Thursday, March 17, 2011

March 17-19, 2011 -- Women's Voices From The Muslim World

March 17-19, 2011
a Short-Film Festival
Los Angeles Film School






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Thouria Mahmoud

Mariam Wakim




Ola Diab

Hasan Mahmud

Mariam Wakim

Ola Diab

Mariam Wakim









Alka Sadat


Christina Asquith
Author of "Sister's In War"

Catinca Tabacaru


Nushin Arbabzadah


Nushin Arbabzadah
Author, "From Outside In: Refugees and British Society"

Catinca Tabacaru

Christina Asquith





Mariam Wakim

Jeff Kauffman
Dir. "Free Shane and Josh: An Urgent Plea for Compassion"


Mariam Wakim

Mariam Wakim

Jeff Kauffman


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Ferial Masry

Catinca Tabacaru, Brooke Goldstein


Catinca Tabacaru

Qanta Ahmed, Ferial Masry

Brooke Goldstein

Brooke Goldstein

Dr. Qanta Ahmed (MD, FCCP, FAASM)

Brooke Goldstein

Dr. Qanta Ahmed

Ferial Masry

Brooke Goldstein


Brooke Goldstein

Brooke Goldstein, Ferial Masry, Catinca Tabacaru, Dr. Qanta Ahmed

Brooke Goldstein

Ferial Masry

Qanta Ahmed

Brooke Goldstein

Dr. Qanta Ahmed

Dr. Qanta Ahmed


Catinca Tabacaru, Brooke Goldstein

Ferial Masry

Brooke Goldstein, Catinca Tabacaru, Ferial Masry

Catinca Tabacaru

Zainab Sultan

Shereena Qazi

Zainab Sultan

Thouria Mahmoud

Zainab Sultan

Taranah R. Salke

Zainab Sultan

Thouria Mahmoud

Taranah R. Salke

Qanta Ahmed

Zainab Saltan


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Mariam Wakim

Hasan Mahmud

Catinca Tabacaru

Catinca Tabacaru

Tahereh Sheerazie

Anne Slatton

Raya Meddine

Maha Awad

Maha Awad

Tahereh Shreerazie

Anne Slatton

Tahere Sheerazie

Catinca Tabacaru

Maha Awad

Anne Slatton

Maha Awad

Maha Awad

Raya Meddine

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Catinca Tabacaru

Sheetal Sheth

Sheetal Sheth

Alka Sadat

Raya Meddine

Catinca Tabacaru



Cassandra Schaffa


Tahereh Sheerazie

Leslie Sacks


Catinca Tabacaru

Catinca Tabacaru







Maha Awad









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And the Winners ...Documentary

3rd Place: Thorns and Silk by Paulina Tervo, West Bank
2nd Place: Breaking the Silence by Ammar Basha, Yemen
1st Place: Half Value Life by Alka Sadat, Afghanistan

Honorable Mention:
Siah Gerd by Nadia Hossaini, Afghanistan
Behind the Wall by Nafisa Luldasheva, Kyrgyzstan
I…Am a Woman by Sheherzad Kaleem, Pakistan
Avant Propos by Susana Casares, Tunisia

Experimental

3rd Place: 1700% Project: Mistaken for Muslim by Anida Yoeu Ali, USA
2nd Place: It is Written by Mostafa Heravi, Netherlands
1st Place: Basita by Laila Hotait Salas, Lebanon

Honorable Mention:
Post Violence by Afrooz Nasersharif, Iran

Fiction

3rd Place: Sunglasses by Mustafa Kia, Afghanistan
2nd Place: Francais Langue Etrangere (French for Foreigners) by Kartik Singh, France
1st Place: Again Life by Hassan Fazeli, Afghanistan

Honorable Mention:
In the Morning by Danielle Lurie, USA

Student

3rd Place: The Unveiled by Ola Diab and Shereena Qazi, Qatar
2nd Place: Male and Female by Ahmed Adel, Egypt
1st Place: Jazbaa: A Strong Will by Rama Barhat, India

Honorable Mention:
Whose Honour? by Neha Sehgal, India
Breast Cancer in Qatar: Overcoming Cultural Boundaries by Zainab Sultan and Thouria Mahmoud, Qatar

Audience Choice

3rd Place: A Garden in Shigar by Mahera Omar, Pakistan
2nd Place: Living with Stones by Khaled Hasan, Bangladesh
1st Place: Enchained by Syed Mohammad Hassan, Pakistan