Abu Dhabi honours best short, Emirates films

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Abu Dhabi Film Festival has unveiled the winners of the Emirates Film Competition and the International Short Film Competition

At a ceremony in Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace, where the festival is based, the top award in the short narrative competition went to Shahad Ameen’s Eye & Mermaid, which also won best cinematography.

The 14-minute film centres on 10-year-old Hanan, who lives in a fishing village on the coast of the Arabian Peninsula and tries to discover the origin of the black pearls that her father brings back from his nighttime fishing trips.

The Best Emirati Film award went to Nayla Al Khaja’s The Neighbour, an 18-minute film about a woman who moves to Dubai to make a fresh start and befriends an elderly neighbour

The award for Best Script went to Cholo, while the first award for the short documentary competition went to Marwan The Boxer.

The New York Film Academy Abu Dhabi Aspiring Film Maker Award went to Hidden Songs of the Past and Youssef.

The best international narrative short went to The Man with a Dog; the best documentary to Love in the Time of March Madness; and the best animated short film to Me + Her.

Father that won Best Film from the Arab World, and Jeremy Rochigneux won Best Producer Award.

Best Producer from the Arab World went to Abdullah Al Kaabi, who also won second place in the Emirates Film Competition Short Narrative category with Koshk.

Emirates Film Competition Winners 2014

SHORT NARRATIVE COMPETITION:

1^st Prize Short Narrative Competition
EYE & MERMAID
directed by Shahad Ameen

2^nd Prize Short Narrative Competition
KOSHK
directed by Abdullah Al Kaabi

Special Jury Award Short Narrative Competition
GIRL & IT
directed by Mohammed Fikree

STUDENT SHORT NARRATIVE COMPETITION:

1^st Prize Student Short Narrative Competition
SHATTERED
directed by Alya Al Shamsi

2^nd Prize Student Short Narrative Competition
LEVEL
directed by Al Hamza Alsadr & Ibrahim Mohammed

3^rd Prize Student Short Narrative Competition
BELONGING
directed by Joud Al Amry

SHORT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION:

1^st Prize Short Documentary Competition
MARWAN THE BOXER
directed by Hassan Kiyani

STUDENT SHORT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION:

1^st Prize Student Short Documentary Competition
ICE FLOWER
directed by Sheren Abououf

2^nd Prize Student Short Documentary Competition
LULU: A PEARL’S STORY
directed by Shaikha Al Ameri & Mariam Suleiman

3^rd Prize Student Short Documentary Competition
BEHIND SCHOOL WALLS
directed by Asma Hinawi

OTHER EFC AWARDS:

Best Cinematography
EYE & MERMAID
Shot by Thomas Hines

Best Script
CHOLO
Written by Muzna Al Musafer

Best Emirati Film
THE NEIGHBOUR
directed by Nayla Al Khaja

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

RAINBOW
directed by Mahmood Al Shaikh

Short Narrative Competition
ZAINAB
directed by Mohammed Al Ibrahim

Short Narrative Competition
DON’T LEAVE ME
directed by Khalid Al Mahmood

Short Narrative Competition
NOW SHOWING
directed by Abdullah Al-Daihani

Short Narrative Competition
FEMALE SCREAM
directed by Nasser Al Tamimi

Short Narrative Competition

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY ABU DHABI “ASPIRING FILMMAKER AWARDS”:

NYFA Abu Dhabi Aspiring Filmmaker Award
HIDDEN SONGS OF THE PAST
directed by Hind Al Ali

NYFA Abu Dhabi Aspiring Filmmaker Award
YOUSSEF
directed by Hamed Al Harthy

International Short Film Competition Winners 2014

Best Narrative Short Film
THE MAN WITH A DOG
directed by Kamal Lazraq

Best Documentary:
LOVE IN THE TIME OF MARCH MADNESS
directed by Melissa Johnson and Robertino Zambrano.

Best Animated Short Film
ME+HER
directed by Joseph Oxford

Best Film from the Arab World
FATHER
directed by Lotfi Achour

Best Producer Award
Jérémy Rochigneux
with the short film THE BIONIC GIRL
directed by Stéphanie Cabdevila

Best Producer from the Arab World
Abdulla Al Kaabi
with the short film KOSHK
directed by Abdullah Al Kaabi