The «Al Ain Film Festival» announced the opening of registration for films participating in its third session, which will be launched in Al Ain on January 23, 2021, and invited the management of the Emirati and Gulf cinematographers and residents of the UAE to present their films, as a platform to discover and present the best productions and talents of cinema in the region, The festival will begin receiving award requests for films in the categories of feature and documentary films, long and short, within its six official competitions: “The Long and Short Emirati Falcon”, “The Long and Short Gulf Falcon”, “Falcon for Student Films” and “Falcon for Resident Films”.
The application will be closed on November 10, 2020, and participants can find the application form, and see all the details, rules and regulations for submitting applications for the third session through the festival's website.
On preparing for the preparations for the third session of the festival, and receiving, selecting, and the number of participating films, the founder and general director of the festival, Amer Salmin Al-Marri, said that "Al-Ain Film Festival" continues to provide all that is distinctive and various initiatives and competitions in the service of "seventh art", and support the local film And Al-Khaleeji also continues to support young people and highlight their cinematic work through the festival’s screens, pointing out that despite the impact of “Corona” on the film industry and the establishment of festivals, the “Al Ain Film Festival” challenged the emerging virus, and announced the establishment of the festival with new plans in case The situation remained as it was, whether by adhering to the health, preventive and precautionary measures, or holding the "Online" festival like some other international festivals, which took the virtual world as a platform to launch its activities. The director of the festival explained that, in light of the delay and canceling of filming the filmmakers in the era of "Corona", the "Eye of the Cinemas" presented a new and exceptional competition under the title "Make Your Film in the Time of Corona", in line with the new conditions in the world With the pandemic of "Covid 19", the initiative to encourage local creators and residents in the Emirates to continue making their films, stimulate their creativity in telling stories that reflect the life of quarantine, and invest home stay in making films from home to display in the third session of the festival, with new and different ideas Lifestyle changes generally appear, confirming that the film submission period has been extended until November 10.
The impact of the epidemic
Among the conditions set by the "Al Ain Film Administration" for the competition is that the duration of the film ranges between three minutes and 15 minutes, participation is available to Emiratis and to all residents of the country of various nationalities, and that film topics on the impact of the "Covid 19-epidemic" on life, including the competition Two prizes: The Best Film Prize of 10,000 dirhams, and the Best Idea Prize of 5,000 dirhams, where the awards go to film directors.
The initiative comes to encourage creative talents to continue making their films and stimulate their creativity.