The 2010 Damascus International Film Festival is the 18th incarnation of the international film festival held in Damascus, Syria which ran from November 7 to 13, 2010. Prizes were awarded in three categories and a 222 films were shown in 18 categories during the course of the festival.

This edition of the Damascus International Film Festival, organised under the patronage of Syrian Minister of Culture Dr. Riad Ismat, opened with a ceremony at the Damascus Opera House, at which Turkish actress Türkan Şoray and Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud were among the guests of honor, and a screening of Honey () directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. The opening ceremony featured a respect parade for the nine Turkish people who lost their lives during the Gaza flotilla raid on May 31, 2010.

The festival close with a screening of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (, ) directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Programs

Official Feature Competition About Her Brother () directed by Yoji Yamada Cell 211 () directed by Daniel Monzón Confucius () directed by Hu Mei Foxes directed by Mira Fornay Guards of Silence directed by Samir Zekra How I Ended This Summer (, translit. Kak ya provyol etim letom) directed by Alexei Popogrebski If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle () directed by Florin Şerban Cosmos () directed by Reha Erdem Our Life () directed by Daniele Luchetti The Princess of Montpensier () directed by Bertrand Tavernier September Rain directed by Abdellatif Abdelhamid My Joy (, translit. Schastye moyo; , translit. Shchastya moye) directed by Sergei Loznitsa Never Let Me Go directed by Mark Romanek On The Path () directed by Jasmila Žbanić Outside the Law () directed by Rachid Bouchareb Please Do Not Disturb directed by Mohsen Abdolvahab Submarino directed by Thomas Vinterberg Sun Dress directed by Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry The Chord directed by Magdy El-Hawary The Hairdresser () directed by Doris Dörrie Venezzia directed by Haik Gazarian Late December () directed by Moez Kammoun The Mosque () directed by Daoud Aoulad-Syad Clockwise directed by Khalifa al-Muraikhi

Official Program A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop () directed by Zhang Yimou Another Year directed by Mike Leigh Biutiful directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Chantrapas directed by Otar Iosseliani Departures () directed by Yōjirō Takita The Secret in Their Eyes () directed by Juan José Campanella Gran Torino directed by Clint Eastwood Honey () directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu Poetry (, translit. Shi) directed by Lee Chang-dong Film Socialisme directed by Jean-Luc Godard Somewhere directed by Sofia Coppola Soul Kitchen directed by Fatih Akın The Ghost Writer directed by Roman Polanski The White Ribbon () directed by Michael Haneke On Tour () directed by Mathieu Amalric Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (, ) directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul A Prophet () directed by Jacques Audiard Up directed by Pete Docter Burnt by the Sun 2: Prestanding (, translit. Utomlyonnye solntsem 2: Predstoyanie) directed by Pete Docter Taming () directed by Nidal Aldibs

Turkish Cinema A Fairground Attraction () directed by Mehmet Eryılmaz Waiting for Heaven () directed by Derviş Zaim Climates () directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan My Father and My Son () directed by Çağan Irmak Three Monkeys () directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Umut directed by Yılmaz Güney Distant () directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Egg () directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu

See also 2010 in film

References

External links for the festival