Reem Bader

Experience

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  Royal Film Commission- Jordan

  Aug 2006 - Apr 2012

  Rawi Screenwriters' Lab Manager

  Rawi Screenwriters’ Lab is annual five-day writers' workshop designed for Arab emerging and independent screenwriters working on their first or second narrative feature screenplay. It provides them with the opportunity to develop their screenplays under the guidance of veteran screenwriters (Creative Advisors), who will have one-on-one intensive story sessions and conversations with the participants about their projects, to embrace their vision and help them find the most compelling way to tell their stories. For more info visit www.film.jo/rawi In Addition to managing Rawi, Bader works on the Rawi Alumni Support Program that enable Rawi Alumni post the Lab on the different stages of script development, finance, forming the business team, production, post- production, exhibition, etc. Furthermore, her work comprises networking and the founding of diverse partnerships with professional film organizations worldwide as well as developing Fund Raising Proposals to support Rawi programs and its Alumni. Show less

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  The Royal Film Commission- Jordan

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2012

  Med Film Factory Manager

  A Specialized Development & Training Programme for Arab Film Producers and Directors.Med Film Factory will offer teams of semi-professional film Producers and Directors the opportunity to advance their creative and professional skills and support them in the realisation of their projects. Med Film Factory aims at teams of Arab Producers and Directors from the Middle East and North Africa working on their first or second Feature Narrative film project. 8-10 Teams will be selected to join three interrelated sessions: Producers’ Coaching Programme; Directors’ Workshop and the Independent Film Assembly.For more information please visit www.medfilmfactory.com Show less

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  Self Employed

  May 2012 - Dec 2014

  Film Professional

  Provide consultancies on film development programs, strategic, concepts, proposals and coaching film projects in development.

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  Minaa and The Creative Documentary Platform (CDP)

  Jan 2016 - now

  Founding Director

  Minaa is the first interactive VOD platform fostering the discovery of Arabic creative documentaries, while preserving and providing a range of unique materials, which are not widely available on one single platform elsewhere. With the aim to make creative docs accessible to worldwide audiences and building audiences, Minaa is also supporting filmmakers (content owners) by offering them %50 of profit on all subscriptions and memberships.The platform believes in the power of interaction, and thereby provides several engagement tools, which allow the audiences to interact with the filmmakers directly, via curated discussion groups and live Q&As.Minaa’s library adds an average of 2-3 new docs and almost two new collections per month. Docs are available largely across the world and subtitled in Arabic and English with few exceptions to French. Show less

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  The Royal Film Commission- Jordan

  Dec 2017 - now

  Jordan Film Fund Manager

  The Jordan Film Fund (JFF) has been established to enable filmmakers to tell their stories as well as develop the independent film industry and contribute to its sustainability, especially in Jordan.