Our student, Emad Ali (see Emad’s story), has now had a
successful operation on his leg, free-of-charge in Dubai.
This was arranged by Abdel Hamid Jum’a, director of the Gulf
and Dubai Film Festivals, and we are very grateful for his
help.
Two films by our students, A Candle for the Shabandar Cafe
and A Stranger In His Own Country, are shown in July as part
of the Arab Film Festival at BAFTA in London and at FACT in
Liverpool.
April 2008, IFTVC students won
prizes at Gulf Film Festival, Dubai.
In
the students' competition, Bahram Al
Zuhairi has won the first prize
with his film "Leaving",and Emad Ali
has been awarded third prize.
All of our students’ films were
shown at the House of World Cultures
in Berlin as part of the DI/VISIONS
Culture and Politics of the Middle
East events in January.
In March and
April, Kasim and Maysoon travelled
to the US to show our students’
films and to promote the work of the
college in California, New York and
Washington DC.