Film & Audiovisual

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Feature Fiction Film, JOR/PAL/SWE/KSA

Writer/Director: Darin J. Sallam

Producers: Deema Azar & Ayah Jardaneh

Jordan official entry in the International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards (Oscars) 2023. 

Awards

Winner - Best Youth Film at the 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards “The Asian Oscars”  - Nov. 2022 (historic first win for Jordan at APSA) 

Darin J. Sallam received the Storyteller Award 2023 from the Institute of Middle East Understanding (IMEU) for her film FARHA - May 2023 

Best International Feature Film – Dear Guest Awards 2023 (20th anniversary) 

Jury Award – Egyptian American Film Festival 2023 

Best Feature Film - Dublin Independent Film Festival 2022 

Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature - 16th Boston Palestine Film Festival 2022

Grand Prize - 3rd Casablanca Arab Film Festival 2022

Best Director - Darin J. Sallam - 3rd Casablanca Arab Film Festival

Best Actress - Karam Taher - 3rd Casablanca Arab Film Festival

Best Feature Narrative Film - 9th Tripoli Film Festival 2022

Jury Award - 12th Malmö Arab Film Festival 2022

Best Euro-Mediterranean Film dealing with Women Issues/EU Award - 6th Aswan International Women’s Film Festival 2022

Best Director Award – Darin J. Sallam - 6th Aswan International Women’s Film Festival 2022

Best Actress Award – Karam Taher - 6th Aswan International Women’s Film Festival 2022

Special Mention Award by the Red Sea Competition Jury – 1st Red Sea International Film Festival 2021

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 

(World Premiere)

Selection to over 80 international film festivals worldwide. 

Short Fiction Film, JOR/GER

Directors: Darin J. Sallam, Amjad Al-Rasheed

Producers: Deema Azar, Roman Roitman

Line Producer: Ayah Jardaneh

Awards

Winner - 2015 Film Prize Robert Bosch Stiftung

Winner - Jury Award Twin Cities Arab Film Festival 2017 in Minnesota, USA.

Winner - Jury Award: 7th Malmo Arab Film Festival 2017 in Sweden.

Dubai International Film Festival 2016 

(World Premiere)

Selected to over 60 international film festivals worldwide.

Short Fiction Film, JOR

Director: Darin J. Sallam

Production: RSICA, Jordan

Awards

Winner - Best short narrative fiction - 18th Franco Arab Film Festival 2012, Jordan.

Winner - 1st prize - Pentedattilo Film Festival 2012, Italy ("Women’s Issues” Category).

Winner - Jury special mention at the Original Narrative Film Festival in Dubai in 2014.

Winner - Jury special mention at the Tiznit Short Film Festival in Morocco in 2014.

Selected to over 30 international film festivals worldwide.

Short Fiction Film, Jordan

Selected to the Short Film Corner of the 63rd Festival de Cannes, France, May 2010.

Winner: 1st prize - Short Film Competition held by European Film Festival 2010, Jordan.

Finalist at the 16th Franco Arab Film Festival 2010, Jordan.

Official Selection: Karama Film Festival for Human Rights 2011, Jordan.

A corporate video marking the university's 25th anniversary, Jordan

Production: TaleBox