Fatima Al Dhaheris final short film titled Something Called Fear won the inaugural Arab Film Studio (AFS) film competition hosted by Image Nation Abu Dhabi and twofour54 tadreeb at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Al Dhaheri, who was selected from five finalists, won a US $13,500 development deal with Image Nation Abu Dhabi. The other four […]
Fatima Al Dhaheris final short film titled Something Called Fear won the inaugural Arab Film Studio (AFS) film competition hosted by Image Nation Abu Dhabi and twofour54 tadreeb at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Al Dhaheri, who was selected from five finalists, won a US $13,500 development deal with Image Nation Abu Dhabi.
The other four finalists from the various competition categories including Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Costume, Music and Sound Design also received awards.
The awards are the culmination of a three-month AFS instructional lab programme designed to mirror the real process by which feature films are developed and produced. The finalists began the training programme after being selected from dozens of Arab Film Studio 2012 entries, and concluded their AFS training by shooting and editing a final film project (a ten-minute short), which then formed their final competition submission.
Speaking about the awards, Mohammed Al Mubarak, chairman of Image Nation, said: Throughout AFS 2012, all five of our finalists showed real talent across the various aspects of filmmaking and I am certain they all have bright futures ahead of them.
Following the success of AFS 2012, Image Nation also announced that the AFS programme will continue and expand in 2013.
Michael Garin, CEO of Image Nation promised that more details for the 2013 programme will be announced shortly.
Following the conclusion of the Arab Film Studio 2012 competition, Image Nation and twofour54 will also be offering an intensive marketing course to create posters, trailers, social media and other collateral material typically created for the marketing and distribution of feature-length films. Image Nation will also help the contestants facilitate entries to appropriate film festivals for each film.
