On a recent guest visit to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, acclaimed Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europe) made an assessment of the current filmmaking situation in the small Gulf county. Noting similarities to the filmmaking opportunities of her childhood Communist Eastern Europe, Holland recognized that the changes happening in the UAE are significant, but results will take time.

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*photo by Randi Sokoloff/The National

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