Lisa – Emirati Feature Film Project

We’ve just completed a big Emirati feature film project titled “Lisa”, written and directed by Emirati director Ahmed Zain (Director of Grandmother’s Farm 1 & 2). The film will participate in the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) this year (2016) before its official release across Gulf cinemas in early 2017.

Babylon Gate Films handled full post-production for the movie, including:

• Video Editing
• Sound Editing
• Graphics
• Colour Correction and Colour Grading
• Sound conversion to Dolby 5.1 Surround
• Titling and Arabic/English subtitling
• DCP conversion
• Movie Poster
• Movie Trailer

Lisa Movie Story

Lisa is a foreign exchange student from the United Kingdom studying at New York University Abu Dhabi. As she prepares for her senior project, her professor suggests filming a documentary focused on an Emirati family in Al Ain. Through the course of production, she discovers and experiences the hospitality, kindness, and generosity of Emirati society.

Movie Poster

Click on the poster for a full preview:

“Lisa” – The Making Of

The production period for “Lisa” spanned 14 days of continuous shooting across multiple locations in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Dubai. The video below offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film: