Cate Blanchett named jury for Filmmaker Award at Dubai International Film Festival

Academy Award winner actress Cate Blanchett will be a jury member at Dubai International Film Festival to be held in December. The festival organizers this on Monday Announced That Cate will join the jury to select the winner for the Filmmaker Award. The four shortlisted films in the race for winner are - Nothing Doing in Baghdad by Maysoon Pachachi, The Sleeping Tree by Mohammed Rashed Buali, Girls in the Know by Abdullah Al Kaabi and From A to B by F. Ali Mostafa. The Filmmaker Award was Launched Earlier This Year with a cash prize of U.S. $ 100,000. Besides Cate, Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen sponsors of the award, Abdulhamid Juma, Chairman of DIFF Masoud Amralla Al Ali, Artistic Director of DIFF and Olivier Pere, General Director of Paris-based Arte France Cinema are in the jury Which Also will announce the winner During the 9th edition of DIFF at a star-studded gala event at exclusive Royal Mirage.

Abdulhamid Juma, Chairman of DIFF said: "We have been overwhelmed With The quality of submissions from a dynamic group of filmmakers Who Have Recognised this incredible opportunity Made possible by IWC to help them Achieve Achieve the ultimate - bringing Their script to screen. The GCC Continues to be a region rich with filmmaking potential, and the talented filmmakers we have selected This Year embody it. on behalf of the Gulf's filmmaking community, we are very grateful to IWC for Their support and we look forward to Continuing IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Award for years to come. "