Nayla Al Khaja
Directing
Biography
Nayla Al Khaja is a United Arab Emirates director, writer, and producer notable for being the first female director from the Emirates. Khaja wrote and directed her first film in 1996, and has since directed, wrote, or produced thirteen films.
Known For
After discovering cassette tapes hidden behind a green door, Wahida begins to unravel the truth about her twin sister's death. Plagued by tinnitus, her journey into the mountains uncovers an unsettling revelation.
Baab
Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was invited by the Dubai International Film Festival, in the United Arab Emirates. It was an opportunity for him to film many "Cinematons" of personalities from the Arab world and to continue his "Film Notebooks" from which he brought back 7 episodes.
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
A boy is going through a mental health crisis, prompting his mother to seek help from an unlikely man. This man must set aside his Western thinking to save her son through an intense ritual.
Three
English school teacher Sara accepts a position in Dubai but soon finds language and culture to be a complication when dealing with her neighbor Moza and her granddaughter Fatma.
The Neighbour
The story of a sick 9-year old boy in the grip of uncontrolled phenomena - and the desperate measures his mother takes behind closed doors to save his life.
The Shadow
The journey young Emirati woman, undertakes to go on a secret 'taboo' date with a young man she has never met in person.
Once
A 7-year-old child struggles to endure a life marked by three contradicting forces: a domineering father, an ambitious mother and a flamboyant cook.
Animal
A simple story about how loneliness can be distinguished between two household roofs