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Dubai International Film Festival

    • 2020s
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    • 2000s
    • 200920082007200620052004

    Muhr AsiaAfrica Award

    Edit

    Best Actor - Feature

    • Winner
      • Askhat Kuchinchirekov
      • Tulpan

    Best Actress - Feature

    • Hong-Anh
      Winner
      • Hong-Anh
      • The Moon at the Bottom of the Well

    Best Cinematographer - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Be Calm and Count to Seven

      6.2 (82)
      Reza Teimouri

    Best Composer - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Teza

      7.1 (661)
      Jorga Mesfin
      Vijay Iyer

    Best Editor - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Firaaq

      7.3 (2.7K)
      A. Sreekar Prasad
      Shailendra Singh (Producer)

    Best Film - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Treeless Mountain

      7.0 (2K)
      So Yong Kim
    • [object Object]

      Pesantren: 3 Wishes 3 Loves

      6.5 (123)
      Nurman Hakim
    • [object Object]

      Be Calm and Count to Seven

      6.2 (82)
      Ramtin Lavafipour
    • [object Object]

      Baksy

      6.7 (241)
      Gulshat Omarova
    • [object Object]

      Dada

      7.3 (55)
      Yuan Zhang
    • [object Object]

      Firaaq

      7.3 (2.7K)
      Nandita Das
    • [object Object]

      Gitmek: Benim Marlon ve Brandom

      6.6 (1.1K)
      Hüseyin Karabey
    • [object Object]

      Heaven on Earth

      6.3 (941)
      Deepa Mehta
    • [object Object]

      Izulu lami

      7.8 (53)
      Madoda Ncayiyana
    • [object Object]

      Kyûka

      7.1 (182)
      Hajime Kadoi
    • [object Object]

      Ramchand Pakistani

      7.5 (1.3K)
      Mehreen Jabbar
    • [object Object]

      Teza

      7.1 (661)
      Haile Gerima
    • [object Object]

      The Moon at the Bottom of the Well

      7.9 (85)
      Vinh Son Nguyen
    • [object Object]

      Tulpan

      7.1 (3.4K)
      Sergei Dvortsevoy
    • [object Object]

      Zimbabwe

      6.3 (34)
      Darrell Roodt

    Best Scriptwriter - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Heaven on Earth

      6.3 (941)
      Deepa Mehta

    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mental

      7.2 (198)
      Kazuhiro Sôda
    • [object Object]

      Une affaire de nègres

      6.3 (9)
      Osvalde Lewat
    • [object Object]

      Waiting for Men

      8.0 (21)
      Katy Ndiaye
    • [object Object]

      Halmae ggoch

      7.1 (18)
      Jeong-hyun Mun
    • [object Object]

      We Went to Wonderland

      7.1 (33)
      Xiaolu Guo
    • [object Object]

      More Than Just a Game

      5.7 (235)
      Junaid Ahmed
    • [object Object]

      River People

      5.3 (17)
      Jianjun He
    • [object Object]

      Sea Point Days

      7.2 (40)
      Francois Verster
    • [object Object]

      The Forgotten Woman

      7.1 (81)
      Dilip Mehta

    • The Truth Be Told: The Cases Against Supinya Klangnarong

      Pimpaka Towira
    • [object Object]

      Survival Song

      7.7 (9)
      Guangyi Yu
    • [object Object]

      Yasam Arsizi

      7.4 (139)
      Yasemin Alkaya

    • Aref Squared

      Nader Davoodi

    Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Young Blood

      5.7 (6)
      Haolun Shu
    • [object Object]

      Everything Is OK

      7.0 (8)
      Akjoltoy Bekbolotov
    • [object Object]

      Chicken Rice Mystery

      8.2 (6)
      Edmund Yeo
    • [object Object]

      Ambulancia

      Richard Legaspi
    • [object Object]

      Ayak Altinda

      6.8 (51)
      M. Cem Oztufekci
    • [object Object]

      Expectations

      5.0 (32)
      Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
    • [object Object]

      The End of the Tunnel

      6.7 (27)
      Jung-chi Chang
    • [object Object]

      35 Meters from the Water

      5.6 (19)
      Houman Seyyedi

    • Bakhytzhamal

      Adilkhan Yerzhanov

    • The Woman Who Is Beating the Earth

      Tsuki Inoue

    • Dhin Tak Dha

      9.0 (105)
      Shraddha Pasi Jairath

    • Jesus and the Giant

      Akin Omotoso

    • The Birthday

      4.0 (10)
      Idrissa Ouedraogo

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Edit
    • Adel Emam in The Yacoubian Building (2006)
      Winner
      • Adel Emam
    • Hark Tsui
      Winner
      • Hark Tsui
    • Terry Gilliam at an event for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
      Winner
      • Terry Gilliam
    • Rachid Bouchareb
      Winner
      • Rachid Bouchareb

