Loads of school visits and all these events too, a very busy time here at the Dubai Moving Image Museum
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Following on our successful Film Makers Night back in December 2014 we are pleased to announce a remake of what is now going to be a monthly event. See you at DMIM on January 22nd.
Here are a few pictures from our first event, ready for the projection
And action
And of course the Popcorn!
We are launching our new brochure to coincide with the Dubai International Film Festival, it can be found by following this link
DIFF opens today, we are very proud to be official partners and we are looking forward to welcoming the festival goers.
To celebrate Dubai’s involvement with cinema, enjoy a 50 % discount on every adult ticket.
Playing with optical toys during the UAE National Day celebrations at the American Academy Al-Mizhar, Dubai
The Dubai Moving Image Museum is creative partner at ISEA 2014, as well as participating in the Al Bidaya Opening at Cuadro Art Gallery we are also present throughout the event. Alizee is part of various round tables including Evolution of Storytelling and Leap of Animation with amongst others Lina Younes from Animation Chamber Dubai and Erkki Huhtamo from UCLA. DMIM is also hosting visits by delegates during the 10 days event.
After a very successful time at DMIM Mandy has moved on and joined the world of academia, she is now heading the Art History Department at Canadian University in Dubai.
We would like to introduce Alizée our new museum manager who is in her second week at DMIM and is relishing the challenge of developing the museum working on a strong base after over a year of existence.
We were invited by MEFCC to attend Dubai Comic Con and we organised with them a great one page comic competition inspired by the exhibits at the Dubai Moving Image Museum, the winner had is entry reviewed by Marvel’s VP of Creator Content, CB Cebulski as can be seen below!
The competition was judged by MEFCC’s Brett Benson and artist/designer Karien Mulder during an open mike evening hosted at DMIM
The winners were
1st place winner: Yasser Alireza, “Dhilman”
2nd place winner: Abdul Azim Al Ghussein, “The Magic Lantern”
3rd place winner: Yasmin Hamad, “Alhazen’s Real Discovery”
We have been very kindly invited by Animation Chamber to share their house at SIKKA14, a very exciting event which we’d like to share with you, and yes as you can see on the last picture people have been queueing!
Dubai Moving Image Museum and the Middle East Film and Comic Con present a comic competition for all ages. Create a one-page A3 comic and stand the chance to WIN a 3-day pass to Comic Com 2014 (April 3rd-5th), get promoted by the museum and Comic Con and have your comic reviewed by MARVEL COMICS! Visit the museum at a special rate of AED25 and get your entry. The more you visit the more you can enter!
Deadline is 26 March 2014 and the winner will be chosen at an acoustic, poetry and storytelling event from 18h30-21h30. We encourage you to dress up in our comic theme, so get creative!
PRIZES:
The best entry will win a single 3-day pass to The Middle East Film and Comic Con. The winning one-page comic will be reprinted (X10 original copies) to A3 size and displayed at the Dubai Moving Image museum (DMIM) stall at The Middle East Film and Comic Con (April 3rd-5th) 2014. Depending on the amount of prints sold, a 15% commission will go to the DMIM and the rest of the proceeds will go to the winning artist. If the artist wishes to donate the original piece, the artwork will be framed and displayed in the DMIM. The winning one-page comic will also receive a review and critique from the Vice President of Creator Content Development of Marvel Comics, CB Cebulski.
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