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Arab moviemakers invited to participate in Muhr awards

Arab filmmakers can enter the second annual Muhr Award for Excellence in Arab cinema. The awards are presented as part of the Dubai International Film Festival scheduled from December 9 to 16. Entry deadline: August 31.
Winners in the award's three categories - feature films, short films and documentaries - will receive prizes that amount to over AED1,000,000 (about US$280,000).

According to the organizers, submitted films should have been made by a director of Arab nationality or origin, and the subject of the film must focus on the Arab world and/or Arab history and culture.

The films must have been produced after September 1, 2006, and should not be released commercially in the UAE before December 17, 2007. Entries must not have been aired on any television channel or streamed via the Internet.

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

For more information and to download the application form, visit http://dubaifilmfest.com/en/2007/05/16/diff%e2%80%99s-muhr-awards-open-f... or contact diffinfo@tecom.ae.

This was announced on the Art4Development Yahoo! groups listserv.