Amman Film Industry Days 2025: Full Line-Up
Amman Film Industry Days (AFID), the industry platform of Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film (AIFF), has selected 18 projects to take part in this year’s Pitching Platforms.
Taking place during the sixth edition of AIFF (July 2-10), the Pitching Platforms provide a space for Arab filmmakers and producers to present their projects to a jury and compete for both in-kind services and financial awards. This year’s jury includes Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha, Burundian filmmaker Joseph Bitamba, Spanish programmer and critic Eduardo Guillot, Jordanian producer Linda Mutawi and Saudi director Abdulaziz Al-Shlahei.
Commenting on this year’s selection, AFID head Bassam Alasad said: “This year, the selection process was incredibly difficult because the level of storytelling, vision and urgency across submissions was so high. Every project had a voice worth hearing. The Pitching Platforms continue to be a cornerstone of AFID, offering filmmakers not only the chance to win awards but, more importantly, to connect, evolve and be seen.”
AMMAN FILM INDUSTRY DAYS 2025:
DEVELOPMENT (AWAL PROJECTS):
[first feature film for Jordanians or residents in Jordan]
From Temporary To Semi-Permanent (Jordan)
Directed & Produced by: Bayan Abuta'ema
Memoirs Of Jerusalem (Jordan, UK)
Directed by: Kinda Kurdi
Produced by: Kinda Kurdi & Brian Hill
Six 2 One (Jordan)
Directed by: Tamir Naber
Produced by: Ghassan Salti
The Orange Grove (Jordan, Canada)
Directed by: Murad Abu Eisheh
Produced by: Rula Nasser, Veronika Molnar & Roger Frapper
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (ARAB PROJECTS):
The Cow Thief (Egypt, Italy, Saudi)
Directed by: Mohamed Zedan
Produced by: Mark Lotfy
The Sad Life Of Happy Pig! (Lebanon, France)
Directed by: Christy Whaibe
Produced by: Christelle Younes
Ping-Pong (Palestine)
Directed by: Saleh Saadi
Produced by: May Jabareen
Printemps (Spring) (Lebanon, France)
Directed by: Noel Keserwany
Produced by: Noel & Michelle Keserwany
Love-45 (Syria, Qatar, Switzerland, France, UK, Lebanon)
Directed by: Anas Khalaf
Produced by: Marine Vaillant
Alicante (Algeria, France, Spain)
Directed by: Lina Soualem
Produced by: Omar El Kadi
Like A Bird In The Sky (Egypt, Lebanon, Spain)
Directed by: Amal Ramsis & Jana Wehbe
The Masters Of Magic And Beauty (Egypt)
Directed by: Jad Chahine
Produced by: Baho Bakhsh & Safei Eldin Mahmoud
POST-PRODUCTION PROJECTS (ARAB PROJECTS):
Kobra (Lebanon)
Directed by: Daniel Habib
Produced by: Sarah Saab
Amal (Jordan, Syria)
Directed by: Khaled Ahmad Al Swidan
Produced by: Rahmeh Al-Shammas
You Don't Die Two Times (Algeria, Tunisia, Germany, France)
Directed by: Ager Oueslati
Produced by: Raouf Oueslati, Thomas Kaske & Dhia Jerbi
Testosterone (Morocco)
Directed & Produced by: Ali Benchekroune & Mohamed Bakrim
All That The Wind Can Carry (Egypt, Qatar)
Directed by: Maged Nader
Produced by: Tamer Elsaid & Maged Nader
Asphalt (Jordan)
Directed by: Hamza Hamidah
Produced by: Mahmoud Massad
