AFS Scriptwriting is open to all UAE nationals and residents.
Work can be submitted in Arabic or English.
Submissions close by 1st of May 2021
All shortlisted candidates need to be available for an interview during May, 2021
To enter the program, please submit the below:
A script for a short film with the following guidelines: a maximum of twenty (20) pages long with font size 12 and single spacing (if in English), and font size 13 and single spacing (if in Arabic); be of the “narrative” genre, meaning the story is a fictional piece of work; a regional story to be produced in the UAE; must stay within a total production budget of 100,000AED; be a wholly original work of the applicant.
A log line and synopsis.
One script previously written that has been produced along with a link to the final film and/ or any published piece of work such as a short story or book