Screen Institute Beirut will take part in various events to be held as part of Dubai International Film Festival. Three films funded by Screen Institute Beirut are part of the prestigious Muhr Arab Documentary Competition, including Sarah Francis’s Birds of September, My Love Awaits Me by the Sea by Mais Darwazah and Guardians of Time Lost by Diala Kachmar. DIFF’s […]
Screen Institute Beirut will take part in various events to be held as part of Dubai International Film Festival.
Three films funded by Screen Institute Beirut are part of the prestigious Muhr Arab Documentary
Competition, including Sarah Francis’s Birds of September, My Love Awaits Me by the Sea by Mais Darwazah and Guardians of Time Lost by Diala Kachmar.
DIFF’s Arabian Nights Programme will host the world premiere of Mahmoud Kaabour’s Champ of the Camp. The film is the first ever feature-length documentary filmed in the UAE’s labour accommodation. It follows a Bollywood singing and trivia competition that takes place each summer in Dubai. The film chronicles the stories of characters such as Dhattu, a middle-aged Indian sweeper who is saving up for his daughters’ marriages, and Adnan, a Pakistani who excels in all things Bollywood and is proud of his work on the world’s tallest tower. Two other projects that have received SIB grant will also be showing at the festival. These are Obscure, represented by its Director Soudade Kaadan and Producer Amira Kaadan, and Waiting for Dawn represented by Director Mary Jirmanus.
Screen Institute Beirut also participates in Dubai Docs, one of the most recent Dubai Film Market initiatives. Dubai Docs will provide a three-day training and talent development programme for seven project teams from across the Arab region. Screen Institute Beirut participates with two projects that have received a SIB grant.
