Nearby Sky

Name: Nearby Sky
Genre: Documentary, Autobiography
Released: 2014
Duration: 85 min

Director: Nujoom Alghanem

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Highlights

Nearby sky is an inspiring film about a woman’s courage and pioneering spirit.
The film is supported by the Enjaaz post-production programme of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

2014/ UAE85 min/ Documentary, Autobiography

Original Title

Samaa’ Qariba

SYNOPSIS

Nearby Sky tells the story of Fatima Alhameli, the first Emirati Female camel owner to enter her Camel into the Camel Beauty Pageants and take part in Camel auctions in the UAE. Regardless of all the difficulties and challenges she encountered while trying to prove herself in one of the most male dominant domains, Fatima’s wish to win in a race or a beauty pageant contest remains the only compensation to overcome her failures.

CAST

Fatima Alhameli
Mohammed Alhameli
Mohammed Hamed Fadel Allah
Omair Alhameli

CREW

Screenwriter: Nujoom Al Ghanem
DOP: Benjamin Pritchard
Editor: Anne de Mo

Production Company(ies)

Nahar Productions
Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF)

Producer(s)

Nujoom Al Ghanem
Khalid Albudoor

Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE

DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland

Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong

GCC Film Festival, Qatar

Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt

Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK

Mawasim Arabia, France

Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE

On The Road Film Festival, Taiwan

Best Non-Fiction Feature Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE

Reviews

Jay Weissberg - Variety

Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter

Mark Adams - Screen Daily

Ghassan Khharoub - Albayan (Arabic)

Marwa Hamad - Gulf News

Quotes

“Femme-empowering docu “Nearby Sky” proves beyond a doubt that there’s no one better at showing off the beauties of her country than leading Emirati filmmaker Nujoom Alghanem.” Jay Weissberg - Variety

“As in her well-known Hamama about an elderly woman healer, Emirati documaker Nujoom Alghanem has a good time overturning stereotypes and expectations about who is behind the leather face mask which covers the eyebrows and upper lip.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter