Under the guidance and care "Forum movies and electronic games"

Dubai, May 23/ WAM/ under the directives and patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the second deputy governor of Dubai, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, the “Arab Media Summit” witnessed today the launch of the Dubai Film and Electronic Games Office, affiliated with the Dubai Media Council, a new initiative aimed at creating the field for the growth of media sectors with promising growth opportunities, which is “Film and Electronic Games Forum” as a new initiative that comes within the framework of the development strategy that It is adopted by the Council to confirm Dubai’s position as a major center for creativity, innovation and future industry.
“The launch of the Film and Electronic Games Forum represents an important addition that reflects our commitment to contribute to supporting the growth and prosperity of all aspects of the entertainment industries, especially the future ones. The film and the electronic game industry are one of the fastest growth in the world of media today, with the value of them And a great economic return, while each provides new opportunities for creative talents in the Arab world.
Her Excellency added: “With the continued growth of these two industries, it is necessary to provide a platform to discuss its future, share best practices, and highlight the emerging innovations in our region such as artificial intelligence and digital technologies and their impact on finding a narrative capable of reaching people, as well as it is important to highlight the role of women in these two fields, and what can be created from new business models in the field of entertainment. Dubai, its global infrastructure, its investment system, and its creative energy, has an ideal place to lead this dialogue and push the wheel of the growth of these sectors, as part of our broader vision to be a global center for media and creating content. ”
For its part, His Excellency Nihal Badri, Secretary -General of the Dubai Media Council, said: “The launch of the forum reflects a strategic step in our endeavors to develop the media sector. Films and electronic games emerge as a basic pillars that have a long -term impact on the economic level, especially in terms of creating job opportunities, talent development, and supporting the knowledge -based economy.”
She added: “We are pleased with the Dubai Media Council to launch this initiative, which will be organized by the” Dubai Film and Electronic Games “and will supervise this forum, which brings together a group of talents, industrial pioneers and international experts to stimulate cooperation and advance innovation. Game technologies grow. The forum is in line with our goal of forming a media environment that speeds up sustainable growth, attracts investments, and enriches the creative scene.
“The forum, which is organized by the” Dubai Film and Electronic Games “, and in its first session with a qualitative participation that includes a group of the most prominent international institutions, the most important experts and decision makers in the field of cinema, movies and electronic games, includes: the Arab Fund for Culture and Arts, Amazon, Netflix, Olsberg. BC Productions, Square Inx and other leading bodies in this field.
The activities of the Film and Electronic Games Forum will extend throughout the three days of the Arab media summit, where during the day a session entitled “The Future of Electronic Games: from Hobby to Industry” will host, hosts: Mohamed El -Bassimi, founder of the True Gaming network, Abdullah bin Baz, founder and CEO of “Baz Steche”, and Mona El Falasi, Director of the Electronic Sports Strategy Management Management, Dubai Festival and Retail Corporation, and the dialogue is managed at the media session and the content maker, Jassim Al -Shehimi.
The forum will also permeate a session held in cooperation with the Dubai Media Council and focuses on reviewing the most important influences that will contribute to shaping the features of the future of the media sector, with the participation of a number of experts, media technology developers and decision makers in media institutions.
The first days of the forum will also include a session that discusses the topic “Women in Drama and Cinema” in cooperation with the Arab Fund for Culture and Arts, Netflix, and the Dubai Film Office and Electronic Games.
The agenda of the first edition of the forum includes a session entitled “Forming the media and storytelling, and a guest of Dr. Barbaros, the founder and administrative partner of BC Productions, and his media interviewed on Al Sharq channel, Mircha Ghazi.
The forum also organizes its first day, a presentation of a group of international films.
In the context of the second day of the summit and in conjunction with the “Arab Media Forum”, the work of the Film and Games Forum, which hosts, in cooperation with “Shahid”, continues, and in a session entitled “The success of the drama in the digital era” is a group of Arab creators, who have influential roles in shaping the general scene of dramatic production in the Arab world, and speaks during the session, director Mohamed Sami, Director General of MBC1, MBC DRAMA, Tariq Ibrahim, “Shahid”, Ahmed Qandil, and their media interview on Al -Arabiya Sarah Dandrawi.
The film and games forum, in cooperation with Olsberg. SPI, a special session to discuss the future of television and cinematic production, review the opportunities to restore the golden age of Arab cinema and drama, and to consider the most important challenges that hinder the desired progress in this direction, and the available opportunities that can be relied upon in the advancement of the drama and cinema sectors, which are among the most important elements of soft power whose role is integrated with the role of the media in addressing societies with useful messages that are pushed in the direction Positive development.
The Film and Games Forum discusses the prospects for the development of Emirati cinema in a session entitled “The Emirati Film Industry … to where” the Emirati director and author Abdullah Al -Kaabi, the Emirati director Nawaf Al -Janahi, the producer and Emirati director Hana Kazem, will participate, and the session is run by Latifa Khoury from the Dubai Media Council.

The work of the second day of the forum includes a session entitled “Electronic Games Economy and Entertainment” hosts Heidiki Ira, General Manager for Investment and Business Development at Square Inx, to provide a vision on how to achieve the model combination between the glorified economic return and entertainment in one industry.

The Emirati director Ali Mustafa, in a session titled “The City of Stories and Opportunities”, talks about the rise of the Dubai star and its recorded record of the inspiring stories of success and promising opportunities, in an interview managed by Ahmed Abdullah, Director of Dubai Channel.
In conjunction with the “Arab Social Communication Pioneers Summit”, the “Film and Games Forum” begins its third day sessions on the twenty -eighth of this May, with a dialogue hosting the Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, and the media meeting is run by Anas Boukhsh.

The forum also hosts actress Laila Abdullah, in a session entitled “Beyond the Truth on Social Communication” and is interviewed by the media at LBC Rudolph Hilal.
A group of Arab stars will participate in a dialogue session within the third day of the forum, which includes the artist Ahmed El -Sakka, the artist and screenwriter George Khabbaz, and the artist Hoda Hussein, and the media debate is managed by Nishan Dereharotionian.

Through collaborating with Amazon, the Dubai Media Council platform will host a session entitled “Your Film at a Film Festival … What next?” Dominic Answorth, CEO of Runs Production CIC, reviews the requirements of cinematic excellence and the goal of seeking to participate in international cinematic festivals, and the impact of this passion for upgrading the film product.
The “Film and Games Forum” sessions are concluded with a session entitled “The Electronic Games Industry between the Government and Private Sectors” in which Rob Otein, CEO of Hixsegram R Yathin Entertainment, Faisal Kazem, Director of Projects at the Dubai Foundation, and Sufi Peter, from Mohammed bin Rashid Media College, at the American University of Dubai, runs the discussion Rashid Al -Awar, an expert in a center Virtual technology.

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