Al Khaja made a short film version to show to potential private investors.
Nayla Al Khaja, one of the UAE’s first female filmmakers, has raised the funding from private individuals for her debut feature project Baab, which has Oscar-winning Ar Rahman on board as composer. It is co-written with writer and editor Masoud Amralla Al Ali.
Finding the budget this way, she says, has allowed her to sidestep gender imbalances prevalent in the financing world.
“What I did was to take the power, and to do so I raised the money myself. I took off my director’s hat...
Nayla Al Khaja, one of the UAE’s first female filmmakers, has raised the funding from private individuals for her debut feature project Baab, which has Oscar-winning Ar Rahman on board as composer. It is co-written with writer and editor Masoud Amralla Al Ali.
Finding the budget this way, she says, has allowed her to sidestep gender imbalances prevalent in the financing world.
“What I did was to take the power, and to do so I raised the money myself. I took off my director’s hat...
- 5/26/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Al Khaja made a short film version to show to potential private investors.
Nayla Al Khaja, one of the UAE’s first female filmmakers, has raised the funding from private individuals for her debut feature project Baab, which has Oscar-winning Ar Rahman on board as composer. It is co-written with writer and editor Masoud Amralla Al Ali.
Finding the budget this way, she says, has allowed her to sidestep gender imbalances prevalent in the financing world.
“What I did was to take the power, and to do so I raised the money myself. I took off my director’s hat...
Nayla Al Khaja, one of the UAE’s first female filmmakers, has raised the funding from private individuals for her debut feature project Baab, which has Oscar-winning Ar Rahman on board as composer. It is co-written with writer and editor Masoud Amralla Al Ali.
Finding the budget this way, she says, has allowed her to sidestep gender imbalances prevalent in the financing world.
“What I did was to take the power, and to do so I raised the money myself. I took off my director’s hat...
- 5/26/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Nayla Al Khaja, the first female filmmaker in the United Arab Emirates, and Oscar-, BAFTA- and Grammy- winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) are looking forward to their upcoming collaboration on “Baab.”
Written by Al Khaja and Masoud Amralla Al Ali, the film follows Wahida, who is unable to make sense of her twin sister’s mysterious death and is plagued by a haunting rhythm in her ears.
Rahman and Khaja were present at the Cannes Film Market to promote “Baab.” The composer’s directorial debut, the VR “Le Musk” also had its world premiere at the market’s Cannes Xr strand.
“It’s about the four stages of grief, but we don’t say it so black and white,” Al Khaja told Variety about the film. “She creates a fantasy world to justify her sister’s death, because she’s young. They’re identical. They spend their whole life together.
Written by Al Khaja and Masoud Amralla Al Ali, the film follows Wahida, who is unable to make sense of her twin sister’s mysterious death and is plagued by a haunting rhythm in her ears.
Rahman and Khaja were present at the Cannes Film Market to promote “Baab.” The composer’s directorial debut, the VR “Le Musk” also had its world premiere at the market’s Cannes Xr strand.
“It’s about the four stages of grief, but we don’t say it so black and white,” Al Khaja told Variety about the film. “She creates a fantasy world to justify her sister’s death, because she’s young. They’re identical. They spend their whole life together.
- 5/23/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Nayla Al Khaja, the first female filmmaker in the United Arab Emirates, is teaming with Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) on her upcoming feature film “Baab.”
Written by Al Khaja and Masoud Amralla Al Ali, the film follows Wahida, who is unable to make sense of her twin sister’s mysterious death and is plagued by a haunting rhythm in her ears. She discovers hidden cassette tapes and her relentless pursuit of the truth begins to untangle unresolved grief taking her deep into the mountains to delve into the complexities of the human soul.
Elly Senger-Weiss (“Tutti per Uma”) and Sultan Al Darmaki (“The Devil’s Machine”) are producing the mystery, with Muna Easa Al Gurg set to executive produce. The film will begin shooting in March 2023 in the northern Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, which will provide the film’s backdrop of dramatic...
Written by Al Khaja and Masoud Amralla Al Ali, the film follows Wahida, who is unable to make sense of her twin sister’s mysterious death and is plagued by a haunting rhythm in her ears. She discovers hidden cassette tapes and her relentless pursuit of the truth begins to untangle unresolved grief taking her deep into the mountains to delve into the complexities of the human soul.
Elly Senger-Weiss (“Tutti per Uma”) and Sultan Al Darmaki (“The Devil’s Machine”) are producing the mystery, with Muna Easa Al Gurg set to executive produce. The film will begin shooting in March 2023 in the northern Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, which will provide the film’s backdrop of dramatic...
- 5/11/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin-based Picture Tree International has picked up global sales rights to Mexican director Raúl López Echeverría’s feature debut, the socially conscious soccer comedy “Domingo,” and will introduce the film, in final postproduction, to buyers at Latin American film market Ventana Sur this week.
The film tells the story of Domingo, a man of 55 living in a poor suburb of Guadalajara. When his wife abruptly leaves him, he decides to do everything in his power to realize his lifelong dream of becoming a professional soccer commentator. Every Sunday, he commentates on local amateur matches. Yet he could never imagine how much his impassioned commentaries are changing the life of his neighborhood.
According to the director, the screenplay of “Domingo” was inspired by observing certain working-class districts in the suburbs of Guadalajara, where soccer grounds are a central part of the community and dear to the inhabitants’ hearts.
“The way in...
The film tells the story of Domingo, a man of 55 living in a poor suburb of Guadalajara. When his wife abruptly leaves him, he decides to do everything in his power to realize his lifelong dream of becoming a professional soccer commentator. Every Sunday, he commentates on local amateur matches. Yet he could never imagine how much his impassioned commentaries are changing the life of his neighborhood.
According to the director, the screenplay of “Domingo” was inspired by observing certain working-class districts in the suburbs of Guadalajara, where soccer grounds are a central part of the community and dear to the inhabitants’ hearts.
“The way in...
- 12/1/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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