Abdullah Al-Eyaf
Al-Eyaf at the 3 Continents Festival in Nantes, France 2006
Born	Abdullah Al-Eyaf Al-Qahtani October 31, 1976 (1976-10-31) (age 33) Alhasa, Saudi Arabia
Occupation	director, writer, producer
Years active	2005 – present

Abdullah Al-Eyaf (Arabic: عبدالله آل عياف‎; born Octorber 31, 1976) is a Saudi film director also known as Abdullah Al Eyaf and Abdullah Aleyaf. He directed three films. His first film is a 42-minutes documentary film Cinema 500 km which discusses the cinema theaters ban in Saudi Arabia by following a young Saudi movie fan during his first trip ever outside the country just to experience his first ever film in a theater. Al-Eyaf's second project was a 19 minutes short film called Etaar (aka "A Frame"). The last short he made was the 23-minutes drama Matar (Rain) which was shown in many international film festival around the globe.

[edit] Awards

• Golden Palm - Short Documentary: "Cinema 500 km", in Saudi Film Competition 2008
• Silver Palm - Short Drama" "Matar" (aka "Rain"), in Saudi Film Competition 2008
• Special Jury Prize - GCC Films: "Etaar" (aka "A Frame"), Emirates Film Competition 2007

[edit] Nominations

• Best Short Film Nomination: "Etaar" (aka "A Frame"),Dubai International Film Festival 2007
• Best Short Film Nomination: "Etaar" (aka "A Frame"),Wahran Film Festival, Algeria 2007

and many others nominations in festivals and competitions

Abdullah Al-Eyaf works as an engineer for a living, he write a weekly column in Alriyadh which is a famous Saudi newspaper. He also established and edited a weekly cinema page for the Alwatan newspaper.

[edit] External links

• Abdullah Al-Eyaf at the Internet Movie Database
• Cinema 500 km
• Interview with Saudi Film Director, Abdullah Al Eyaf by Mirza al-Khuwaylidi on Asharq Alawsat (January 3, 2007)
• A Frame website at EFC database

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