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Damascus
Christ Arriving [Damascus World
Edition]
5 psychedelic music videos combined
into 1 futuristic musical dedicated to the end of time, the 2nd
coming of Christ and the confrontation with the Anti-Christ that will
bring the end of time closer. The musical constantly refers to the
landing of Jesus on the minarets of Damascus. Something we all look
forward to happening, a world event. The musical also proclaims to
the arrival of the Anti-Christ on this world, the worst chaos of al...
Omer Pasha-Christ Arriving [Damascus
World Edition] 1
http://youtu.be/U9xJL5o8NNI
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“Christ is Arriving” a string of music videos and upcoming musicals
that give a direct message that Christ will be arriving to
Damascus,shortly.
Filmmaker Omer Pasha chooses a non-conventional way to enforce the
prophecy that yes its true that Christ will be arriving in today's
world in a short while in the flesh. This is not some fairy tale but
actual truth , an event that will shake the world and resurrection will
come closer, the end of this world.
Omer Pasha as the mys...
YESTERDAY AT THE FESTIVAL
• MORE EXTENSIVE PROGRAMMES FROM THE FESTIVAL EVERYDAY!!! Festival audience had another tiresome but enjoyable day. It was a day full of presentations and events!
• PRESS MEETING WITH THE JURY National Competition Jury met with the press yesterday at 10.00, and afterwards the International Competition Jury was before the press at 11.00. During the press meeting with the moderator Azize Tan, Istanbul Film Festival director, questions w...
On 15 March 2012, DOK Leipzig participates in a global show of solidarity with the Syrian DOX BOX Documentary Film Festival. The organisers in Damascus have cancelled today's most important Arab documentary film festival in the face of the civil war-like situation in their country. In its place, they have launched the "DOX BOX Global Day" initiative in which DOK Leipzig and around twenty other documentary film festivals across the globe are taking part.
On "DOX ...
The VI edition of Magmart | video under volcano is over. And the winners (33 not 30, due some æxequo, and strictly in alphabetical order) are:
...niland 2 / Marius and Rocio / Leneweit and Rodriguez - Germany
Again (bloody painting) / Fabio Sanna - Italy
Android / Hicham Lasri - Morocco
Butter cow / Junichiro Ishii - France
Cesta / Marta Daeuble - France
Cuerpos deshonrados (dishonored bodies) / Juanma Carrillo - Spain
Cyanide / Barbara Agreste - United...
The VI edition of Magmart | video under volcano is over. And the winners (33 not 30, due some æxequo, and strictly in alphabetical order) are:
...niland 2 / Marius and Rocio / Leneweit and Rodriguez - Germany
Again (bloody painting) / Fabio Sanna - Italy
Android / Hicham Lasri - Morocco
Butter cow / Junichiro Ishii - France
Cesta / Marta Daeuble - France
Cuerpos deshonrados (dishonored bodies) / Juanma Carrillo - Spain
Cyanide / Barbara Agreste - United...
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has launched a new Documentary Lab, sponsored by Latino Public Broadcasting, with 14 filmmakers and 9 projects participating. Taking place in Los Angeles, the Documentary Lab is an intensive seven-week program, with a main focus of assisting documentary filmmakers on their works-in-progress and providing creative feedback. All of the Film Independent Labs are designed to suppor...
DOX BOX started as an initiative of independent filmmakers, back in 2007 as the first non-profit and open-to-public creative documentary film festival in Syria. DOX BOX runs annually in Damascus, Tartous and Homs during the first two weeks of March. DOX BOX tours in other Arab cities as part of a Pan-Arab Cultural Network.
Because DOX BOX is targeting the general youth public, all of film-screenings and public activities are completely free of charge.
The main mission of DOX BOX is to be a platform for both the Arab and the International filmmaking individuals and institutions to meet with the general public and see some of the world’s best creative documentaries and to get engaged in rich activities though a friendly and dynamic environment.
In its 3rd edition in 2010, DOX BOX received more than 21000 admissions, more than 200 unique press reviews and 80 international guests, confirming its position as the region's leading documentary film fest.
Remarkable guests included Pirjo Honkassalo, Patricio Guzman, D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, Nicolas Philibert, Omar Amiralay, Marc Isaacs, Kim Longinotto, Cara Mertes... among many others.
