Arab Producers Lab second edition kicking off in Jordan!
press release
EAVE has organised in partnership with the Royal Film Commission - Jordan an immersive EAVE on Demand workshop for Arab producers and directors working on their first or second narrative feature films: the Arab Producers Lab (APL) from September 25 to 30, in Amman, Jordan.
The objective is to improve the participants’ skills in international co-production film finance and management, project and script development as well as sales and distribution, and to confront them with the reality of the international market, also taking in account the local current reality and providing them with the necessary skills in order to succeed on a highly competitive international market.
The Lab focuses on strengthening the skills of producers by enabling them to understand and contribute to the entire creative production process. During the lab’s five intensive days, the producers and directors will experience training sessions through the film they are working on. The sessions will include one-on-one and group sessions with internationally acclaimed experts focusing on packaging, financing, co-production, script development, legal issues as well as international markets and sales.
The tutors of the workshop include Rula Nasser (The Imaginarium Films, JO), Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine (Scale & Scope, FR), Nayeem Mahbub (Kahini, SE/BD) and Hédi Zardi (FR).
The six selected projects are the following:
- I AM AFRAID TO MEET YOU SOMEDAY by Khaled Mansour, producer: Rasha Hosny (Egypt)
- CLOSE ROSE CLOSE by Rulan Hasan, producer: Fahad Samman (Saudi Arabia/Jordan)
- THE SUNFLOWERS OF THE MOON by Ismaël, producer: Sarra Maali (Tunisia)
- THE BLUE LINE by Atia Al Daradji, producer: Ali Jbara (Iraq)
- SUFFOCATION by Hamza Al Khatib, producer: Dima Sharif (Palestine/Jordan)
- AYIN HARA (EVIL EYE) by Yasir Kareem, producer: Aws Allami, co-producer: Mays Alreem (Iraq/Jordan)
Page published 26 September 2025. Updated 9 October 2025.