    FIPRESCI Prize

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mascarades

      6.6 (427)
      Lyès Salem

    Muhr AsiaAfrica Special Jury Prize

    Edit

    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Survival Song

      7.7 (9)
      Guangyi Yu

    Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kyûka

      7.1 (182)
      Hajime Kadoi

    Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Expectations

      5.0 (32)
      Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

    Muhr Arab Special Jury Prize

    Edit

    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Semaan Bil Day'ia

      7.7 (76)
      Simon El Habre

    Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dernier maquis

      6.3 (291)
      Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

    Short

    • Winner

      Bint mariam

      Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry

    Muhr Arab Award

    Edit

    Best Actor - Feature

    • Anas El Baz
      Winners
      • Anas El Baz
      • Omar Lotfi
      • Casanegra

    Best Actress - Feature

    • Hafsia Herzi
      Winner
      • Hafsia Herzi
      • Française

    Best Cinematographer - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Casanegra

      7.2 (1.3K)
      Luca Coassin

    Best Composer - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dernier maquis

      6.3 (291)
      Sylvain Rifflet

    Best Editor - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dernier maquis

      6.3 (291)
      Nicolas Bancilhon

    Best Film - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mascarades

      6.6 (427)
      Lyès Salem
    • [object Object]

      Dernier maquis

      6.3 (291)
      Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

    • Ayam aldajar

      Abdellatif Abdelhamid
    • [object Object]

      Casanegra

      7.2 (1.3K)
      Nour Eddine Lakhmari
    • [object Object]

      Française

      6.3 (148)
      Souad El-Bouhati
    • [object Object]

      Genainat el-Asmak

      6.1 (406)
      Yousry Nasrallah
    • [object Object]

      Tu te souviens d'Adil?

      6.1 (10)
      Mohamed Zineddaine
    • [object Object]

      Je veux voir

      6.1 (345)
      Joana Hadjithomas
      Khalil Joreige
    • [object Object]

      L'aube du monde

      6.9 (274)
      Abbas Fahdel
    • [object Object]

      Salt of This Sea

      6.8 (1.6K)
      Annemarie Jacir
    • [object Object]

      Mostefa Ben Boulaid

      7.8 (40)
      Ahmed Rachedi
    • [object Object]

      Casanegra

      7.2 (1.3K)
      Nour Eddine Lakhmari(director)
      Mohcine Nadifi(producer)
      Dino Sebti(producer)
      Ali Kettani(producer)

    Best Scriptwriter - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Salt of This Sea

      6.8 (1.6K)
      Annemarie Jacir

    Documentary

    • Winner

      Memory of the Cactus: A Story of Three Palestinian Villages

      Hanna Musleh

    • Marina of the Zabbaleen

      8.4 (27)
      Engi Wassef
    • [object Object]

      La Chine est encore loin

      6.8 (22)
      Malek Bensmaïl
    • [object Object]

      Nos lieux interdits

      7.5 (15)
      Leila Kilani
    • [object Object]

      Semaan Bil Day'ia

      7.7 (76)
      Simon El Habre
    • [object Object]

      After the War...

      Samir Abdallah
    • [object Object]

      Life After the Fall

      7.5 (8)
      Kasim Abid

    • These Hands

      Hakim Belabbes

    • Hey! Don't Forget the Cumin

      Hala Abdallah
    • [object Object]

      To My Father

      7.8 (14)
      Abdel Salam Shehada

    • I Loved So Much...

      Dalila Ennadre
    • [object Object]

      Two Cities and a Prison

      Soudade Kaadan

    • Private File

      Saad Hendawy

    • Open Shutters Iraq

      Maysoon Pachachi

    • Samia

      Ammar Al Beik

    Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La route du Nord

      6.3 (15)
      Carlos Chahine
    • [object Object]

      Sa'et asary

      6.1 (31)
      Sherif Elbendary
    • [object Object]

      Arafat & I

      8.5 (17)
      Mahdi Fleifel

    • Baab

      6.4 (10)
      Waleed Al-Shehhi
    • [object Object]

      Choisir d'aimer

      6.8 (84)
      Rachid Hami
    • [object Object]

      Le boucher

      Amar Chebib

    • Souvenirs d'Alger

      Mohamed Zemaich
      Jean-Luc Ayach
    • [object Object]

      A Space Exodus

      5.7 (29)
      Larissa Sansour

    • Bint mariam

      Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry
    • [object Object]

      The Maid

      Heidi Saman

    • Pummelo

      Aseel Mansour
      Yahya Alabdallah
    • [object Object]

      Borderline

      9.0 (10)
      Sonia Chamkhi

    • Winter's Day Visits

      Ismaeel Hamdy

    People's Choice Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Das Herz von Jenin

      7.8 (187)
      Marcus Vetter
      Lior Geller

    Muhr Emirati Award

    Edit

    Best Emirati Female Filmmaker

    • Winner
        Nujoom Al Ghanem

      Best Emirati Male Filmmaker

      • Winner
        • Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry

      Best Emirati Talent

      • Winner
          Haydar Mohammed

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        Event date

        December 11, 2008 - December 18, 2008

        Event location

        Dubai

        Event links

        • https://www.dubai-iff.com/

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