BBC Arabic Festival 2018 accepting submissions from filmmakers

CAIRO – 4 October 2017: BBC Arabic Festival 2018 invites a submission of fiction and nonfiction films for the 4th edition of the festival.

This year includes a new category, which is digital journalism. This festival is open for filmmakers, journalists and the general public whose works, whether short films or documentaries, focus on current social and political changes taking place in the Arab region.

The festival held its first edition in 2014. It is an annual week-long event taking place at the iconic art-deco Radio Theater at BBC's Broadcasting House in central London. Some films have the potential to air on BBC Arabic television as part of the special TV programming produced exclusively around the festival.

It is judged by a panel of journalism and film experts and practitioners who will present an award to a winner in each category at the televised awards ceremony, including the Young Journalist Award and the Liliane Landor Award for Best Work in Journalism.