UAE’s First Independent Film Festival
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED FOR EFF’S 12TH EDITION
The Emirates Film Festival has
showcased global cinema with
screenings, masterclasses &
open submissions.
The Emirates Film Festival Awards Night is coming this July!
Join us as we unveil the top films of the season and
celebrate the storytellers who made this year exceptional.
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for the latest updates, event details, and official announcement.
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Abir Fathouni
Aziz Hattab
The monotonous daily life of an office worker is suddenly interrupted when he decides to break free from his routine and the pressures of work, opting instead for a day without plans, without restrictions, and filled with spontaneity and madness.
Patrice Guilain
Patrice Guillain, Alysson Tavernier, Lucas Ginestet, Justin Reynes
On August 16, 1944, the day after the allied landing in Provence, German troops prepared to leave Rodez. In the debacle, the 30 hostages and resistance fighters locked up in the prison, will be taken to Sainte-Radegonde, to be shot... On August 17, at 5pm...
Joe Alexander
Victor, Nikhil
"Determined" illustrates the challenges of belonging in a society that has little patience or compassion for people with different abilities. We accompany Victor, a brand-new bellhop in an opulent hotel, as he faces the difficulties of his first day of work. Living with hyperactivity (ADHD) and a sensitivity to loud sounds (misophonia), Victor faces several challenges as he interacts with customers and coworkers. Despite his difficulties, he confronts his own fears head-on, forges unexpected bonds with a particular guest, and becomes a role model of empathy and inclusion.
Frankline
Nwochuze
Annette Louise Mbella Marie C., Heidi Lucie Seychelles Tonye
Ndome will stop at nothing to live her dream for education. No matter the obstacles on her way, she keeps enduring.
Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio
Allen Dizon, Katrina Halili, Gina Pareno
Abe, a lowly woodcarver & artist loses it all when his wife left him for another man. He gets smitten by another woman who looks exactly like his ex-wife. But he fails to get her name, so he anoints her with his ex-wife’s name, “Nida”. In Abe’s newfound world, she is a perfect lover, a doting homemaker, and a faithful wife. He somehow regains his sanity. In obscure moments of pure love and unsettled pain, he creates his own fantastic world with “Nida”, full of dream-like elements of nature, magical phenomena, and serene celebrations of a colorful life. But reality defies Abe’s dreams, when he finds out that “Nida” is actually an out-of-towner who works in a brothel where she is a foul-mouth whore called, Cecile.
