Big response to Shams’ filmmaking project
The first phase of auditions for the UAE Entertainment Experience brought together 50 participants on the performance stage. The auditions witnessed performances from children between 7-12 years of age as well as by individuals in the age group of 13-65 years.
The UAE Entertainment Experience is a unique film production initiative recently launched by the Sharjah Media City (Shams). Through this initiative, Shams is developing a film industry infrastructure that will encompass all creative and technical areas of film production.
The vision here is to create a favourable environment fueled by creativity whilst enhancing the Emirate’s reputation in the media and creative fields by highlighting local content regionally and globally.
Dr Khalid Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Media City, shared his excitement of beginning this phase of the UAE Entertainment Experience’s audition in Sharjah.
Through the effort Shams aims to atract talents to this endeavour’s first phase of audition, which will be followed by other phases in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to be announced in the upcoming days.
He stressed that the UAE Entertainment Experience is an interactive, multi-plaform production project based on engaging and atracting talents from all age groups and professional backgrounds to a project where the viewer is a part and parcel of the idea. He added that registration for audition is open at the Entertainment Experience’s e-plaform, which is an advanced plaform to engage audience in the film production process.
Sharjah Media City (Shams) has revealed the names of the dream team that will be a part of the UAE Entertainment Experience. Director Nahla Al Fahad (UAE), actors Habib Ghuloom and Abdullah Haider, writer Mohammed Hassan Ahmed will form this team. Uae-based talents including scriptwriters, actors, directors and people with cinematographic, lighting, music composition, graphics and interior design skills, will collaborate to bring together an Emirati film as per the competition’s requirements.