Emerging filmmakers from the UAE will be the centre of attention at a DIFF showcase event next month.
An evening of short films from young filmmmakers will take place at Maraya Art Centre in Sharjah from 7pm on November 3, and will feature eight screenings from the Emirate’s best up and coming filmmakers, some of whom have already been highly-praised at festivals around the world.
The films, which will be followed by Q&A sessions with the filmmakers, include Maryam Al Serkal’s London in a Headscarf, which won an appreciation certificate at DIFF last year as well as Mahya Soltani’s Sweet and Sour Like a Pomegranate, which participated at Cannes in May.
The majority of the films offer an honest window into the world of life in the UAE. Fatima Ibrahim’s short documentary Rabbit Hole analyses the phenomenon of young Arabs becoming alienated from their own culture, while Maysoon Al Ali’s Nations and Tribes, also a short documentary, follows a diverse group of people from the UAE, highlighting both the similarities and differences of cultures.
Adding some fiction to the mix is Embodiment by Maram Ashour, a visual metaphor of identity. Sarah Al Agroobi’s The Forbidden Fruit follows two Westernised young adults both unaware they will soon meet for a potential arranged marriage.
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