Don’t Make a Movie – Make a Smovie!

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The Smovies First Season is underway! The competition, for Vox Cinemas, is entitled #PlsDontStealMyShow and focuses on cinema audience etiquette.
All the submissions are in, and on June 7th the winners will be announced at a special event at Vox Cinemas in Yas Mall. We have a small number of seats that we’re giving away. If you’re interested in attending the award ceremony of The Smovies, join The Smovies Facebook Group and tell us the name of short film winner in this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and we’ll enter your name for the draw.

 

Here’s the list of Smovies that were submitted for the first season! Which one’s your favourite?

1-dont kill my moment

Don’t Kill My Moment – Higher College of Technology

2-switch off

Switch Off! – Vibhu Raj

3-what did I miss2

What did I miss? – Ehab Odeh (Secondary actor) / Arman Avdic (Main Actor) / Ramy Farah (Editor/Secondary actor)

4-enough

ENOUGH!! – MHD Amer Ammar

5-lightsaber rage

Lightsaber Rage – Ehab Odeh / Arman Avdic

6-a spartan surprise

A Spartan Surprise – Faisal Hashmi

7-my feet smell sweet

My feet smell sweet – Aisha alzaabi

8-selfie with a ghost

Selfie with ghost – Barath Rajesh Menon

9-calls ruin movies

Please Don’t Steal My Show –Calls Ruin Movies – Hamza Samer Abbas

10-Show stealers

Show Stealers – Saif Saleh Badrudin

11-The Epiphany

The Epiphany – Shezah Salam

12-seeing double

Please Don’t Steal My Show – Seeing Double – Hamza Samer Abbas

13-who has my daughter

Who Has My Daughter? – Ben Brammer

14-you are not alone

You are not alone   (pls do not steal my show ) – Vasilis Billy Blioumis

15-please dont steal my show

Dont steal my show – Sparsh Srivastava

16-pls dont steal my show vimin

Please don’t steal my show – Vimin Thomas

17book reading

Book-Reading – Ankit Ojha and Zaw Ali

18-gamer guy

Gamer-Guy – Ankit Ojha and Zaw Ali

19-the laptop

Laptop – Ankit Ojha and Zaw Ali

20-tv watching

TV Watching – Ankit Ojha and Zaw Ali

21-what did I miss1

What did I miss? – Ehab Odeh / Arman Avdic

22-smovie by hammad

Smovie By Hammad – Hammad Mian

23-not cool

Not cool – Sparsh Srivastava

24-what do you prefer

What do you prefer? – Sanju George Oomen

25-I want to enjoy it too

I want to enjoy it too – Sanju George Oomen

26-nonesense

Nonesense – MHD Amer Ammar

27-sameer Antulay

Sameer Antulay – Vasilis Billy Blioumis

 

 

 

The first season #PlsDontStealMyShow might have ended but The Smovies now enters the next season called “The Message”. #SmovieTheMessage

You can make a Smovie about any topic under the sun but it needs to be only within 1-2 minutes. More information will be revealed on the coming days. Keep yourselves updated by connecting with us on Social Media!

Facebook    www.facebook.com/pages/The-Smovies/1599189056984472
Twitter       twitter.com/thesmovies

 

About The Smovies:

The Smovies is a short film creation platform that has been launched by BrandMoxie, a leading media group in the UAE involved in marketing, publishing and events.

The Smovies is intended to provide an opportunity for emerging film makers, by offering recognition and exposure through the platform. The Smovies also embraces new technologies, and promotes the film making capabilities of phones, tablets and other ever day communication terminals. The competitions roll out across three seasons: April to June, July to September and October to December. Other film competitions will focus on narrative and national themes.

About Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas:

VOX Cinemas is the Middle East’s most innovative and customer-focused cinema experience. VOX Cinemas is owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas, which is the cinema arm of Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East and North Africa. With 129 screens currently across the region, including 97 screens in the UAE, 15 screens in Lebanon and 17 screens in Oman, VOX Cinemas is now the Middle East’s largest and most rapidly growing cinema exhibitor. In 2013, the company announced a 750 million dirham investment in cinemas that will see the company expand to operate over 400 screens in 8 countries by 2018.www.voxcinemas.com

 

The Smovies Jury:

The Smovies Jury consists of Award Winning Film Directors, Producers, Actors as well as Media Professors, Directors and Managers. They have gathered experience both locally and internationally and has graced The Smovies with their expertise and time to vote for the first winner of the first season!

David Moore – Award Winning Film Director and Professor of Narrative Film at the Abu Dhabi Women College

Khalid Al Mahmood – Award Winning Film Director and Producer

Nujoom Alghanem – Award Winning Film Director, Scriptwriter, and Poet.

Mohannad Al Bakri – Co-founding Partner of the Creative Documentary Platform; Director of External Relations and Partnerships, New York University Abu Dhabi(NYUAD)

Michelle Nickelson – Managing Director of MENA CineFinance, SPC; Co-Chairwoman of the UAE Chapter of Women in Film and Television

Nawaf Al Janahi – Award Winning Film Director and Actor

Greg Unrau – Award Winning Film Director, Writer, and Producer

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