
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
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 […]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
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 […]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 […]