Dubai witnessed the screening of the first documentary film using metaverse technologies, which tells the story of an Emirati sports champion who dreams of participating in the triathlon competitions at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The film is titled “The Iron Woman”, and it is directed by the Lebanese-American director Dana Itani, who recounts through the clips from the competitions as well as the video interviews, the journey of the Emirati athlete Hana Al-Nabulsi in the triathlon championships in the UAE and the world, the challenges she faced, the special training and the life program she followed to achieve Her dream is to qualify and compete in the Olympic Games, where she will be present at the Paris Olympics in the summer of 2024 as the first Emirati athlete to achieve this achievement.
The premiere of the film, the first of its kind, took place in the ftNFT hall in the Mall of the Emirates on the occasion of International Women’s Day, in the presence of a large number of fans who love sports in general, and this type of display technology in particular, in the presence of the film’s director, heroine, and her family members.
The director said: In addition to watching the film in the hall in the Mall of the Emirates, I have completed the film with special techniques for display in the halls and places of virtual space, as it represents the feature of the era and is commensurate with the developments taking place in the world in general and Dubai in particular, as it is commensurate with the value of the event and is considered the most appropriate to tell a success story. Emirati in facing challenges and achieving a dream, and these technologies allow all viewers from different countries of the world to follow the movie from their homes at any time they choose, and they can re-watch at any time by entering the Dana Today Cinema Room within Fastexverse.com.
She added: The cinema room, which she launched within virtual reality, gives the opportunity to all film production enthusiasts and owners of creative ideas to benefit from it and display their productions to audiences in various countries of the world with ease and high quality, and it removes many obstacles that were standing in the way of young directors and creators due to the lack of opportunities that are given to them. By traditional display countries and TV channels.
Itani concluded: I was keen to choose a strong story to be my start in this type of film, and I found a match in ideas and ambition between me and the heroine, Hana Al-Nabulsi, to tell the story of a woman with a strong will that conquers all challenges and announces a new beginning for her, for me, and for every woman.
