Layla Kaylif’s The Letter Writer was awarded the $100,000 Iwc Filmmaker Award at a ceremony at the One & Only Mirage in Dubai on Thursday night.
Kaylif received the award from actor Dev Patel. Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad presided over a jury that also included Iwc Schaffhausen CEO Georges Kern, Tunisian actress Hend Sabry, Diff chairman Abdulhamid Juma and Diff artistic director Masoud Amralla Al Ali.
Set in 1960s Dubai, Kaylif’s project tells the story of a boy who writes letters for illiterate travellers. Alcove Entertainment’s Amina Dasmal and Robin Fox are on board as producers.
Kaylif received the award from actor Dev Patel. Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad presided over a jury that also included Iwc Schaffhausen CEO Georges Kern, Tunisian actress Hend Sabry, Diff chairman Abdulhamid Juma and Diff artistic director Masoud Amralla Al Ali.
Set in 1960s Dubai, Kaylif’s project tells the story of a boy who writes letters for illiterate travellers. Alcove Entertainment’s Amina Dasmal and Robin Fox are on board as producers.
- 12/10/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Qatari director Khalifa Al Muraikhi, Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen and Emirati director Layla Kaylif have been shortlisted for the Iwc Filmmaker Award at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (Diff).
A partnership between Diff and Iwc Schaffhausen, the Iwc Filmmaker Award is designed to help Gulf filmmakers get their projects from script to screen. The winner receives a cash prize of $100,000.
Among this year’s shortlisted projects, Sahaab, from Khalifa Al Muraikhi (Threads Beneath The Sands), tells the tale of aspiring falconers preparing to take part in a race.
After premiering her short film Eye & Mermaid at Diff in 2013, Shahad Ameen returns to the festival with her project Scales, a fantasy feature that follows the story of a pre-adolescent teen faced with fulfilling her destiny as a hunted, yet free, mermaid.
Layla Kaylif’s The Letter Writer is a romantic drama which tells a story of deception and lies as a young boy uses his skills...
A partnership between Diff and Iwc Schaffhausen, the Iwc Filmmaker Award is designed to help Gulf filmmakers get their projects from script to screen. The winner receives a cash prize of $100,000.
Among this year’s shortlisted projects, Sahaab, from Khalifa Al Muraikhi (Threads Beneath The Sands), tells the tale of aspiring falconers preparing to take part in a race.
After premiering her short film Eye & Mermaid at Diff in 2013, Shahad Ameen returns to the festival with her project Scales, a fantasy feature that follows the story of a pre-adolescent teen faced with fulfilling her destiny as a hunted, yet free, mermaid.
Layla Kaylif’s The Letter Writer is a romantic drama which tells a story of deception and lies as a young boy uses his skills...
- 10/15/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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