Enabling the artist’s participation at the ArteEast Festival held in MOMA, New York, this grant covered the sound restoration of Mohamad’s movie “Stars in Broad Daylight” and funded his trip, allowing him to take part in a series of talks and discussions. Mohamad is a renowned Syrian filmmaker active since the 1960’s. Many of his works have undergone censorship and the sound restoration for his film was necessary as the original is currently confiscated.