The lab, which accepts only eight participants, is geared toward intermediate to advanced filmmakers.
Productions that spend over $10m and incorporate elements of Jordanian culture are eligible for the full 45% rebate.
Applicants from Qatar and the MENA region including the diaspora, as well as DFI grantees (from any region), are prioritised for participation.
This opportunity not only provides practical training but also fosters a deeper understanding of cinematic storytelling—offering young voices a chance to shine on the UAE’s growing film landscape.
The commission aims to showcase Saudi films and local talent, highlight the development of the Kingdom’s film industry, and strengthen collaboration with the Chinese and wider Asian film markets.
Awards will be presented for the best short film, best documentary, best animated film, best actor and best director.
Moroccan-American filmmaker Rita Baghdadi's project is among the Sundance Institute 2024 Documentary Fund grantees.
The winners of this competition will be announced on September 19, 2024.
Applications are open until August 10 for Saudi women aged 21 and above.
The academic institute has collaborated with Garage Studio and partners in the emirate to ensure a well-rounded start to the curriculum.
During Xposure's Film Stage sessions, three specialized talks led by industry experts are held as part of the International Photography Festival's first-ever dedicated film programme.
Their success sends a powerful message to young Emirati girls: 'Your voice matters. Your stories matter. And you have the power to make a difference'.
It has two soundstages, a backlot, a production support building, a basecamp area, a parking lot, and a dedicated technical vehicle parking area.
This initiative will offer professional training by leading Vietnamese creators to 30 participants.
The workshops will cover a diverse array of subjects, spanning camera operation, lens selection, lighting techniques, grip essentials, colour grading, digital exposure, and much more.
UAE production house is the only GCC-based company included in the documentary film industry list.
The total existing commercial records for film production reached 1,510 by the end of 2022.
Filmmakers from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda have been selected to receive one year of funding, mentorship and training opportunities.
The training programme has been designed to prepare 25 local trainees from AlUla to follow careers in Production, Assistant Directing, and the Art, Locations, Costume, Make-up and Hair departments.
Winners of the Young Directors Award will receive full-school scholarships worth over $0.27m to Bloom World Academy.
Virtual production, when wielded with the right intention and proper understanding of its true might, is an unprecedented advancement in the content creator’s arsenal, says Matthew Collu in part seven ...
The fund will offer grants for independent artists seeking to explore the intrinsic link between science and culture through innovative nonfiction storytelling.
In the fifth part of this series, Matthew Collu explores how in-camera visual effects can be explored powerfully in a virtual production environment.
Red Sea Shorts in Competition presents rarely-told stories of Arab people and places in its second edition.
In the fourth part of this series, Matthew Collu looks in-depth at two of the more prominently used types of motion capture in a virtual production environment.
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The deadline to submit films is November 30, 2022.
Independent filmmaker Faisal Hashmi, documentary filmmaker Hasan Aslan and Ahmad Nokari, Head Of Production at NAS News Arabia shared insights and trends at an exclusive panel discussion.
Virtual production is rapidly gaining traction, with three new studio launches announced within the span of a month in the UAE. For the next few months, BroadcastPro ME is partnering ...
Powerful female voices are emerging on the MEA film landscape, and their stories are receiving recognition and applause across the globe. Canon brought together a small group at Expo 2020 ...
The two-day workshop took attendees through the entire process of filmmaking, with a special focus on planning budgets, identifying locations, scheduling, choosing equipment and production team among others.
The Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) features films and documentaries that capture the promise and challenges of migration, and the unique contributions that migrants make to their new communities
Canon recently brought together two filmmakers as part of a webinar to briefly discuss their ecosystem and their choice of technologies in making films. We bring you a report.
The masterclasses will be screened via live videos through the festival's official Instagram page.
Besides these initiatives, 16 diverse Arab Film Studio films will be broadcast during Ramadan on Etisalat’s E-Life platform via The Ramadan Shop channel.
With a camera on top, drones have extended the horizon for filmmakers and cinematographers. Dubai-based drone experts Rashad Al Safar of SkyVision, Epic Drone’s Shafi Saidu and Egyptian filmmaker Amr ...
The festival will be held from March 24-28, 2020 under the theme “Make Your Film in Oman”, which aims to introduce international filmmakers to have cinematic experiences.
In the past two months, four Jordanian productions, two Arab projects, one Jordanian-Arab co-production, one American TV series and a Serbian feature film were shot in the country.
Deaf Film Lab, an innovative initiative in Egypt, is inspiring deaf youth to take up filmmaking. In an interview with Rachel Dawson, founder Waguih El Laqany shares how the initiative ...
In a crowded marketplace, 17-year-old Arshad mocks his friend Jaspal and says: You tried to get that girl, but when she saw you, she ran away. The audience at the ...
Seated from left: HE Dr. Khalid Omar Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Media City (Shams) with Khulud Abu Humus, Chairperson and CEO of Arab Format Lab.Sharjah ...
Films created by participants in Image Nation Abu Dhabis flagship training programme Arab Film Studio have now screened more than 200 times at film festivals around the globe, after Ranapakhara ...
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