Updated: July 9, 2005
AFC FILMMAKER
AMMAR QUTTAINEH WINS GOLDEN
AWARD AT JORDANIAN SHORT FILM COMPETITION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(July 1, 2005 - AMMAN) The newly established Higher Council for Jordanian Movie Productions handed the Golden Award for Short Drama to Ammar Quttaineh for his film "Overdose." The award entails a cash reward of 2800 USD.
Additionally, Dalia Alkury and Yahya Abdallah shared the Bronze Award for the Short Documentary. AFC filmmakers Aseel Masour and Omar Saleh each received a certificate of recognition for their films Alert Guns and Decision Man, respectively. Both films have made it to the short list.
The selection committee of the competition decided to withhold the Golden Awards for the short documentary and for animation.
Quttaineh, whose film "Overdose" also won the Audience Golden Choice Award at the Jordanian Short Film Festival '05 back in April, is currently in Dubai working in the field of customer service for an automobile manufacturer.
"I am deeply honored to be awarded first place by both the Jordanian audiences and by representatives of the Jordanian intelligentsia," commented filmmaker Quttaineh. "I owe it to my talented cast and crew and to the support I had received from the Amman Filmmakers Cooperative."
The cast and crew of "Overdose" include Sameh Hajjawi, Ammar Omary, and Majed Hajjawi as well as filmmakers Omar Saleh, Rabee Zureikat, and Yahya Abdallah. Others who had contributed to this film include Rawan Zeine, Steve Ali, Mohamad Saqfalhait, Munther Quttaineh, Hunien Madi, Muna Mufti, Bilal Fakhanji, and many others.
"This award is important because of the independence of the selection committee," said Hazim Bitar, coordinator of the Amman Filmmakers Cooperative. "We will not take this award for granted; we are constantly improving our curriculum and our filmmaking techniques."
"Overdose" is an experimental dark comedy about a news reporter from a local newspaper (Majd Hajjawi) and her quest to adjust to a new world order seemingly dominated from afar by neo-conservatives and at home by neo-liberals.
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