SHARJAH: The Sharjah Art Foundation, SAF, announced an expanded programme for the third edition of its annual film festival, Sharjah Film Platform, SFP, which provides a vital platform for emerging and established filmmakers from across the UAE and around the world.
Film screenings online and in cinemas, including award-winning films and new and never-before-seen films, will be presented in the 2020 edition of SPF. Public talks on contemporary topics in film and awards for the best documentary, experimental and narrative films will also be featured. Screenings will take place at the Foundation’s open-air Mirage City Cinema, the recently renovated iconic Flying Saucer and CINEMACITY IMAX at Zero 6 Mall in Sharjah, UAE, from 14th to 21st November 2020.
Industry Hub, a new initiative to support film production and distribution in the MENASA region, will be launched as part of broadening Sharjah Film Platform.
SAF Director, Hoor Al Qasimi said that including an online screening component for the festival and the launch of the SFP Industry Hub allow us to build on our commitment to films by bringing the work of incredible filmmakers from the region straight into the homes of viewers around the world and by creating new infrastructure to support emerging filmmakers and lay the groundwork for more risk-taking, experimental and exceptional films in the coming years.
The advisory committee of this year includes Sandra den Hamer (Eye Film Institute Director), Maike Mia Höhne (Artistic Director, Hamburg International Short Film Festival), and Richie Mehta (filmmaker).
Source: WAM
