Abdullah Al-Eyaf
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Abdullah Al-Eyaf is a Saudi film director
also known as Abdullah Al Eyaf and Abdullah Aleyaf. He directed four films. His first film is a 42-minutes documentary Cinema 500 km
which discusses the ban on cinema
s in Saudi Arabia
by following a young Saudi movie fan during his first trip outside the country just to experience his first ever film in a theater. Al-Eyaf's second project was a 19 minutes short film called Etaar (aka "A Frame"). The third short short he made was the 23-minutes drama Matar (Rain) which was shown in many international film festivals around the world. The last project was the short "Aayesh" in 2010 which won Gulf Film Festival award for best short, Aayesh was well received by the audience and the critics.
Abdullah Al-Eyaf works as an engineer for a living. He writes a weekly column in Al-Riyadh, a Saudi newspaper. He also established and edited a weekly cinema page for the Al-Watan
newspaper.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
also known as Abdullah Al Eyaf and Abdullah Aleyaf. He directed four films. His first film is a 42-minutes documentary Cinema 500 km
Cinema 500 km
Cinema 500 km is a Saudi Arabian documentary film which premiered in 2006. Directed by Abdullah Al-Eyaf, the film depicts the experiences of Tariq Al-Husaini, a 21-year-old Saudi who is a movie fan despite the fact that there are no cinemas in Saudi Arabia...
which discusses the ban on cinema
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
s in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
by following a young Saudi movie fan during his first trip outside the country just to experience his first ever film in a theater. Al-Eyaf's second project was a 19 minutes short film called Etaar (aka "A Frame"). The third short short he made was the 23-minutes drama Matar (Rain) which was shown in many international film festivals around the world. The last project was the short "Aayesh" in 2010 which won Gulf Film Festival award for best short, Aayesh was well received by the audience and the critics.
Abdullah Al-Eyaf works as an engineer for a living. He writes a weekly column in Al-Riyadh, a Saudi newspaper. He also established and edited a weekly cinema page for the Al-Watan
Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Watan is a leading reformist newspaper in Saudi Arabia. The main production centre is at Abha in the south of the country, close to the Yemen border.-External links:*...
newspaper.
Awards
- Golden Palm - Short Documentary: Cinema 500 km, in Saudi Film Competition 2008
- Silver Palm - Short Drama Matar (aka Rain), in Saudi Film Competition 2008
- Special Jury Prize - GCC Films: Etaar (aka A Frame), Emirates Film Competition 2007
- 1st Prize for Best Short Film - Official Competition: "Aayesh", Gulf Film Festival, 2010
- "Aleph" Second Best Short Film (SILVER): "Aayesh", Beirut International Film Festival 2010
Nominations
- Best Short Film Nomination: "Etaar" (aka "A Frame"), Dubai International Film Festival 2007
- Best Short Film Nomination: "Etaar" (aka "A Frame"), Wahran Film Festival, Algeria 2007
External links
- Interview with Saudi Film Director, Abdullah Al Eyaf by Mirza al-Khuwaylidi on Asharq Alawsat (January 3, 2007)
- A Frame website at EFC database