Exciting news for Middle East women filmmakers; there's now a United Arab Emirates WIFT Chapter - the newest edition to our 10,000-member global organisation. The UAE chapter will mold its mission to pinpoint the areas of support while encouraging engagement with other women across the Middle East North African (MENA) region who have an interest in the film and television industry, but are currently limited by their access to resources.
The UAE chapter will emphasize writing as a means of preserving the Arabic tradition and culture of oral storytelling and poetry by applying these to film, television, communication and new media.
The Chapter's first project is a short film screenwriting competition which is sponsored by Final Draft Screenwriting Software and judged by WIFT UAE's distinguished Advisory Board.
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