Arab Cinema LAB Dubai 2016
This is a first-of-its-kind film financing incubator for accelerating new film projects and new business ideas by bringing together a select group of filmmakers, creative producers funders, distributors and broadcasters. This inaugural LAB will feature exclusive footage from a selection of the hottest, most highly anticipated Arab film projects that are currently in various stages of development and production.
Keynote Speakers
Alaa Karkouti Co-Founder and Managing Partner of MAD Solutions
Frank Albers Film Prize Program Officer at Robert Bosch Stiftung
George David Managing Director of the Royal Film Commission
Gianluca Chakra Managing Director Front Row Filmed Entertainment
Jacques Kruger General Manager of VOX Cinemas
Mohamed Hefzy Founder and General Manager of Film Clinic
Vincenzo Bugno World Cinema Fund Project Manager, Berlinale Delegate for Italy and the Maghreb/Mashrek countries, Member of the Berlinale Competition Selection Committee
List of Films
Adham Sabry
Director: TBC
Egypt
Feature
Amal
Director: Mohamed Siam
Germany, Egypt, Lebanon, France
Documentary
Kiss Me Not
Director: Ahmed Amer
Egypt
Feature
Manivelle - Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow
Director: Fadi Baki
Germany, Lebanon
Animation
Sheikh Jackson
Director: Amr Salama
Egypt
Feature
SHOOT
Director: Aymen Khouja
Saudi Arabia, USA
Feature
The Journey
Director: Mohamed Al-Daraji
Iraq
Feature
Writing on Snow
Director: Rashid Masharawi
Palestine, Tunisia
Feature
The First Arab Cinema LAB at DIFF