Dubai Film and TV Commission, and Dubai Studio City held a stand at AFM this year.

Jamal Al Sharif, Chairman of Dubai Film and TV Commission and Managing Director of Dubai Studio City, was in attendance. Jamal Al Sharif is the Chairman of the Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC). In his current role, Al Sharif partners with Government of Dubai and private entities to increase media production in Dubai by developing filming incentives, nurturing growth of the local media talent pool, and marketing the emirate to regional and international producers.

Al Sharif has devoted his entire career to establishing Dubai as a global leader in media and technology and continues to do so in his current role with DFTC, leading the efforts to establish Dubai and as a filming destination for local, regional and international film, TV and commercial productions. Al Sharif is highly regarded in the industry for his project management expertise, performance-driven experience as a media industry and real estate specialist, and for his ability to generate business in fiercely competitive markets. Al Sharif was instrumental in bringing Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol to Dubai, which not only brought extensive media coverage to the emirate, but also led to an increase in film productions from various countries. Al Sharif is also the Managing Director of Dubai Studio City, part of the Media Cluster at TECOM Investments, a member of Dubai Holding.

While in attendance at AFM, Jamal discussed the latest huge Hollywood and Bollywood productions that were filmed in Dubai, including Star Trek Beyond, and Kong Fu Yoga for Jackie Shan.

About Dubai Film and TV Commission: The Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) was created in May 2012 by Executive Decree #16 of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council, which was amended to Decree #50 in 2014. DFTC is mandated to support greater media production in Dubai. DFTC promotes Dubai as a shooting and production location to the film and television industry locally, regionally and internationally. It assists productions in Dubai by serving as a one-stop shop for producers, film crews and filmmakers to ensure that filming in Dubai is as easy and efficient as possible.

About Dubai Studio City: Dubai Studio City (DSC), part of TECOM Group is home to world class production companies, talent, facilities and infrastructure for the production, broadcast and content creation industries, and offers investors in movie and TV production have the opportunity to build bespoke facilities on a significant and prime land bank. Home to global and regional production companies, DSC aims to establish Dubai as the region’s epicentre for the production, broadcast and content creation industries. DSC has been operating since 2005, and has a wealth of experience, playing host to major industry players at a local, regional and global level as well as industry experts who are well positioned to act as thought leaders for the industry. DSC offers a variety of commercial space offerings to its business partners including warehouses and workshops, as well as its world-class Sound Stages, the largest of their kind in the region, which are specifically designed to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of the high growth entertainment industry.