Narrative Films & Web Series

Here is how this works in practice. We produce narrative films and web series across the UAE, scaling our way to the budget and ambition of each project. Our team handles development support, location scouting, casting planning and the production scheduling that scripted storytelling needs, whether the project is a short film, a feature or an episodic web series. We arrange filming permits across emirates, secure access to studios in Dubai Studio City and twofour54 Abu Dhabi as well as to practical locations spanning city, desert and coastline, and we give bilingual crews skilled in scene matching-driven shoots.

Here is the short of it. We support Arabic-language and English-language work, setting up camera, art, wardrobe and sound departments through prep, production and post. In post we manage editing, grading, sound mixing and versioning for festival, broadcast and streaming release. Whether the brief is an independent narrative film or a serialised web format, our crews treat scene matching, cast openings and sites delivery specs as core production concerns.

Here is the breakdown. The UAE is a strong base for narrative and web content, combining studio infrastructure with a growing creative community. Dubai Media City and Dubai Studio City concentrate studios, crews and post facilities. While twofour54 in Abu Dhabi anchors the wider content economy and gives a production rebates of up to thirty-five percent on qualifying spend.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Emirati filmmakers including Nayla Al Khaja, Ali F. Mostafa, whose 'City of Life' was a landmark, and Majid Al Ansari, director of 'Zinzana', have built momentum for scripted storytelling, and the Dubai Global Film Festival nurtured regional talent from 2004 to 2018. The country's different locations — from the Liwa Desert to the skylines of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

These have give narrative projects production value at any scale. With the dirham pegged to the US dollar and VAT at five percent, the UAE gives scripted producers a stable and well-equipped environment.