DIFF gears up for second Muhr Awards

DUBAI — The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced yesterday that the second annual Muhr Awards for Excellence in Arab Cinema is now open, and will be accepting submissions until August 31.

By A Staff Reporter

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Published: Wed 16 May 2007, 8:46 AM

Last updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 4:24 AM

As part of the festival's mandate of promoting Arab cinema, winners in three categories; feature films, shorts and documentaries, will receive prizes of over Dh1 million.

Competing films must be made by a director of Arab nationality or origin, and the subject and storyline of the film must deal with the Arab world and/or Arab history or culture, and the films must have been produced after September 1, 2006, without having been released commercially in the UAE before December 17, 2007, or having been shown on any television channel or streamed via the internet to any public audience.

Films that do not meet with the competition criteria and have not been commercially screened in the UAE can be submitted for consideration in DIFF's 'Out of Competition' Arabian Nights or Emerging Emiratis sections.

Competition criteria details and entry forms for DIFF 2007 are available on www.dubaifilmfest.com, the official website of the Dubai International Film Festival.

The Dubai International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from December 9 to 16.


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