Veritas Films
Veritas Films is a filmmaking company based in the United Arab Emirates. It creates cultural and corporate non-fiction content, including corporate films, short and feature-length documentaries, TV programming, and videos, in both English and Arabic.[1]
It is also an active contributor to the artistic and cultural offerings of the United Arab Emirates, through initiatives such as the multi-media documentary archiving of particular neighborhoods[2] and the free, bi-annual film festival Mahmovies![3]
Its feature-length documentary Teta, Alf Marra won seven major awards at international festivals in 2010-12 and was the first documentary produced in the region to achieve significant distribution in the Middle East. Its second creative documentary film, "Champ of the Camp", has already received one award and several grants.[4] It is ground-breaking in that it is the first creative documentary ever shot in the labor camps of the Persian Gulf region. It is due for completion in 2013.[5]
History[edit]
Veritas Films was founded in February 2008 by award-winning documentarian Mahmoud Kaabour.[6]
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References[edit]
- ^ Vijaya Cherian. "Veritas promises to raise the corporate film bar". Archived from the original on 2009-01-02.
- ^ "Gulfnews: Last goodbye to Satwa". Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
- ^ "Music documentaries - Film Features - TimeOutDubai.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
- ^ "The National: 'Dubai Idol' heads for the silver screen".
- ^ "Mahmoud Kaabour is Champ of the Camp". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17.
- ^ "The National - Sport". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-09-30.