The Gulf Film Festival (GFF), the annual celebration of the best in cinema from the Gulf region, has announced the members of its jury, who will be mandated to identify the best in regional and international cinema and distribute AED 500,000 in prize money to the winning films. As a group of prominent industry figures, […]
The Gulf Film Festival (GFF), the annual celebration of the best in cinema from the Gulf region, has announced the members of its jury, who will be mandated to identify the best in regional and international cinema and distribute AED 500,000 in prize money to the winning films. As a group of prominent industry figures, the panel, which includes directors, film critics and journalists, will judge the films nominated in each of the four
competition categories.
The Gulf Films Competition for Features and Shorts will be judged by prominent Egyptian director Oussama Fawzi, whose work includes The Asphalt Kings, which was awarded the Golden Pardo at the Locarno Film Festival, Fallen Angels Paradise and I Love Cinema. Joining him from Saudi Arabia is scriptwriter and journalist Faiza Ambah, who was one of the first female journalists to join Arab News in the 1980s and now is a correspondent for The Washington Posts foreign service. Completing the jury is acclaimed Emirati filmmaker Saeed Salmeen Al-Murry, who has a body of award winning work that includes Huboob, Al Ghobna, Urj Al-Teen and Bint Mariam.
Films in the International Shorts and Gulf Students Shorts Competitions will be evaluated by Frederique Devaux, French filmmaker, author and professor of art and cinema who has been making experimental films and documentaries since 1980. Joining her is renowned Emirati director Waleed Al Shehhi, whose film credits include the acclaimed short Aushbas Well, Water Guard, Door and the award winning documentary Ahmad Suliman and Rima Mismar, film critic and Programming Manager for The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.
