder of Fluid Productions, a production company based in Amman, Jordan, that has made […]
Rua Wani
Rua Wani is a producer and co-founder of Adani Pictures, a Toronto-based media production company. Adani’s mandate is to back storytellers […]QAYQUB JURY AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
WINNER
Simo
2022 | 23mins | Canada | French, ArabicThe usual rivalries and jealousies that exist between the two teenage brothers Simo and Emad take a dangerous turn that […]
HONOURABLE MENTION
Leila and the Cigarette
2023 | 15mins | Canada, Lebanon | ArabicIn 2011, Leah decided to go to Lebanon to film with her grandmother. Two weeks after the shoot, her grandmother […]
JURY
Aliaa Khachouk
Aliaa Khachouk is a Syrian-Canadian director and producer with over 25 years of experience in the production of short and feature-length […]
Amin Alsaden
Amin Alsaden is an independent curator, writer, and educator whose work focuses on transnational solidarities and exchanges across cultural boundaries. His scholarship […]
Jude Abu Zaineh
Jude Abu Zaineh is a Palestinian-Canadian interdisciplinary artist and cultural worker. Her practice employs art, food, and technology to investigate meanings […]
Riaz Mehmood
Riaz Mehmood is a multidisciplinary artist who uses video, photography, and computer programming as his primary means of expression. His practice […]JUTHOUR JURY AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER, SHORT FILM
WINNER فائز
Kingdom of Strangers
2022 | 15mins | Egypt, United States | ArabicOn the Pacific coast of Los Angeles, Ali and Yaffa struggle to remember the Arab Mediterranean cities they have left […]
HONOURABLE MENTION
Killing Bagheera
2022 | 13mins | Germany | KurdishAlan and Bekes are refugees and want to enter Europe. This simple premise forms the narrative for a claustrophobic and […]
JURY
Aliaa Khachouk
Aliaa Khachouk is a Syrian-Canadian director and producer with over 25 years of experience in the production of short and feature-length […]
Amin Alsaden
Amin Alsaden is an independent curator, writer, and educator whose work focuses on transnational solidarities and exchanges across cultural boundaries. His scholarship […]
Jude Abu Zaineh
Jude Abu Zaineh is a Palestinian-Canadian interdisciplinary artist and cultural worker. Her practice employs art, food, and technology to investigate meanings […]
Riaz Mehmood
Riaz Mehmood is a multidisciplinary artist who uses video, photography, and computer programming as his primary means of expression. His practice […]YAMAMA AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
WINNER
Leila and the Cigarette
2023 | 15mins | Canada, Lebanon | ArabicIn 2011, Leah decided to go to Lebanon to film with her grandmother. Two weeks after the shoot, her grandmother […]
HONOURABLE MENTION
Simo
2022 | 23mins | Canada | French, ArabicThe usual rivalries and jealousies that exist between the two teenage brothers Simo and Emad take a dangerous turn that […]