18/07/2012

Enjaaz post-production grants worth up to USD100,000

Submission deadline: August 1

Opportunities

The Dubai International Film Festival's post-production support programme Enjaaz, which has previously supported films such as Cairo Exit, Beirut Hotel, Gate n°5, and The Last Friday, is calling on filmmakers to apply!

The programme currently aims to support a maximum of fifteen projects per year, and successful applicants will be eligible to receive funding of up to USD 100,000.

To be eligible for funding, film projects must:

• either be a fiction feature film (minimum length: 60 minutes) intended for theatrical distribution or a documentary feature (minimum length: 50 minutes).
• be directed by a filmmaker of Arab nationality or origin (Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen).
• be centered on the Arab world, Arab history, and/or Arab culture.
• be nearing completion, with applicants available to provide a minimum of 30 minutes (for fiction feature films) or 25 minutes (for feature-length documentaries) of edited material.

This year, Enjaaz expanded its programme to include funding for the production of five short films from the Gulf region. For more information, please click here and here.