6 Short Films from DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
2008, 100min.
 Arabana
2006, 6 min.
Prod.: Erich Oh, Naila Al Khaja, Nicolas Doldinger, Script/Dir.: Naila Al Khaja, Dir. of Phot.: Erich Oh, Compos.: Mohammed Yaniz, Sound Rec.: Hussam Zeineddine, Edit.: Raul Skoperz
Cast: Feriyal Entezari, Sheikha Al Kitbi, Fatma, Ahmad Hamid, Fazlur Rehman.
Eight-year-old Arabana is bored and totally neglected by her parents. She wanders off right before the eyes of her mother and the maid, yet neither pays attention as she goes into the wilderness to give her life some excitement. This open-ended story strongly conveys the message that children should be loved and watched over.
Production Company
D-Seven
Dessart Productions
 Under the Sun
2005, 23 min.
Prod.: Khalid Al Awar, Ali F. Mostafa, Script/Dir.: Ali F. Mostafa, Dir. of Phot.: Michel Dierickx, Compos.: Kunal Soonderji, Sound: Ron Bagnulo, Edit.: Ahmed Abdulqader
Cast: Mohammed Mostafa, Amina Nolan, Abdullah Al Sayegh, Saif Al Deen, Marwan Al Sabri, Mohamed Al Haj, Muhamed, Sami Zeidan.
The film tells about a thirteen-year-old Muslim boy’s first day of fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. We get an insight into his understandings, misjudgments and difficulties, and take a close look at how he copes with his family upbringing and an Islamic orientated environment in the world today.
Production Company
Afmfilms
 Bint Mariam
2008, 27 min.
Prod.: Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, Script: Mohammed Hassan Ahmed, Dir.: Saeed Salmeen Al Murry, Dir. of Phot.: Hassan Al Katheeri, Compos.: Taha Al Ajmi, Prod. Design: Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, Sound: Mustafa Kazem, Edit.: Taha Al Ajmi
Cast: Mohammed Ismael, Rahsa Al- Obaidly, NevenMathi.
The storyis told by Bint Mariam –“Mariam’s Daughter” and is developed with every drop of rain. Bint Miriam leaves after the death of her 60-year-old husband, getting closer to faces, which bear sadness and stillness.
Production Company
Cine Vision Group
 Door
2008, 19 min.
Prod./Prod. Design: Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, Script: Ahmed Salmeen, Dir./Dir. of Phot./Edit.: Waleed Al Shehhi, Compos.: Ibrahim Al Amiri
A journey into the invisible depth of human being through search of a missing door. It’s the door of life.
Production Company
Nafas Film produciton
 I am a Man
2006, 19 min.
Prod.: Shamma Abu Nawas, Dir.: Shamma Abu Nawas, Sahar Al Khatib
A documentary about society’s struggle to accept young Emirati men behaving like girls in certain ways, such as taking care of the way they look, growing their nails long and taking care of their skin. “What happens when a man tries to prove his manhood”?
Awards
Special Mention (Emirates Film Competition, 2007).
 Stuck Face
2007, 6 min.
Prod. /Script/Dir.: Manal Ali Bin Amro, Dir. of Phot.: Abdullah Hassan Ahmed, Edit.: Hassan Kiyani.
Inner doubts accompanied by old memories of a girl who hasn’t yet recovered from the moments of panic. “Why can’t we see the face of this beautiful female?” | 6 directors Naila Al Khaja
Holds a degree in film from Ryerson University, Toronto. She is the founder and Managing Director of Dubai based Dessart Production. She won the Emirates Women of the Year award in 2005 and a Lloyd’s Bank Inspirational Leadership award.
Filmography
Arabana (2006).
 Ali F. Mostafa
With his mother from the UK and his father from the UAE Ali grew up in Dubai. Film has always been a central part of his life and since childhood Ali has experimented making his own short films. Upon completion of his higher education Ali established a division from an existing company focusing on set and interior design. He pursued his goal in 2003 when he enrolled at the London Film School. Over 4 years Ali has worked on short films and TV commercials. To date Ali has presented his short graduation film to various international festivals around the world and endeavors to embark on his first feature film in the near future.
Filmography
Under the Sun (2005).
 Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry
He established the Cine Vision group in 2004 and is the recipient of awards such as Best Young Film Director from Digital Studio magazine in 2007 and Jury Special Prize of the film Huboob at the Emirates Competition in 2006. He won best Screenplay for Urj Al-Teen 2006, which also participated at Beit Soor Festival in Tarif France in 2006, the 2006 Ismailiya FF and the 2007 Muscat FF for Documentary and short films. He has also received awards for Al Ghobna at the 2007 Emirates Film Competition. He has participated in the 2005 and 2008 Dubai IFF.
Filmography
Sand Remains (2004), Huboob (2005), A Traveler (2005), Walls (2005), Erj Al-Tein (2006), Al Ghobna (2007), The Blood Wedding (2007), BintMariam (2008).
 Waleed Al Shehhi
Emirati filmmaker Waleed Al Shehhi is a member of the Creative Activity Group of UAE Writers and Literature Union in Ras Al Khaimah and the reflective Artistic Group.
Filmography
Aushba's Well (2004),Signs of the Dead (2005), Door (2008).
 Shamma Abu Nawas
Shamma Abu Nawas is a Communication Technology student at Dubai Women’s College.
 Sahar Al Khatib
Sahar Al Khatib is also a Communication Technology student at Dubai Women’s College.
Filmography
I Am a Man (2006).
 Manal Ali Bin Amro
Manal Ali Bin Amro is a writer and a filmmaker.
Filmography
Al Musta'ar (2009), Widad (2009).
|
