{
  "id": 17240090,
  "title": "Emirati Filmmakers on Building a Local Cinema Ecosystem: ‘We Have a Long Way to Go’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/emirati-filmmakers-on-building-a-local-cinema-ecosystem-we-have-a",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T14:58:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/emirati-filmmakers-mangrove-house-oug-sharjah-film-festival-1236934848/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two Emirati filmmakers are bringing distinctly local stories to the 13th edition of the Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth, with Khalid Al Mahmood’s musical “The Mangrove House” and Abdulrahman Al Madani’s family drama “Oug,” the only Emirati films in competition. Both filmmakers have longstanding ties to SIFF. “The Mangrove House,” which world […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}