Muhr Emirati
First Prize
BORED
Director: Nayla Al Khaja
United Arab Emirates
Second Prize
SABEEL
Director: Khalid Al Mahmood
United Arab Emirates
Special Jury Prize
HAMAMA
Director: Nujoom Alghanem
United Arab Emirates
Special Mention
WIND
Director: Waleed Al Shehhi
United Arab Emirates
Muhr Arab - Feature
Best Actress
SIX, SEVEN, EIGH...
He who hath not seen Cairo hath not seen the world. Her soil is gold; her Nile is a marvel; her women are like the black-eyed virgins of Paradise; her houses are palaces; and her air is soft, as sweet-smelling as aloe-wood, rejoicing the heart. And how can Cairo be otherwise, when she is the Mother of the World?
--"A Thousand and One Nights"
About Cairo Time starring
Patricia Clarkson (Juliette)
The 1st Romania International Film Festival unveils line up for the competitive program WOMEN IN CINEMASeptember 18, 2009 - Arad, Romania: The much-anticipated Romania International Film Festival announced the selection of its competitive section Women in Cinema. This competition, which runs parallel to the CineBlackSea competition, includes narrative feature films, documentaries and short films. The first edition of Ro-IFF takes place in the Romanian city of Arad from September 26 - October 4, ...
INTRODUCTION.Since the first edition in 2003, The International Euro Arab Film Festival AMAL keeps the same values, the hope (Amal) of showing to the Western world the reality of Arab world through cinema as a symbol of a universal language. This Festival is organized by Araguaney Foundation. This Foundation is a non-profit-organization with cultural aims. The Foundation pretends to achieve a union between the Arab culture and the Western culture; in addition, it gives support to creators and ar...
The main Spotlight of the 49th edition of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival centers on the current cinema of the Middle East. The Middle Eastern region, tantamount to political, religious and social struggles, lies in close geographical proximity to Greece and possesses vital contemporary political significance. It exhibits a cinematic diversity that creates portraits of many distinct histories, identities and conflicts and it is now more than ever revealing its issues and sentiments ...
Three leading Arab film festivals today agreed that the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will chair the proposed Arab Film Festival Guild, the first of its kind in the Arab world. The purpose of the proposed guild is to increase cooperation and exchange of expertise between festivals in everything from selection of stars to programming, position the Arab film industry internationally, and coordinate with international festivals to increase the presence of Arab films. Bi-annual meetings w...
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) today announced this year’s festival will honour Oliver Stone, Nabil El-Maleh and Shah Rukh Khan for their outstanding contribution to cinema, as part of the DIFF Salutes programme.
DIFF Salutes is a retrospective tribute that celebrates the work of distinguished film makers from Asia, the Arab world, and Hollywood. This follows last year’s In the Spotlight segment, which honoured Oscar-winning American actor Morgan Freeman, the Egyptian "king...
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) today announced this year’s festival will honour Oliver Stone, Nabil El-Maleh and Shah Rukh Khan for their outstanding contribution to cinema, as part of the DIFF Salutes programme. DIFF Salutes is a retrospective tribute that celebrates the work of distinguished film makers from Asia, the Arab world, and Hollywood. This follows last year’s In the Spotlight segment, which honoured Oscar-winning American actor Morgan Freeman, the Egyptian "king o...
Moritz de Hadeln, president of the International Jury of The 14th Damascus International Film Festival The minister of Culture of the Syrian Arab Republic, Dr.Mahmoud Al-Sayyed, and the head of the Syrian National Film Organization and Festival Director, Mohamad Al-Ahmad, have invited Moritz de Hadeln - former director of the Locarno, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals - as President of the International Jury of the 14th Damascus International Film Festival, to be held from November 20 to 27, 2005...
The second Dubai International Film Festival (“DIFF”) will be bigger and better than its predecessor, with more and diverse films, a strengthened team of programmers, and changes in ticketing procedures and scheduling, Festival organizers announced at a press conference at the Madinat Jumeirah today. Apart from the enhancements, the 2005 Festival, which will run from December 11 to 17 this year, will retain most of its successful inaugural framework. Mr. Ahmad bin Byat, the Director General ...
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