The Gulf Film Festival (GFF) announced the three recipients of its first cycle of funding in its 2013 Enjaaz programme for short films. The 2013 recipients are diverse in treatment and subject matter: Ahmed Al-Mutawas Faramel tells the story of Khan, a taxi driver whose life was just fine until back in 1994, when he […]
The Gulf Film Festival (GFF) announced the three recipients of its first cycle of funding in its 2013 Enjaaz programme for short films.
The 2013 recipients are diverse in treatment and subject matter: Ahmed Al-Mutawas Faramel tells the story of Khan, a taxi driver whose life was just fine until back in 1994, when he was unlucky enough to pick up the angel of death as a client.
Former journalist Faiza Ambahs Mariam tells the story of a young Arab girl living in France during the debate on headscarves are banned in schools. Mariams veiled friends campaign to keep their hijab, but Mariam is lost in her powerful crush on Sami, a popular boy who has started to return her affections.
Kurdish filmmaker Rezgar Husseins Nasrin is the story of Farhad, a fatherless teenage thief with an anger problem. Farhads life changes when, in the midst of being chased by an angry shop owner, he encounters a Syrian Kurdish refugee girl with an entirely unique personality.
The criteria for the Gulf Enjaaz programme stipulate that the director be of GCC nationality and that the completed script of less than 40 minutes in length be centered on the Arab world, with a detailed budget and production timeline. The next funding cycle for the programme closes on July 1, 2013.
In 2012, with Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Enjaaz selected seven short scripts from the Gulf region over one funding cycle which has already borne fruit; the short film Cotton, an Iraqi-UAE coproduction from director Luay Fadhil, was selected during last years funding cycle and had its world premiere at GFF 2013.
