Jury National Competition

Saba MUBAREK President of the jury - JORDAN

Saba Mubarak is a Jordanian actress, producer, and entrepreneur. Saba has portrayed different characters and of her most notable work has revolved around crucial social and regional issues.

She is strong advocate of the Palestinian cause. Throughout her career, Saba Mubarak won several awards for her outstanding performances, and on-screen presence.

Alice KHAROUBI - FRANCE

A graduate in communication, Alice Kharoubi began her career at the Marché du Film at Cannes Film Festival.

Responsible today for Cannes Short Film, she is member of several selection committees. Programmer for Abu Dhabi Film Festival since its creation, she joined the team of All Screens in Geneva as head of programming of international short films.

Abdelkrim BAHLOUL - ALGERIE

Abdelkrim BAHLOUL graduated from IDHEC and worked as an operator and assistant director for TF1 for a half dozen years before directing his first feature film, Mint Tea selected at Cannes in 1984.

He then directed A vampire in Paradise, Le Soleil Assassiné and Voyage à Alger awarded at the Carthage Film Festival in 2010.

Abdelkrim Bahloul is also a screenwriter and an actor.