Emirati filmmakers Khalid Al Mahmoud, Nawaf Al Janahi and Nayla Al Khaja will fly the UAE flag when their films are screened in Australia next month.
The trio's films Sabeel, The Circle and Once will tour across the country from June 30-July 31 as part of the line-up for the Arab Film Festival Australia 2011.
The films were originally screened at the Dubai International Film festival. More than half of the 22 feature, documentary and short films screening at the 2011 Arab Film Festival Australia have been selected from DIFF 2010 and recent editions of the Gulf Film Festival.
Films from Lebanon include Stray Bullet by Georges Hachem and Sabine Al Chamaa's short film A Tuesday. Entries are now open for the eighth edition of DIFF, which takes place from December 7-14. Filmmakers can submit their projects at dubaifilmfest.com by August 31.
