Two of the biggest global names in the Arab production world – the newly-announced, London-based, Arab Film and TV Awards and San Francisco’s Arab Film Festival, one of the biggest Arab film festivals outside the Arab world – have announced that they are to work in partnership in the run up to next February’s awards at the Langham Hotel in London’s West End.
The Arab Film Festival will provide marketing and promotional support to the Arab Film and TV Awards, as well as assist with the selection of the nominees. AFF’s Executive Director Serge Bakalian is also joining the AFTVA advisory committee.
Bakalian commented:”The Arab Film Festival (AFF) is proud and honoured to be a collaborating partner for the inaugural Arab Film and TV Awards (AFTVA) to be held in London, in February 2015.The AFTVA’s promises to become the premier annual event promoting Arab cinema and introducing the richness and diversity of the Arab world to the international community.”
James Black, producer of AFTVA says: “We are absolutely delighted to be collaborating with the Arab Film Festival. The festival has been carefully built over the last 18 years to now become one of the most important international film festivals in the world. The team at AFTVA will be working very hard to help the Arab Film Festival grow even further and receive the attention and accolades it rightfully deserves. We are also joining together to promote the emerging talents of the Arab film industry worldwide.”
The new awards promise to honour the best of Arab film and television talent at a star-studded ceremony that will be live streamed globally. The invited audience will include the Awards’ nominees, as well as high profile guests from the Arab and Western film and television industries.
