Emerging Arab Directors Given a Pathway Toward Filmmaking Careers by Expanded Pitching Platform at Sharjah Film Festival

Emerging Arab Directors Given a Pathway Toward Filmmaking Careers by Expanded Pitching Platform at Sharjah Film Festival hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 30, 2026 7:37am PT Emerging Arab Directors Given a Pathway Toward Filmmaking Careers by Expanded Pitching Platform at Sharjah Film Festival By Essie Assibu Plus Icon Essie Assibu Latest Sharjah Film Festival Partners With UAE’s Media Authority in Push to Assist Emerging Filmmakers 4 days ago Egyptian Cinema Eyes Its Next Act as Industry Veterans Call for Better Scripts, Wider Distribution 5 days ago El Gouna Takeaways: ‘Safe Exit’ Wins Top Prize, Arab TV Seeks New Talent and Egyptian Filmmakers Push Boundaries 6 days ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments The 13th edition of the UAE’s Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth is expanding its pitching platform for its second iteration.

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Six projects were selected this year, up from the three that took part during its inaugural program. The expansion is part of SIFF’s effort to build a pathway for emerging filmmakers beyond training and exhibition.

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As festival director Sheikha Jawaher bint Abdullah Al Qasimi told Variety ahead of this year’s edition, learning how to make a film is only part of the equation, “getting that film produced and seen is a completely different challenge.” This year’s projects bring together filmmakers from across the Arab world and diaspora, with the principal goal of finding financing and production partners from Sharjah and beyond. Related Stories David Bowie Immersive Concert Experience ‘Stage’ From Brett Morgen to World Premiere at Berlin Film Festival Here are the six short film projects presented at this year’s pitching sessions: “The Black Hole” (Mike Mo Elsherif, U.S.

Produced by JohnBen Lacy) Palestinian-American filmmaker Mike Mo Elsherif’s “The Black Hole” follows a Gazan refugee living in the U.S. who develops a mysterious illness as he searches for answers about his family in Gaza.

El Sherif describes the film as a “visceral exploration of the complex ways in which our bodies store and process trauma throughout our lives, highlighting the deep connection between physical sensations and emotional experiences.” The film is part of a trilogy of shorts. The first installment, “Maqluba,” screens in the Arabic short films competition at SIFF following stops at Woodstock, BlackStar and El Gouna, while “Goodbye Habibi,” now in post-production, was financed by FilmLab Palestine, the Islamic Scholarship Fund, the Doha Film Institute and the Kentucky Arts Council.

Currently in the financing stage, the project was developed through screenwriting lab The Front Porch Lab, under Louisville-based nonprofit 502 film, as well as The New Harmony Project, a writing organization. Partially privately financed, “The Black Hole” is seeking further funding in Sharjah ahead of a winter 2027 shoot in Louisville, Kentucky.

Elsherif describes the project as “a psychological study of a Palestinian grappling with the heartbreak and dehumanization he witnesses every day,” and a search for healing amid the devastation of his homeland. “Kot Kot Kot” (Boubaker Boukhari, UAE) “Kot Kot Kot” follows a young girl grappling with the loss of her mother.

Her father gives her a chick that she raises into a hen with which she grows deeply attached, only for it to suddenly disappear one day. The film grew from a story Boukhari’s mother told him as a child, which he had largely forgotten until his young nephew recounted it years later at a family gathering.

“The emotion and wonder in his voice made me realize that this was a story worth telling again,” Boukhari tel

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