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A number of Emirati and Israeli short films will be shown together as part of a new virtual screening event this week.
Organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), in collaboration with Image Nation and Jerusalem Sam Spiegel
Film & Television School (JSFS), a total of eight short films will be screened on Thursday under the Al Qattara Cinema programme.
The event comes after an agreement between the Abu Dhabi Film Commission, the Israel Film Fund (IFF) and JSFS was signed in 2020 to promote co
operation in film and television between the two countries, including the introduction of a new annual film festival.
Ukrainian producer and director Valentyn Vasyanovych’s
drama
Atlantis
has won best film at the 37th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF), which is running as an online event December 10-20 due to Israel’s ongoing Covid-19 lockdown.
Set in war-torn eastern Ukraine in the near future, the film revolves around a former soldier suffering from PTSD, who is trying to rebuild his life against the backdrop of his environmentally devastated homeland.
It is Vasyanovych’s third feature and Ukraine’s submission to the best international film category of the 2021 Oscars. Another Oscar hopeful, Jasmila Zbanic’s
Quo Vadis, Aida?, which is Bosnia’s entry, received a special mention.