Emirati director Nayla Al Khaja on how film is changing in the Arab world

As the first female writer, director and producer from the UAE, Al Khaja has been at the forefront of the country's film industry for more than two decades

Emirati film director Nayla Al Khaja always knew she was destined to tell stories. As a girl, she was captivated by her father’s film collection, in particular, his assortment of black and white Indian films, which she would watch over and over again.

“This was before the dance and colour came into pictures, just real stories that are very heart-wrenching, you know?” she tells The National. “I think it really impacted me as a child. I fell in love with storytelling through a film called Boot Polish. I watched that so many times, I think that was where the first trigger happened.”

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