Veritas Films
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Veritas Films is a filmmaking company based in the United Arab Emirates
. It creates cultural and corporate non-fiction content, including corporate films, short and feature-length documentaries, TV programming, and virals, in both English
and Arabic.
It is also an active contributor to the artistic and cultural offerings of the United Arab Emirates, through initiatives such as the multi-media documentary archiving of particular neighborhoods and the free, bi-annual film festival Mahmovies!
.
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
. It creates cultural and corporate non-fiction content, including corporate films, short and feature-length documentaries, TV programming, and virals, in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Arabic.
It is also an active contributor to the artistic and cultural offerings of the United Arab Emirates, through initiatives such as the multi-media documentary archiving of particular neighborhoods and the free, bi-annual film festival Mahmovies!
History
Veritas Films was founded in February 2008 by award-winning documentarian Mahmoud KaabourMahmoud Kaabour
Mahmoud Kaabour is a multi award-winning filmmaker, writer, and lecturer from Beirut.- Education & occupation :Mahmoud graduated with distinction from the Mel Oppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, after which he pursued a documentary focus at the National Film Board of Canada and the newsroom at...
.
See also
- Teta, Alf MarraTeta, Alf MarraTeta, Alf Marra is an award-winning documentary about a feisty Beiruti grandmother.The 50-minute film was produced in 2010 as a UAE/Qatar/Lebanon co-production with the financial support of the Doha Film Institute and Screen Institute Beirut. The film was produced by Veritas Films...
- Mahmovies!
- Satwa StoriesSatwa StoriesSatwa Stories is a critically acclaimed spoken word piece/ photo-novella that was created and produced by Mahmoud Kaabour and Denise Holloway. It was presented at Pecha Kucha in June 2008 at The Third Line Gallery in al Quoz in Dubai, United Arab Emirates....
- Being OsamaBeing OsamaBeing Osama is an award-winning documentary produced in 2004 by Tim Schwab and Mahmoud Kaabour. Director Mahmoud Kaabour is the founder and managing director of Veritas Films, now based in the United Arab Emirates...
- My Neighborhood