DubaiInternationalFilmFestival2015 Tag

Dubai International Film Festival 2015: Red Carpet, Moviestars & More The 12th Dubai Intl. Film Festival kicked off yesterday on an intensely emotional note with Lenny Abrahamson’s drama “Room,” accompanied by the film’s young star Jacob Tremblay (9 year old) on the red carpet packed with Arab celebs including Egyptian comic Basem Youssef and Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, plus Western screen icons Catherine Deneuve, pictured, who is being honored with a lifetime achievement award, and Richard Dreyfuss. On stage also the prolific actor Ezzat El Alaili (with his astonishing career in the history of Arab cinema) and Naseeruddin Shah, the versatile Indian actor (during his career spans a range of genres and languages). Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum gave the awards to...