Michael Ibrahim has Arabian princes on side for his big-sky plans. Construction begins in April, but what of censorship?
is uniting five royal families across the Gulf in a $3.1 billion film studio venture on the coast of the Arabian Sea., Sydney businessman Michael Ibrahim has courted funding from royals in Qatar, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, with big-sky plans to begin construction of the studio in April 2024.
Ibrahim said the project will rely on Dubai’s strong British, Australian and American ex-pat workforce, while production companies would also be expected to travel with preferred crew.It comes at a time of transition for the oil-rich region, where competing kingdoms face growing pressure to diversify their economies ahead of a global energy shift away from fossil fuels., entertainment is another key sector being targeted by regional investment.
“The only thing we ask [of] the scriptwriters, the thing that we request is for our culture and our religion to be respected, not to go beyond those boundaries.” Like many of its Gulf neighbours, Oman deems homosexuality illegal. A 2018 penal code also bans the publication of words and images “contrary to the public order or morals”. There is no evidence of laws against same-sex sexual activity being enforced since 2009, according to the UK Human Dignity Trust.
Executive officer of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers Kingston Anderson said establishing a studio took more than just infrastructure.
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