Abu Dhabi Film Commission will offered four Emirati Filmmakers the chance to join the Film Commission delegation at the Festival de Cannes, from 16th -- 27th May, 2012. The Filmmakers will took part in festival and market events, screenings, filmmaker forums and panels, as well as meeting with industry professionals at the Abu Dhabi Pavilion in Cannes. This is one of the Film Commission initiatives to support & promote the UAE films and filmmakers to the international film industry.

Film makers are:

Mariam Al Sarkal
Director of the documentary London in a Headscarf,
which was selected to be shown at the London MENA film festival 2011.
Recently, it had been given a special mention recognition from the Dubai
International Film Festival. she is working on a proposal for a feature film that
she would like to work on as soon as she is done with her short film.

Abdulla Al Kaabi
Director of the short film, The Philosopher starring French
actor Jean Reno, which received 21 nominations and won 3 awards at different
film festivals worldwide including Tribeca Film Festival. Abdulla is developing
an Arab feature to be shot end of 2012.

Nawaf Aljanahi
Actor and Director, who produced and directed
award-winning independent short films. His last short film, Mirrors of Silence,
has been officially selected in over 22 international film festivals around the
world. He has two feature length films, The Circle and Sea Shadow, which was
fully produced by Image Nation Abu Dhabi, had its world premiere in Abu Dhabi
Film Festival (2011), and was released in cinemas across the Gulf on 17
November 2011.

Mustafa Abbas
He was first recognized when his short film 100 Miles
screened at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2007. His style has often
been compared with Scorsese and Tarantino. Some of his trademarks are
portraying dark characters in a good light, and his use of shadowy lighting.
Abbas has recently completed his first feature film Criminal, and now is
working on his second.

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