Amateur and professional filmmakers in the Middle East and North Africa are invited to submit their work to this film festival in Abu Dhabi.

Tropfest Arabia is seeking short film entries from Arab directors. The festival is supported by twofour54 Abu Dhabi whose aim is to establish a sustainable Arabic media and entertainment content creation industry.

The film must be made specifically for Tropfest Arabia 2013, may be no longer than seven minutes and be culturally, politically and religiously sensitive to the region. The first public screening of the film must be at the festival.

Directors must be from one of the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

The deadline is Aug. 31.

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