Aflamnah, the Arab world’s first crowd funding website, and YallaTV, a video on demand website focusing on Arab filmmakers, will jointly promote Arab filmmakers and their work. The new partnership between Aflamnah and YallaTV will provide Arab filmmakers with more online tools and resources to find financial supporters and reach audiences. Through this partnership, YallaTV […]
Aflamnah, the Arab world’s first crowd funding website, and YallaTV, a video on demand website focusing on Arab filmmakers, will jointly promote Arab filmmakers and their work.
The new partnership between Aflamnah and YallaTV will provide Arab filmmakers with more online tools and resources to find financial supporters and reach audiences.
Through this partnership, YallaTV will present Aflamnah-financed films on its website; provide financial and other promotional services to selected Aflamnah films; showcase Aflamnah pitching videos; profile Aflamnah producers on its “Focus on the Filmmaker” and “VIP” portals; and provide directory services. Aflamnah will provide YallaTV with selected content for online exhibition; invite selected YallaTV filmmakers to participate in crowd funding on the Aflamnah website; advertise YallaTV on its website and marketing materials; and cross-promote YallaTV at Aflamnah-sponsored events.
“As YallaTV adds to its suite of services for Arab filmmakers, we recognize that the Arab film production community needs more innovative ways to finance films. We’ve been impressed with how fast and how well Aflamnah is meeting this need through internet-based crowdfunding” says Aaron Spring, director of marketing for YallaTV. “We’re looking forward to supporting Aflamnah’s crowd-funding option for YallaTV’s filmmakers and helping more Arab directors, producers and writers get critical-stage financing”.
“Aflamnah and YallaTV are dedicated to helping Arab filmmakers turn their big dreams into reality. Our partnership is a very good fit for us and the filmmakers who choose the Aflamnah platform to pitch their films,” says Vida Rizq, principal founder of Aflamnah. “We’re going to be able to reach out to more filmmakers, provide more resources and encourage and develop more talent in a region that has so many compelling stories to tell on film”.
