The fourth Abu Dhabi Film Festival, which runs from Oct. 14-23, will open with Randall Wallace's "Secretariat," starring John Malkovich and Diane Lane. Tsui Hark's "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" will serve as the closing night film.
The festival has programmed twelve world premieres: "Here Comes the Rain" by Bahij Hojeij; "Taming," Nidal Al-Dibs; "Homeland," George Sluizer; "A Man’s Story," Varon Bonicas; "Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace," Harry Hunkele; "In/Out of the Room," Dina Hamza; "Living Skin," Fawzi Saleh; "Ok, Enough, Goodbye," Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia; "Qarantina," Oday Rasheed; “Sun Dress," Saeed Salmeen; "Wrecked," Michael Greenspan; and "Paan Singh Tomar," Tigmanshu Dhulia.
The festival will include three competitions for features that offer cash awards totaling $1 million. The narrative and documentary competitions will be joined this year by the New Horizons section, a competition for first- and second-time directors.
"This...
The festival has programmed twelve world premieres: "Here Comes the Rain" by Bahij Hojeij; "Taming," Nidal Al-Dibs; "Homeland," George Sluizer; "A Man’s Story," Varon Bonicas; "Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace," Harry Hunkele; "In/Out of the Room," Dina Hamza; "Living Skin," Fawzi Saleh; "Ok, Enough, Goodbye," Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia; "Qarantina," Oday Rasheed; “Sun Dress," Saeed Salmeen; "Wrecked," Michael Greenspan; and "Paan Singh Tomar," Tigmanshu Dhulia.
The festival will include three competitions for features that offer cash awards totaling $1 million. The narrative and documentary competitions will be joined this year by the New Horizons section, a competition for first- and second-time directors.
"This...
- 9/27/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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