Five projects from across the region have been shortlisted for the grant, which comes via the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity.
is throwing its weight behind female Arab filmmakers, teaming with the Lebanon-based Arab Fund for Arts and Culture on a new grant.
The one-off grant of $250,000 — which comes via the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, set up in 2021 to invest in underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry — will go to women producers and directors in the Arab world, with five projects shortlisted. “We are committed to telling stories about and by women across our slate in the Arab world,” wrote Nuha el Tayeb, Netflix’s director of content acquisitions for MENA and Turkey, in a blog post announcing the initiative. “The Arab world has a long-standing history of women in entertainment, and we’ve had incredible successes and firsts from the region that we’re all very proud of.