Considering it is just a five -year-old industry they had an impressive list of 10 feature films My Driver and I, Scholarship, Valley Road, Slave, Fever Dream, Thuqoob, HWJN, Yesterday After Tomorrow, Fakhr Al Sowaidi and Villa 54. Out of these four films were shortlisted and finally only two made it to the finals, Fever Dream and Slave.
The short films included The Edge, Mera Mera Mera, The Menace from Above, Zabarjad,
Fishbowl, Mashnia’s Life, A Mosquito, The Old School, Detour, Yallah Yallah Beenah, Koora Street 105, Forgive Me, Saeed and Aseer Memory. Out of these again four were short listed, Mera Mera Mera, The Menace from Above, Yallah Yallah Beenah and Forgive Me and the two films that made it to the finals were The Edge and Mashina’s Life.
The jury that selected the finals included writer, singer, lyricist, actor, music composer, and film director Farhad Samji associated with superhits like Housefull 4, Bachchhan Paandey, and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan. Director Siddharth P Malhotra is associated with sensitive films like We Are Family, Hichki and recently Maharaj.