The 13th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival which will take place from the 7th December - 14th December, 2016.

AWARDS 2016

Muhr Emirati Awards
Best Director : SHRIMP, Yaser Alneyadi (Director), United Arab Emirates

Best Muhr Emirati Short : MAMSOUS, Shatha Masoud (Director), United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
Best Muhr Emirati Feature : ONLY MEN GO TO THE GRAVE, Abdulla Al Kaabi (Director), United Arab Emirates and Iran

Muhr Gulf Short Awards
Special Jury Prize: 300KM, Mohammed Alholayyil (Director), Saudi Arabia
Best Muhr Gulf Short : THE BLISS OF BEING NO ONE, Bader Alhomoud (Director), Saudi Arabia

Muhr Short Awards
Special Jury Prize : SUBMARINE, Mounia Akl (Director), Lebanon
Best Muhr Short : WE ARE JUST FINE LIKE THIS, Mehdi M. Barsaoui (Director), Tunisia

Muhr Feature Awards
Best Actress : Julia Kassar (Cast) dans TRAMONTANE, Lebanon, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and France
Best Actor : Ali Sobhi (Cast), dans ALI, THE GOAT, AND IBRAHIM, Ali, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, France and Qatar
Best Director : WITHERED GREEN, Mohammed Hammad (Director), Egypt
Special Jury Prize Muhr Feature : THOSE WHO REMAIN, Eliane Raheb (Director), Lebanon and United Arab Emirates
Best Muhr non-Fiction Feature : A MAID FOR EACH (Une bonne pour tous), Maher Abi Samra (Director), Lebanon, France, Norway and United Arab Emirates
Best Muhr Fiction Feature : THE DARK WIND (Reseba), Hussein Hassan (Director), Iraq, Germany and Qatar

The Emirates NBD People's Choice Award
Best Film : HEARTSTRINGS (Un cœur en braille), de Michel Boujenah (Director), France



Director of the Arab Programme: Antoine Khalife
DIFF's Artistic Director: Masoud Amralla Al Ali