Shivani Pandya Malhotra, Former Managing Director of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, on Expanding Her Dubai-Based Ta Films Shingle (EXCLUSIVE)

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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A trio of female film and TV industry execs — with plenty of expertise in the Middle East space — is looking to expand the output of the Dubai-based Ta Films shingle after making a splash in Cannes with Yemeni-Scottish director Sara Ishaq’s debut feature “The Station.”

Ta Films was set up in 2022 by Shivani Pandya Malhotra, who recently stepped down as general manager of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, and Sangeeta Desai, a former global COO at Fremantle and Group CEO at Dubai-based satellite pay-TV and streaming service OSN. In 2025, they made a quantum leap by buying Jordan-based production company Screen Project, founded by Nadia Eliewat, who now serves as Ta Films’ CEO and creative producer.

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