About
Mariam Al Sarkal graduated from the Higher Colleges of Technology in Visual Communications with Distinction, Highest Honor, 2006. She started working at Dubai Media Incorporated at the age of 19 and worked as an assistant director for a year on a variety of live and recorded shows. She then got her break by directing her first recorded show at the age of 20, making her the youngest female TV Director at that time.
After 4 years of TV work, she decided to explore other media aspects and worked on an interactive user generated TV concept. She was appointed the Deputy CEO of shooftv.com. After that, she became a founding member of a competition called Sheikh Majid Media Youth competition where she was responsible for all the contestants, media coverage and directing live shows and recorded segments.
Mariam Al Sarkal
LFS Filmography
Dark White, CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION DESIGN, Canon 5D, 17m, LFS, 2012
There is a Light, PRODUCTION DESIGN, 35mm, 14m, LFS, 2012
London in a Headscarf , WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 17M, LFS, 2011
Special screening at the London MENA Film Festival 2011
Won Special Mention at the 8th edition of Dubai International Film Festival 2011
Screened at the Gulf Film Festival 2012
Screened at the Indian Film Festival 2012
Screened at the DOHA Film Institute July 2012
Screened at the Bahrain Cineco, Bahrain City Centre from August 2012 as part of Gulf Cinema Nights
Screened at the IMAG’IMA, Paris, part of Arab Cinemas
Encounters Arab World Institute Sept 2012
The figure, WRITER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR, HDVCAM, 5m, Independent, 2011
Premier screening at the Gulf Film Festival May 2012 as part of the Cherries of Kiortami Programme
Selected to participate in the Cherries of Kiorstami programme at Le Printemps du Cinema Arabe - Malmo Arab Festival
Where Past Meets Present, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011
King to Castle, Producer, 35mm, 10m, LFS, 2011