Abu Dhabi, Aug 26 (IANS/WAM) The Abu Dhabi Film Festival has announced the latest group of projects to receive financial support from Sanad, the festival's fund for filmmakers from the Arab world.
Each year, Sanad awards $500,000 in development and post-production grant to feature-length narrative and documentary projects. This year 23 projects were chosen.
Launched in 2010, Sanad (which means "support" or "help" in Arabic) is committed to help established filmmakers as well as newcomers.
Several films produced with help from Sanad have gone on to win critical acclaim at international festivals.
Leila Kilani's "On the Plank" (Morocco) was selected for the 2011 Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. "Death for Sale" by Faouzi Bensa di (Morocco) and "In My Mother's Arms" by Atia and Mohamed Al-Daradji (Iraq) are both set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.