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The Middle East Intrnational Film Festival (MEIFF) will now take the name the Abu Dhabi Fim Festival – amove that officials hope will “strengthen the connection between the festival and its home”.

To coincide with the new name, the organization has also launched Sanad, a programme to support and promote Arab filmmakers and their outstanding work by awarding grants totalling US $500, 000 each year. Grants will be provided for both the development and post-production of feature length films and documentaries, with development grants amounting to US $20,000 and post-production grants US $60,000. The selection committee will comprise members of the festival’s programming and management teams and film industry professionals.

The Festival’s Executive Director, Peter Scarlet said, “There’s an amazing amount of untapped and unrecognized creative potential in the Arab world and these grants are an important building block in the creation of a vibrant and viable cinema here, especially since they come with the kind of international opportunities and support we can offer.”

This is the latest new of film industry here in Abu Dhabi. Okay! That’s it for now ’cause I still have to check this Moen kitchen faucets I’ve found earlier before I made this article. My colleagues here in my flat is asking me to search for faucet as we need to change our existing one as it was not working anymore. Probably this one will help. Enjoy!