Cinematographers: The Reality, Identity and Traditions of Winning Awards

Dubai: “The Gulf”
Gulf art directors and producers were recommended as key tools and pillars for this work, emphasizing the importance of the content of the artwork and its honesty in conveying the reality, customs, traditions and environment in which it is produced. Awards, including the Oscars, are now the best opportunity for Arab artworks. Nomination and access to this international award and other major awards from previous years.

Within the activities of the “Youth Media Forum”, “What does an Arab film need to reach the Oscars?” It came during the session.

The session was moderated by Emirati film producer Badina Qasim, founder of “Cinema Aqil”, the first local cinema in the Emirates and the Gulf region, which was attended by director and producer Abdullah Boushahri and Emirati director and producer Nahla Al-Fahd.

At the beginning of the session, Boudina Kasem asked about the possibilities of relying on international festivals to showcase the success of Arab films? While stressing the importance of the Oscars, he emphasized that there are other ways to determine the extent to which a film deserves awards and public interest, such as digital platforms and social media.

He also spoke about Arab film’s journey with the Oscars: “Many Arab films have applied and been nominated for the Oscars over the years, but none of them have won,” stressing that we need stories and narratives that reflect us. Reality, our experiences and our originality.

Abdullah Busheri said: Oscar is a dream for any director and producer, but in my opinion it is a station, not the final destination. A stop on the winning streak, simply being nominated or winning it is considered a quality leap in the artistic career of any director or producer, and before the Oscar race, content and filmmaking should be the main focus. The tools for success are so that the story or novel is honest and reveals the reality, the environment and the human environment. , and reflects his human suffering to reach the world.

Emirati director and producer Nahla Al-Fahd touched on the tools that help an Arab film reach and succeed at the Oscars, the most important of which is exposure, and good publicity and media marketing for it both domestically and internationally. Her documentary, Hijab, won several awards and was shown extensively in the United States. , along with a huge media and advertising campaign there, and he added: An Arab film winning an Oscar is still far away, but it is difficult not impossible.