Cannes 2026
Seventh Veil
Feature · Horror · 90 min
Seventh Veil
A bride’s wedding becomes a vessel for an ancient curse buried beneath seven generations of silence. Middle-Eastern horror with an international finish.
Available by request — confidentialWe make stories
that move markets.
And markets
that move stories.
⟶ Studio
An award-winning production house for speculative narratives — horror, supernatural, thriller — rooted in Middle Eastern lore.
⟶ Atelier
A strategic advisory for governments, sovereign funds, and creative institutions building the cultural economy.
⟶ Why one house
Because the people writing the policy should know how the story gets told. And vice versa.
⟢ Two streams. One house.
Most production companies hide their strategy work.
Most consultancies hide that they make films.
We do both — and we let it sharpen each other.
№ 01 / Studio
The Studio
Award-winning genre production
We develop and produce films and series that travel — Middle Eastern horror, supernatural thrillers, speculative fiction with global reach. Local stories. Universal scares.
10+
Awards
24+
Festivals
$15M+
Slate value
↗
№ 02 / Atelier
The Atelier
Strategic advisory for the cultural economy
We advise governments, sovereign funds, and institutions on building the creative economy — from major sporting events and film incentives to media policy and tourism strategy.
$1B+
Mandates
8
Sectors
GCC
Wide reach
↗
The Slate
2026.
Six projects in development, distribution, and active production. Genre-led. Speculative. Rooted in Middle Eastern myth and culture, built for international audiences. Available by request — confidential.
Seventh Veil
Victim 11
Firstborn
A Small Dream
Convoluted
Our Home / بيتنا
Where the Atelier works.
Eight sectors. One conviction: CULTURE IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
01
Entertainment & Media
Content strategy, growth, monetization, and platform plays for the streaming era.
02
Sports
Major event hosting, fan engagement, commercial innovation, sports asset investment.
03
Education
Policies, programs, and models that shape the next generation of regional talent.
04
Economic Development
Strategies that foster investment, job creation, and sustainable industry growth.
05
Public Sector
Forward-thinking policies, institutions, and impact-driven government initiatives.
06
Tourism
Destination strategy, visitor experience design, long-term economic value capture.
07
Culture & Creative Industries
Sustainable models that fuel cultural innovation and global cultural reach.
08
Infrastructure
Urban strategies and infrastructure projects shaping the built environment.
⟢ Selected mandates
Real work. Real stakes.
№ 01
Enabling a world-class sporting event
Client won the bid to host a large-scale regional sporting event but lacked a clear understanding of infrastructure, hosting, and logistics needs. We delivered a comprehensive feasibility study covering market potential, infrastructure readiness, funding strategy, and stakeholder engagement.
Outcome
"Outcome details available under NDA."
№ 02
Economic impact calculator for a film sector incentive
Built a granular economic impact model for a national film incentive program — assessing job creation, FDI multipliers, downstream industry effects, and benchmarking against global competitors. The output became the policy's quantitative backbone.
Outcome
"Outcome details available under NDA."
№ 03
Building a national strategy for a cultural entity
Developed a 5-year national strategy for a cultural organization — mapping vision, programming pillars, audience strategy, commercial sustainability, and KPI architecture. From mission statement to year-by-year execution roadmap.
Outcome
"Outcome details available under NDA."
№ 04
Unlocking commercial offerings for a media & broadcasting entity
Diagnosed underperforming commercial verticals across a state-affiliated broadcaster — restructured the offering, repriced inventory, redesigned the partnership model, and stood up a sales operating system that could actually be run by the team.
Outcome
"Outcome details available under NDA."
The Atelier.
Three founders. McKinsey, Roland Berger, Arthur D. Little, the Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain. Columbia, Oxford, LSE, Bristol, UCLA, NYU. Plus the small detail of having actually made the films.
Eman Alsabah
CEO & Founder
Producer and consultant with 15+ years in media and advisory. Producer on Our Home, A Small Dream, Victim 11, Firstborn. Director on The End is Here. Writer on The Skeleton Whale, Hollow.
Ex-McKinseyPurdue · UCLA · NYU$1B+ mandates
Mariam Maki
Head of Projects & Co-Founder
Writer and consultant with 12+ years in advisory, script and novel-writing. Writer on Victim 11, Seventh Veil, Firstborn, Bait Al-Jinn. Two contemporary thriller novels. Three gothic fantasy novels.
Ex-Roland BergerEx-Arthur D. LittleColumbia · LSE · Oxford
10+
Film awards including
Best GCC Film, KSA Festival
Best GCC Film, KSA Festival
24+
Festival selections
SWIFF to LA Femme
SWIFF to LA Femme
$1B+
Cumulative advisory
mandate value
mandate value
8
Sectors of expertise
Across the GCC
Across the GCC
Bring us your impossible
brief.
A film no one has tried to make. A sector no one knows how to model. A story that needs both.
That's the Fablemill room.