Abdullah Al-Eyaf

infobox actor
name = Abdullah Al-Eyaf

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birthname = Abdullah Al-Eyaf Al-Qahtani
religion = Muslim
location = flagicon|KSA Khobar, KSA
height = 5' 11"

Abdullah Al-Eyaf (عبدالله آل عياف) is a Saudi film director also known as Abdullah Eyaf and Abdullah Aleyaf. He directed two 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").

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

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.

External links

*imdb name|2293097
*Cinema 500 km
* [http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=7530 Interview with Saudi Film Director, Abdullah Al Eyaf by Mirza al-Khuwaylidi] on Asharq Alawsat (January 3, 2007)
* [http://www.efilmc.com/english/fl_e.aspx?i1=3086&i2=8054&i3=5426&f1=4318&f2=9286&f3=6658 A Frame website at EFC database]