Today Abu Dhabi International Cinema Festival arranged for a discussion session negotiating the opportunities available and the challenges of cinema making in Abu Dhabi, specifically those related to funding and producing long movies in the Emirates and Gulf area.Discussions were also held to investigate ways of developing movie making in the Emirates. Participating in this session will be people such as Mohamed El Ettia who is the director of “Image Nation Abu Dhabi”, David Shepherd director of Abu Dhabi committee for movies as well as Whineberg and Mary Bayer Massia director of the movies funding for the Abu Dhabi Cinema festival. The sessions will take place at the Fairmont hotel.