BAB AL SAMAH (THE DOOR OF FORGIVENESS)
2nd BABELGUM FILM FESTIVAL 2009 (New York) - Looking for Genis Award (Spike Lee choice)
2nd BABELGUM FILM FESTIVAL (New York) - Professional Jury Award for Best Short Film
54th TAORMINA FILM FEST 2008 - Best Short Film
14th MEDFILM FESTIVAL 2008 (Rome) - Best Italian Short Film
16th ARCIPELAGO FILM FESTIVAL 2008 (Rome) - Best Cinematography
13th SIENA INT’L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - Special Jury Mention
SILVER RIBBON 2008 (NASTRI D’ARGENTO - SNGCI AWARDS) - Special Jury-Mention for the Narrative and Technical Structure
ITALIAFILMFEST 2009 - “PER IL CINEMA ITALIANO” (Bari) - Michelangelo Antonioni Award for Best Short Film
6th LAURA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 (Levanto) – Special Jury Mention
6th AMORI IN CORTO 2009 (Terni) - Special Jury Award
3rd EPIZEPHIRY INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2009 - Best Short Film
4th SARDINIA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 - Best Italian Short Film
7th Festival del cinema ”Brescello Mondo Piccolo Cinematografico” - Second Prize
5th DUBAI INT’L FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - Arabian Nights
25th TEHERAN INT’L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - In Competition (Film About Islamic World)
22th JOURNEES CINEMATOGRAPHIQUES DE CARTHAGE TUNIS 2008 - Special Screenings (International Panorama)
19th N.I.C.E. FILM FESTIVAL 2008-09 - (SPECIAL EVENT)
NEW YORK in cooperation with Tribeca Film Festival
SAN FRANCISCO in cooperation with San Francisco Film Society
MOSCOW
ST. PETERSBOURG
AMSTERDAM
1st ISTANBUL ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL - Short Panorama
8th ROME INDIPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL - Official Selection
4th MIAMI SICILIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2009 - In Competition
2th nd 8 e 1/2 - Festa do Cinema Italiano 2009 (Lisboa-Porto) - Official Selection
10th MAREMETRAGGIO 2009 (Trieste) - Official Selection
15th CITTADELLA DEL CORTO 2009 (Trevignano) – In Competition
14th LINEA D’OMBRA-FESTIVAL CULTURE GIOVANI 2009 (Salerno) - In competition
5th ECOVISION FESTIVAL 2009 (Palermo/Fortaleza BRASILE) – In Competition
9th ARAB FILM FESTIVAL 2009 (Rotterdam) – Intrnational Panorama
7th IN THE PALACE INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2009 (BULGARIA) - In Competition
3rd MOSTRA DEL CINEMA DELLO STRETTO (Messina) – In Competition
7th ISCHIA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL 2009 - In Competition
2nd MARGHERITA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 - In competition
2nd I'VE SEEN INT'L FILM FESTIVAL 2009 online contest (Milan) - In Competition
2nd I'VE SEEN INT'L FILM FESTIVAL 2009 official competiton (Milan) - In Competition
2nd LA7 25a ORA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – In Competition
BAB AL SAMAH - FESTIVALS and AWARDS
 
 
 
B A B A L S A M A H T R A I L E R B A B A L S A M A H P I C T U R E S B A B A L S A M A H P R E S S B O O K
SYNOPSIS
 
    Mehdi's desire for redemption from a humiliating past, symbolised by an heavy, old door leads him on a cathartic journey that results in the destruction of the door with purifying
    fire.
H O M E P A G E
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