World of Women Film Fair 2017

Priority area: Culture and Arts
Flagship program: Promotion of Women
Country location: United Arab Emirates, Lebanon
Grantee: Straight Street Media

The World of Women's Cinema - WOW Film Fair Middle East is the first women's short film fair in the Arab world that promotes and awards the talents of women directors, producers, writers, editors locally and internationally. The four day event offers women and men a platform to showcase their work followed by workshops, discussions and networking events. The event concludes with the WOW awards gala event.

Key dates

• WOW VIP opening screening, Abu Dhabi, 05 March 2017 to 05 March 2017
• Film sessions, Dubai, 06 March 2017 to 08 July 2017
• WOW Talks, Dubai, 06 July 2017 to 08 July 2017
• Workshops, Dubai, 06 July 2017 to 08 July 2017
• WOW Awards, Dubai, 08 July 2017 to 08 July 2017

Social media:

• Facebook: WOWFilmFairMiddleEast,
• Twitter: WOWMiddleEast,
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/wowmiddleeast/
• http://www.straightstreetmedia.ae

Council for Australian-Arab Relations grant offer: $20,000.00 GST exclusive

Total project value: $80,000.00