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Egyptian-U.S. Company Ambient Light Films Ramps Up Support For MENA Filmmakers
EXCLUSIVE: L.A. and Cairo-based production company Ambient Light Films is upping its support for Middle East and North African indie cinema. The company has unveiled details of six grants that it a…
They included cast grants for Tunisian filmmaker Hinde Boujemaa’sYammi, about a son who lashes out at the women closest to him following his mother’s death, and Lebanese director Dahlia Nemlich’s Assa, a Fish in a Bowl, about a couple who hire an Ethiopian maid to care for their child with unexpected consequences. Ambient Light CEO, filmmaker and producer Ali El Arabi got his first break via the CineGouna Bridge for his debut feature documentary Captains of Zaatari and says he sees offering the grants as a way of “paying forward”. Al Arabi recently finished production on his narrative feature film directorial debut 52 Blue about a young Indian soccer fan’s eye-opening journey as a migrant worker at the Qatar World Cup, starring Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia, and Life of Pi’s Adil Hussain.
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