Hani Kichi

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About Hani Kichi

A Filmmaker specialized in Family & Kids Entertainment, Hani Kichi, is the driving creative force behind Blink Studios’ original entertainment properties. An “Entrepreneur” who co-founded and led Blink Studios since 2005 while contributing to creating the kids entertainment industry across the Middle East. Kichi’s talent was the driving force behind the Co-production of the regional and international versions of the pre-school show DRIVER DAN’S STORY TRAIN SEASON 1 & 2 airing on both “Baraem” Al Jazeera’s pre-school channel, and “Cbeebies” the BBC’s pre-school channel. He also achieved similar success with the adaptation of Cartoon Network’s “Skatoony”. His series expertise in kids edutainment peaked with the come back of the regional version of “Sesame Street”, where he undertook several roles as Senior Writer, Supervising Producer, Director, and Music Director. His film achievements started with his first musical animated short Ostora “The Legend”, which gained 35 international nominations and 3 awards for its unique artistic and technical treatment. For his second short film, Kichi injected his creative flavors as Producer in “Daddy ABC” which was nominated at 26 International Film Festivals and received 4 awards. His 3rd short film “1001 Inventions and World of Ibn Al-Hytham” starring Hollywood veteran actor “Omar Sherif” in his last cinematic role was selected by UNESCO as the official film for “The Year of Light 2015”, in commemoration of the scientists who contributed to the science of light. Kichi’s seasoned experience in edutainment mixed with his technical mastery in CGI and programing know-how led to creating the World’s First Holotoon Experience on Microsoft Hololens by developing a Social Emotional Learning Mixed Reality “MR” IP called “Karim and Noor”. 2018 celebrated this break through in immersive storytelling with 3 awards including The Auggie Awards for Best Film/Art in XR during the Augmented World Expo 2018 in Silicon Valley.