# @dalhanbali on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSE54njkmqI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59771061-dalhanbali-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-10T08:42:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** دانه الحنبلي Dana Alhanbali (@dalhanbali) — https://gondola.cc/dalhanbali

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It’s film festival season in the region!

I’m proud to share that I will be speaking at the first annual Oscar qualifying hollyshortsdubai happening in Dubai this weekend.

We are living in a liminal era between analog and digital, truth and noise, local and global. 

This talk explores how filmmakers can use this in-between space as fertile ground for bold and necessary storytelling. 

I will speak about ambiguity as a creative strength, the rise of hybrid identities, and why audiences increasingly crave stories that sit in complexity rather than certainty.

Very much looking forward to meeting the 100+ filmmakers attending the festival.

We will also be announcing a prize from barkandberg to the winning film. Stay tuned.

#hollyshorts #film #oscars #creative #writers

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film, oscars, hollyshorts, writers, creative

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