Mr. Mohammed Al-Ahmad, Director General of the National Film Organization, nveiled the lineup for the 18th Damascus International Film Festival during a press conference held at Al-Kindy Theater in Damascus, Syria. Mr. Al Ahmad emphasized the importance of Damascus Film Festival and the important role it plays in improving cinema production in Syria.
The 18th Damascus International Film Festival will start on Sunday 7th Nov. at Dar Al Assad for Culture & Arts with screening of the Turkish film “Honey” will draw to a close on Saturday 13th Nov. with screening the Thai film “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”.
The 24 feature films in official competition:
About Her Brother; Yoji Yamada; Japan
Celda 211; Daniel Monzon; Spain
Confucius; Mei Hu; China
Foxes; Mira Fornayova; Slovenia
Guards of Silence; Samir Zekra; Syria
How I Ended This Summer; Alexei Popogrebsky; Russian
IF I Want To Whistle I Whistle; Florin Serban; Romania
Kosmos; Reha Erdem; Turkey
La Nostra Vita (Our Life ); Daneel Loushety; Italy
La Princesse De Mont pensier; Bertrand Tavernier; France
September Rain; Abdellatif Abdelhamid; Syria
My Joy; Sergei Loznitsa; Germany-Ukraine-holland- Russia
Never Let Me Go; Mark Romanek; United Kingdom
On The Path; Jasmila Zbanic; Bosnians
Outside Of The Law; Rachid BOUCHAREB; Algeria
Please Do NoT disturb; Mohsen Abdolvahab; Iran
Submarino; Thomas Vinterberg; Denmark
Sun Dress; Saeed salmeen al murry; United Arab Emirates
The Chord; Magdy El-Hawary; Egypt
The Hairdresser; Doris Dorrie; Germany
Venezzia; Haik GazarianVenezuela
Late December; Maez Kamon; Tunisia
The mosque; Daood Aolad alseed; Morocco
Clockwise; Khalifa Almuraikhi; Qatar