AMMAN — The
Royal Film Commission (RFC) announced
last week that 23 films and TV series were granted financial support from the
Jordan Film Fund for 2021, according to a statement from the RFC.
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The total financial support amounted to JD250,000 and was
given out by an independent jury of Jordanian and
Arab filmmakers. The panel
met online over a three-day period to evaluate eligible submissions in the
following categories: development, production and post-production of feature-
narratives and documentaries; development of TV series; production of short
narrative documentaries and animated films.
The statement added that the jury was made up of six members: Jordanian directors,
producers and writers, Mahmoud Massad and Bassel Ghandour; Palestinian director
and producer Rashid Masharawi; Lebanese director, film and theater actor
Georges Hachem; Palestinian director and producer Mouhamad Keblawi; and
Sudanese director, producer, and writer Amjad Abu Al-Alaa.
Commenting on the submissions and selection process, the jury noted in its
statement: “In the midst of this emergency situation in which we are living,
our priorities have been limited to the necessary needs of health, security,
and food.”
However they added that “The abundance of
projects which we had access to renew our faith that the art of storytelling is
also a primary need for the sustainability of societies, and that the
narrators’ vitality and ability to awaken their stories.”
Mohannad Al-Bakri, the RFC’s managing director, said: “Today’s challenging
circumstances — as a result of the global health situation, the ensuing
constraints and economic fallouts — did not halt the creativity of passionate
filmmakers.”
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