Next application deadlines
| April 30, 2012 |
Application submission deadline |
| June 01, 2012 |
Short list announcement |
| June 19-20,2012 |
Meetings with shortlisted teams |
| June 29, 2012 |
Grant announcements |
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News
Crayons of Askalan
After its prestigious World Premiere at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in 2011 and its International Premiere at the CPH: Dox Festival Denmark, Crayons of Askalan continues its festival career where it competes in three major festivals taking place this spring:
Teta, Alf Marra
After its successful festivals career in 2011, Mahmoud Kaabour's Award-winning documentary Teta, Alf Marra (Grandma, a Thousand Times) is acquired by Al Jazeera Network.
http://www.digitalproductionme.com
It's All in Lebanon by Wissam Charaf
Wissam Charaf's film in competition at Al Jazeera International Film Festival (8th edition) in Doha (April 19 to 22, 2012)
http://festival.aljazeera.net
Gate # 5 By Simon El Habre
Gate # 5 had its Lebanese première at the 8th Edition of "Les Ecrans du Reel" at Metropolis Cinema in Beirut on March 29, 2011
http://www.metropoliscinema.net
The Screen Institute Beirut announces the Five projects awarded grants on March 5, 2012

"Cursed be the Phosphate" by Sami Tlili (SIB Grant – March 2012)
The Screen Institute Beirut (SIB) film fund for feature length Documentary has the pleasure to announce the Five projects awarded grant. Applications were received from 9 Arab countries (Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia) – It is remarkable that out of 45 projects received, majority of the applicants were female filmmakers.
"SIB film fund main objective is to provide additional support to the grantees through workshops, advising and in-kind support for both production and post-production stages. The goal is to make the films reachable to the large audience, to ensure and increase the grantees chances to finding local and international distributors to their films – and not least to help them find funding for their next projects" said Paul Baboudjian, SIB Executive Director.
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Documentary Film Fund
Film catalogue 2012
Latest projects / Grants
February 2012
- Childhood of the Place Director Hazem Al-Hamwi , Syria \more\
- Bab El Tabaneh Director Remi Itani, Lebanon \more\
- Cursed be the Phosphate Director Sami Tlili , Tunisia \more\
- Waiting for Dawn Director Mary Jirmanus , Lebanon \more\
- Pirates of Sale Director Mirieme Addou & Rosa Rogers , Morocco \more\
September 2011
- Gate # 5 Director Simon El Habre, Lebanon \more\
- The Infiltrators Director Khaled Jarrar, Palestine \more\
- Encounters Director Sarah Francis, Lebanon \more\
- My love awaits me by the sea Director Mais Darwazeh, Palestine /Jordan \more\
- Mother of the unborn Director Nadine Salib, Egypt \more\
- Conflit Director Joseph Kaluf, Lebanon \more\
- May 9 Director Tamara Stepanyan, Lebanon \more\
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