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.

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

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