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Meet the jury
This year the Muhr Awards for Excellence in Arab Cinema attracted over 300 entries from around the world.
- By Kelly Crane, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:31 December 12, 2007
This year the Muhr Awards for Excellence in Arab Cinema attracted over 300 entries from around the world.
From the 50 narrative features, 76 documentaries and 112 shorts received, the jury selected 12 entries in each category for the final competition. We bring you profiles of the jury members, who are experts in various facets of filmmaking.
Margarethe Von Trotta
German actress, writer and director Margarethe Von Trotta has worked on stage and screen with directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlondorff. Her award winning feature films as writer and director include Rosa Luxemburg in 1985, L'Africana in 1990 and the 2003 film Rosenstrasse. She lives in Paris and is a member of the European Film Academy.
Khadija Al Salami
Award winning filmmaker Khadija Al Salami is Yemen's first female film director and has made several documentaries for French and Yemeni television. She has also co-authored a book with her husband titled The Tears of Sheeba describing her experiences of growing up in Yemen. She is currently cultural and press counsellor and director of Communication and Cultural Centre at the Embassy of Yemen in Paris.
Our movie
Every day, we ask film buffs what they hope to watch at DIFF:
The film I really want to watch is called Mongoul and is in the Asia film category. I like movies based on wars and think we can learn a lot about people and the world from the big screen. I would also like to see Night Shadows.''
— Anshul Shah, 24, Dubai
My husband and I are off to see the Battle For Haditha because it's very topical at the moment as it's about the Iraq war. We also plan to see two other films called, Ezra and Control. We like to watch the foreign films when we have the opportunity.''
— Kym McGlone, 39, Dubai
I'd like to see a film by an Egyptian director and it is good to watch the movies which are made by people from the same country as you — to offer support. My friend has recommended we watch the film because he said the trailer was very good. I hope it's worth all this trouble!''
— Ahmad Abdullah, 31, Dubai
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