Show Off 32
Applied Communications students organized Show Off 32 , an annual event dedicated to showcasing and promoting UAE National students and entrepreneurs from diverse art fields and media majors. In 2007 and 2008, the Show Off 32 exhibition traveled to Billy Blue College in Sidney and Stefano’s Gallery in Mildura, Australia, as well as being featured at the Dubai Ladies Club in Dubai. The trip to Australia was a great opportunity to support Muslim women’s communities in Australia and to promote education of Muslim women in the Middle East. The event had great media coverage with the exhibition opening announced in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s most widely-read newspaper.

Fingerprints 2009
A group of Applied Communications students organized Fingerprints 2009, an Arts and Media Exhibition to display the projects designed, created and produced over course of their studies. The exhibition focused on art, design, media, photography and film. Some of the work on display received international recognition and awards such as the AIGA Aspen Design Challenge, Gulf Film Festival and Dubai International Film Festival Awards. The Fingerprints 2009 exhibition was featured at the Dubai Cultural and Scientific Association in Al Mamzar and His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, attended and inaugurated the exhibition.

Film Festivals
Applied Communications students participate every year at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and the Gulf Film Festival (GFF). They are the first students ever to have their films screened at such prestigious events. Besides showcasing their talent, students work as volunteers at both festivals thus increasing their exposure to the international film community and its major players. Both festivals allow students to put into practice the media skills, knowledge and experience they gain at DWC, and prepare them for their future careers.

DWC Student Film Awards
- Special Mention at the GFF 2010 in the Student Documentary Film Category for the film Mahar Al   Mahera (The Dowry), directed by Maitha Hamdan, and Special Mention in the Student Short Film   Category for film Shhh directed by Shamma Abu Nawas and Hafsa Habib.
- Mr. & Mrs. Right: Dubai Style, documentary film directed by Hind Al Hammadi and Elham Sharaf,   selected by Abu Dhabi Film Commission as an entry for the Short Film Corner at Cannes Film   Festival.
- Mr. & Mrs. Right: Dubai Style won 3rd place in the Student Documentary Film Category at GFF   2009; the film was also selected to be shown at DIFF; Time Out Dubai magazine picked this film     in the Top 20 Films at DIFF 2009.
- Mission of Hope won 2nd place in Student Category at GFF 2008.
- I’m a Man, short documentary by Shamma Abu Nawas and Sahar Al Khatib was accepted at DIFF   2007. This was the first time student work was accepted at DIFF.