2008 Dubai Film Festival Awards
2008 Dubai Film Festival: Dec. 11-18, 2008
In Lyes Salem's Masquerades, an arrogant man (played by Salem) living with his family in an Algerian village has one dream: to be respected by those around him. The problem is that he has a sister whom everyone believes will end up a spinster. To resolve the issue, the man tells everyone that he has found a rich suitor for his sister so that preparations for the marriage can begin. But now there's another problem: where's the bridegroom? Masquerades is Algeria's submission for the 2009 best foreign-language film Oscar.
MUHR ARABIC
Muhr Arabic Feature – Best Film
MASQUERADES
Director: Lyes Salem
Country: Algeria – France
Muhr Arabic Feature – Special Jury Prize
ADHEN – DERNIER MAQUIS
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
Country: Algeria – France
Muhr Arabic Feature – Best Actors
ANAS ELBAZ and OMAR LOTFI for CASANEGRA
Country: Morocco
Muhr Arabic Feature – Best Actress
HIFSIA HERZI for FRANCAISE
Country: France – Morocco
Muhr Arabic Feature – Best Screenplay
ANNEMARIE JACIR for MILH HADHA AL-BAHR (Salt of This Sea)
Country: Palestine
Muhr Arabic Feature – Best Cinematographer
LUCA COASSIN for CASANEGRA
Country: Morocco
Muhr Arabic Feature – Best Editor
NICOLAS BANCILHON for ADHEN – DERNIER MAQUIS
Country: Algeria – France
Muhr Arabic Feature – Best Composer
SYLVAIN RIFFLET for ADHEN – DERNIER MAQUIS
Country: Algeria – France
FIPRESCI Award
MASQUERADES
Director: Lyes Salem
Muhr Arabic Documentaries – First Prize
THAKIRAT L SABBAR..HIKAYAT THALATH QURA FALASTEENIA (Memory of the cactus: a story of three palestanian villages)
Director: Hanna Musleh
Country: Palestine
Muhr Arabic Documentaries – Special Jury Prize
SAMAAN BIDIYAA (The One Man village)
Director: Simon El Habre
Country: Lebanon
Muhr Arabic Documentaries – Second Prize
Marina of the zabbaleen
Director: Engi Wassef
Country: Egypt - USA
Muhr Arabic Shorts – First Prize
LA ROUTE DU NORD (THE NORTH ROAD)
Director: Carlos Chahine
Country: Lebanon – France
Muhr Arabic Shorts – Special Jury Prize
BINT MARIAM
Director: Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry
Country: United Arab Emirates
Muhr Arabic Shorts – Second Prize
SA’ET ASARY (AT DAY’S END)
Director: Sherif El Bendary
Country: Egypt
MUHR ASIAAFRICA
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature – Best Film
TREELESS MOUNTAIN
Director: So Yong Kim
Country: USA – South Korea
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature – Special Jury Prize
KYUKA (Vacation)
Director: Hajime Kadoi
Country: Japan
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature – Best Actor
ASKHAT KUCHINCHIREKOV for TULPAN
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature – Best Actress
ANH HONG for TRANG NOI DAY GIENG (MOON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL)
Country: Vietnam
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature – Best Screenplay
DEEPA MEHTA for HEAVEN ON EARTH
Country: Canada
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature – Best Cinematographer
REZA TEYMOURI for ARAM BASH VA TA HAFT BESHMAR (BE CALM AND COUNT TO SEVEN)
Country: Iran
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature – Best Composer
JORJA MESAFIN, VIGAY IYER for TEZA
Country: Ethiopia - Germany – France
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature – Best Editor
SREEKAR PRASAD for FIRAAQ
Country: India
Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentaries – First Prize
MENTAL
Director: Kazuhiro Soda
Country: Japan – USA
Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentaries – Special Jury Prize
XIAO LI ZI (Survival Song)
Director: Guangyi Yu
Country: China
Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentaries – Second Prize
UNE AFFARIE DE NEGRES (Black Business)
Director: Osvalde Lewat
Country: Cameroon
Muhr AsiaAfrica Shorts – First Prize
SHAO NIAN XUE (YOUNG BLOOD)
Director: Haolun Shu
Country: China
Muhr AsiaAfrica Shorts – Special Jury Prize
EXPECTATIONS
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Country: Chad, Korea
Muhr AsiaAfrica Shorts – Second Prize
KAM SANABANYZ (EVERYTHING IS OK)
Director: Akjoltoy Bekbolotov
Country: Kyrgyzstan
BEST EMIRATI TALENT
Best UAE Talent: Haydar Mohammed
Most promising UAE female filmmaker: Nujoom Al Ghanem
Most promising UAE male film maker: Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry
Dubai Film Festival Awards: 2008