About Cinema Vision
More than two decades of Emirati filmmaking, from Abu Dhabi.
- Founded
- 2000
- Based
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Experience
- 25+ years
- International recognition
- 30+ awards
The company
Who Cinema Vision is
Cinema Vision Films is an Emirati production company based in Abu Dhabi, founded in 2000 by the producer, writer and director Amer Salmeen Al Murry.
The company works across video and audio production: documentary films, corporate films, television commercials, cinema productions and sound production, from the first treatment through to final delivery.
Its clients include government entities, petroleum and energy companies, agencies, brands and private-sector organisations. Each of them needs something different from a film, so the work is planned around what it has to achieve rather than around a house style.
Cinema Vision pairs clear storytelling with professional audiovisual production for institutional, commercial and cinematic audiences. The company’s film work is also represented internationally, with more than 30 awards across its festival participation.
Founder & CEO
Amer Salmeen Al Murry
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Emirati producer, writer and director. He founded Cinema Vision Films and Cinema Vision Distribution, and founded the Al Ain International Film Festival.
- Founder & CEO Cinema Vision Films
- Writer & Director
- Film Producer
- Film Distributor
- Director of Photography
- 25+ Years
- in filmmaking
- 60+ International
- festival participations
Profile
More than 25 years in filmmaking
Amer Salmeen Al Murry is an Emirati writer, director and producer who has spent his career building one company’s body of work.
In 2000 he founded Cinema Vision Films in Abu Dhabi and developed it across film, television and audiovisual production in the United Arab Emirates.
As a filmmaker and producer he has worked across Cinema Vision productions including Thawb Al Shams, Going to Heaven, Fan of Amoory, Ghost, Ghanoom the Billionaire, Girls’ House and PSYCHO.
Fan of Amoory participated in more than 25 international film festivals and received six awards. Going to Heaven participated in 35 international festivals and received nine awards.
In 2019 he founded the Al Ain International Film Festival, and has led six editions of it.
Co-Founder
Saeed Salmeen
Co-Founder, Cinema Vision Films
Emirati writer and director, and a co-founder of Cinema Vision Films.
A graduate of the New York Film Academy in Abu Dhabi, Saeed Salmeen began directing while the Emirati film industry was still forming, and has written and directed for it ever since.
His early film Bint Mariam (2008) drew both local and international recognition, and in the same year he received the Best Emirati Filmmaker award at the Dubai International Film Festival.
He went on to write and direct Going to Heaven. The screenplay won the inaugural Ministry of Interior Award for Best Societal Screenplay in 2014, and the finished film won the Muhr Emirati Award for Best Feature Film at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2015. It has since travelled to 35 international film festivals and collected nine awards.
- Co-Founder Cinema Vision Films
- Writer & Director
- Award-Winning Filmmaker
- Best Emirati Filmmaker DIFF 2008
- Going to Heaven Writer & Director
- 35 Festivals
- international, for Going to Heaven
- 9 Awards
- for Going to Heaven
Leadership
Sultan Al Murry
Manager
Sultan Al Murry directed PSYCHO, Cinema Vision Films’ 2026 feature.
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Selected credits
- Director
- PSYCHO (2026)
The record
How the company developed
Twenty-five years of production, from the company’s first films to the features it is making now.
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2000
The company
Cinema Vision Films is founded
Amer Salmeen Al Murry founds the company in Abu Dhabi.
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2005
Short film
Walls
The group behind Cinema Vision appears in the UAE press producing Walls, directed by Saeed Salmeen Al Murry, and is described as a gathering of young Emirati filmmakers.
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2008
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2010
Feature film
Thawb Al Shams
A feature produced under the company’s production and distribution name, with Amer Salmeen Al Murry as producer.
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2012
Publication
A monthly film magazine
The company launched رؤية سينمائية, a monthly specialised publication covering cinema in the UAE and the Gulf, film criticism, festivals and filmmaking. Amer Salmeen Al Murry was its Editor-in-Chief.
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2015
Feature film
Going to Heaven
Produced with Image Nation Abu Dhabi. It premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival and won the Muhr Emirati Award for Best Feature Film, then travelled to around 35 international festivals and collected nine awards.
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2018
Feature film
Fan of Amoory
Written, directed and produced by Amer Salmeen Al Murry, and made while the company was a partner at twofour54 in Abu Dhabi. It went on to more than 26 international festivals and six awards.
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2019
Festival
Al Ain International Film Festival
Amer Salmeen Al Murry founded the Al Ain International Film Festival. Cinema Vision Films has been closely involved in organising it since.
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2022
Feature film
Ghost
Written, directed and produced by Amer Salmeen Al Murry in collaboration with twofour54, and filmed in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.
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2023
Feature film
Ghanoom the Billionaire
Story, direction and production by Amer Salmeen Al Murry, who also supervised the action sequences.
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2026
Feature film
PSYCHO
Directed by Sultan Al Murry. Amer Salmeen Al Murry wrote and produced it, and worked as its director of photography and lighting director.
Capabilities
What the company produces
- Film
- Corporate & Government
- TV Commercials & Branded Content
- Post-Production
- AI-Assisted Media
- Training & Education
- Events
Cinema Vision Films
Founded by filmmakers
We work with government entities, corporate clients and the film industry across the United Arab Emirates and the region.