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.