We are thrilled to announce the selection of 13 projects from Southwest Asia and North Africa for the upcoming 2023-2024 Close Up program, out of a total of 121 applications received from across the region!

We are excited to share the 17 powerful documentary projects that are selected to participate at the Close Up 2022-2023 Edition. This year’s cohort of directors  hail from Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Jordan/Palestine, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey.

We are excited to share the powerful documentary projects that are selected to participate at the Close Up 2021-2022 Edition. This year’s cohort of directors and producers hails from Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Yemen. 

The projects were selected amongst more than 80 Applications from all across Southwest Asia & North Africa, including: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kurdish-Turkish, Kurdish-Syrian, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey & UAE.

The projects were selected among 123 applications submitted to Close Up from all across Southwest Asia and North Africa, including: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey & United Arab Emirates.