Seattle International Film Festival

Captain Abu Raed wins two top honors at the Traverse City Film Festival

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Award winning Jordanian feature film CAPTAIN ABU RAED was awarded two top honors yesterday at the 4th Traverse City Film Festival, garnering the Audience Award - Best Fiction Film and Best of Fest - Fiction Film. Fimmaker and writer Amin Matalqa said, “From the beginning, I wanted Captain Abu Raed to be a Jordanian film for American audiences as much as anything else. I was blown away by the way it was received here in the Midwest. Experiencing it in Traverse City with 1000 people laughing [Read more...]

Seattle International Film Festival 2008 award winners

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The 34th annual Seattle Film Festival closed on Sunday after running for 25 days. This year's edition of the festival saw almost 200 feature films from 69 countries screened and more than 70,000 ballots cast by the audiences. Here are all the winners: AUDIENCE AWARDS Best Film "Cherry Blossoms -- Hanami," directed by Doris Dörrie (Germany) Best Documentary "The Wrecking Crew," directed by Denny Tedesco (USA) Best Director Amin Matalqa, for "Captain Abu Raed" (Jordan) Best [Read more...]