The Abu Dhabi Movie Fee and Artistic Media Authority has launched a brief promotional video highlighting how the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Yas Marina Circuit supplied a quite distinctive filming surroundings for “F1: The Film.”

Cameras rolled on the “F1” film, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski, through the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December 2024 on the Yas Marina Circuit. A workforce comprising Pitt and co-star Damson Idris spent a complete of 29 days filming within the emirate throughout three separate events, supported by native manufacturing accomplice Epic Movies, in response to an announcement.

“F1,” which is touted as the primary movie to seize on observe footage throughout a stay Grand Prix race, additionally filmed at different precise Components 1 occasions such because the British Grand Prix, the Rolex 24 at Daytona in addition to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Within the video (which you’ll be able to watch above), Kosinski calls the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, simply east of Abu Dhabi – which is believed to be the costliest Components One Monitor ever constructed – an “ideally suited place to movie” as a result of it’s “such a definite setting in such a wonderful location.” Kosinski goes on to level out that “all 10 groups [in the race] allowed us to shoot a scene for an hour” which was “a extremely unimaginable expertise.”

“F1,” government producer Tim Bampton underlined the truth that “bringing in a serious film manufacturing to create an eleventh workforce within the pit lane was a extremely unprecedented endeavor.”

“We had each automobile of their workforce,” famous Pitt who referred to as it “simply superb.”

In the meantime, after Yas Marina hosted the Center East premiere of “F1: The Film” on June 26, the movie has been performing properly within the area. Most notably, it has overperformed within the United Arab Emirates, scoring a roughly $2.7 million first body that’s being touted as the largest opening within the emirate for an Apple film and likewise for Pitt and Kosinski.

Abu Dhabi has been stepping up efforts to lure extra movie and TV shoots to the United Arab Emirates’ capital by enhancing its new rebate, which is now set to succeed in as much as 50% of certified below-the-line spend beginning in January.

Main Hollywood productions which have shot in Abu Dhabi over the previous decade embrace “Dune: Half Two,” “Mission: Unattainable – Lifeless Reckoning Half One,” “Star Wars: The Drive Awakens,” “6 Underground” and “Livid 7,” in addition to Bollywood hits corresponding to “Vikram Vedha,” “Tiger Zinda Hai” and “Bharat.”