We are really happy to announce that BAGHDAD ON FIRE is selected for Slamdance Film Festival that will take place from January 20-26 in Park City […]

Congratulations to Zohar Wagner director of SAVOY – on the film’s selection to the International documentary section of FIPADOC. After a successful premiere at the Jerusalem […]

The Close Up team wishes you a happy new year 2023!✨✨✨ May this upcoming year help us in our mission of encouraging, strengthening, and inspiring emerging […]

The first 2022-2023 Close Up workshop was a success! Joining us in Jordan from December 9th to 16th, the seventeen selected filmmakers came from all around […]

We are proud to announce that two Close Up projects have been selected to participate at the FIFDH Impact Days in Geneva! Among the 110 international […]

Greetings from Amsterdam! ✨✨ We are very happy to share with you that we had a Close Up alumni gathering in Amsterdam earlier in November!  It […]

This is the end of the two weeks long residency fellowship offered by Silver Sun Foundation in Woodstock NY, to the project team of LET’S PLAY […]

Congratulations to director Hussein Al-Assadi and producer Huda Al-Kadhimi! Their project SHE WAS NOT ALONE was selected to participate in the Project Market of the Red […]

Congratulations to our 2021/2022 cohort of filmmakers Asmahan Bkerat and Ban Maraqa, whose project CONCRETE LAND received the Sundance Production Grant! A total of 35 projects […]