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- 1 2 Error in Judgement: Dubai Weighs CGI - Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ Xero Error on CG Record
- ↑ "Ashraf Ghori interview on wearethemovies.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ↑ Future of Arab Cinema - Gulf Film Festival
- ↑ Ashraf Ghori on Levity: Xero-Error Minus 1 - Doha Film Institute
- ↑ Digital Studio Awards 2011 - Winners revealed
- ↑ The Hollywood Reporter , By Liza Foreman (December 16, 2008), "'Error' in judgment: Dubai weighs CGI", accessed 01-20-2009
- ↑ "Ashraf Ghori interview on Wearethemovies.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ↑ Up-and-coming UAE filmmakers head for Cannes
- ↑ UAE film industry is bursting with an array of talent - Gulf News
- ↑ Meet the filmmakers behind the Gulf Film Festival - Gulf News
- ↑ 10th SCI-FI LONDON Programme
- ↑ No room for error for Ashraf Ghori
- ↑ "Digital Studio Awards 2011 - Best filmmaker of the year". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
