2010 Damascus International Film Festival

2010 Damascus International Film Festival
The 2010 Damascus International Film Festival is the 18th incarnation of the international film festival held in Damascus, Syria which ran from November 7 to 13, 2010. Prizes were awarded in three categories and a 222 films were shown in 18 categories during the course of the festival.
This edition of the Damascus International Film Festival, organised under the patronage of Syrian Minister of Culture Dr. Riad Ismat, opened with a ceremony at the Damascus Opera House, at which Turkish actress Türkan Şoray and Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud were among the guests of honor, and a screening of Honey directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. The opening ceremony featured a respect parade for the nine Turkish people who lost their lives during the Gaza flotilla raid on May 31, 2010.
The festival close with a screening of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Programs
Official Feature Competition
About Her Brother directed by Yoji Yamada
Cell 211 directed by Daniel Monzón
Confucius directed by Hu Mei
Foxes directed by Mira Fornay
Guards of Silence directed by Samir Zekra
How I Ended This Summer (translit. Kak ya provyol etim letom) directed by Alexei Popogrebski
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle directed by Florin Şerban
Cosmos directed by Reha Erdem
Our Life directed by Daniele Luchetti
The Princess of Montpensier directed by Bertrand Tavernier
September Rain directed by Abdellatif Abdelhamid
My Joy (translit. Schastye moyo; , translit. Shchastya moye) directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Never Let Me Go directed by Mark Romanek
On The Path directed by Jasmila Žbanić
Outside the Law directed by Rachid Bouchareb
Please Do Not Disturb directed by Mohsen Abdolvahab
Submarino directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Sun Dress directed by Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry
The Chord directed by Magdy El-Hawary
The Hairdresser directed by Doris Dörrie
Venezzia directed by Haik Gazarian
Late December directed by Moez Kammoun
The Mosque directed by Daoud Aoulad-Syad
Clockwise directed by Khalifa al-Muraikhi
Official Program
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop directed by Zhang Yimou
Another Year directed by Mike Leigh
Biutiful directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Chantrapas directed by Otar Iosseliani
Departures directed by Yōjirō Takita
The Secret in Their Eyes directed by Juan José Campanella
Gran Torino directed by Clint Eastwood
Honey directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
Poetry (translit. Shi) directed by Lee Chang-dong
Film Socialisme directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Somewhere directed by Sofia Coppola
Soul Kitchen directed by Fatih Akın
The Ghost Writer directed by Roman Polanski
The White Ribbon directed by Michael Haneke
On Tour directed by Mathieu Amalric
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A Prophet directed by Jacques Audiard
Up directed by Pete Docter
Burnt by the Sun 2: Prestanding (translit. Utomlyonnye solntsem 2: Predstoyanie) directed by Pete Docter
Taming directed by Nidal Aldibs
Turkish Cinema
A Fairground Attraction directed by Mehmet Eryılmaz
Waiting for Heaven directed by Derviş Zaim
Climates directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
My Father and My Son directed by Çağan Irmak
Three Monkeys directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Umut directed by Yılmaz Güney
Distant directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Egg directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
See also
2010 in film
References
External links
for the festival
Damascus International Film Festival
Damascus International Film Festival
2010 in Syria
Damascus International Film Festival
21st century in Damascus
November 2010 events in Syria