The festival opens the door for film registration in its fourth edition
Al Ain Film Festival continues its march with Emirati and Gulf talents
The historical landmark “Al Jahili Fort” hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the last session of the festival.
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Al Ain Film Festival revealed the opening of registration for participating films in its fourth session, which will be launched in Al Ain on January 21st.
The festival management invited Emirati, Gulf and UAE filmmakers to present their films, as a platform to discover and present the best productions and talents of cinema in the region.
The festival will start receiving applications for competing films for prizes in the categories of feature and documentary films, long and short, within its official competitions: “Emirati Short Falcon”, “The Long Gulf Falcon”, “The Short Gulf Falcon”, “The Falcon for Resident Films” and “The Falcon for Student Films”.
The submission of films will close on November 25, and participants can find the application form, and view the details, rules and regulations for submission of applications for the fourth session, through the festival's website.
preparations
On preparing to receive and choose the number of participating films, the founder and director general of the festival, Amer Salmeen Al-Marri, whose next session will continue until January 26, 2022, said: “(Al Ain Film Festival) continues to provide all the distinctive and different initiatives and competitions in the service of the seventh art, and support the film. The local and Gulf countries, and it is also still continuing to support young people and highlight their cinematic works on the festival screens.”
He added, "(Al Ain Film Festival) succeeded in holding an exceptional session last year, despite the difficult circumstances we are experiencing due to the (Corona) pandemic crisis, which still affects in some way the film industry and art in general."
He pointed out that "the preventive measures taken by the UAE in maintaining public safety, limiting the spread of the virus by providing vaccines, and fully adhering to the continuous examination processes, contributed to the revival of life in the field of art, which prompted us for more support, presence and attendance of the local and Gulf film industry." And the world, by preparing for the fourth session of the Al Ain Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held next January, while adhering to all precautionary measures, health and preventive conditions.”
last session
In its third session, the festival witnessed the opening and closing ceremonies at the historical landmark “Al Jahili Castle” in the city of Al Ain, in the presence of five European and Arab ambassadors, and witnessed the world premiere of the Algerian film “Heliopolis” directed by Jaafar Kassem at the opening.
Al Ain Film Festival screened 87 films, including 54 films in its world premiere, five films were nominated for the Academy Award, and 40 films from the Emirates, and 75 films participated in the official competitions of the festival, representing the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and the Sultanate of Oman. Multiple festival.
The festival also screened 12 feature films that won many international awards within the World Cinema Programme.
Amer Salmin:
• “The festival succeeded in holding an extraordinary session last year, despite the difficult circumstances of the (Corona) pandemic.”
• The festival will start receiving applications for films competing for awards in the categories of feature films, documentaries, long and short films.
• Next January 21, the new version of the festival is scheduled to start.
Testimony of the guests
Al Ain Film Festival, in its previous session, honored three prominent filmmakers: the late Bahraini writer Farid Ramadan, Emirati director Sheikha Al Yazia bint Nahyan Al Nahyan, and Emirati director Nujoom Al Ghanem.
Despite the difficult circumstances that the world witnessed related to the “Corona” pandemic, the festival was a success in its third session, in terms of organization and the quality of the films participating, with the testimony of Gulf, Arab and foreign guests.
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