MAJID AL ANSARI

Emirati director Majid Al Ansari made his feature film debut with the daring 2015 psychological thriller Zinzana, which featured Palestinian actors Saleh Bakri and Ali Suliman in the lead. The dark movie saw Bakri play a man trapped in a prison cell, while Suliman starred as officer Daban who plays vicious games with his inmate. Talking to Gulf News, Al Ansari said: “Every Emirati film has to be better than the next, and I really mean that. Not better as a film, but by helping raise the bar of Arabic cinema.”