The thirdDubai International Film Festival has opened with a premiere of Bobby and evident grand plans to becomean industry centrepoint of the
With a newindustry office operating out of Dubai for the first time, international guestsare holding panel sessions with Middle Eastern film-makers, an exchange ofideas which will culminate in the Operation Cultural Bridge panel on Friday tobe attended by Richard Gere, Oliver Stone, UTV chiefRonnie Screwvala; Maji-da Abdi, producer of Bamako;Egyptian directorMohammed Khan and EncounterPoint's co-director and co-writer Julia Bacha.The panel will be moderated by Al JazeeraInternational's Riz Khan.
Internationalindustry guests at Dubai this year include Fortissimo co-chairmen Michael J.Werner and Wouter Barendrecht,the Binger Lab's Ido Abram, Strand's Marcus
Thecelebrity line-up is a more mixed bunch, starting with MosDef's surprising rap performance at the gala openingnight party introduced by Bobby'sLaurence Fishburne, including his Bobby co-star JoshuaJackson andhis girlfriend Diane Kruger and running to DesperateHousewives' Jesse Metcalf and his girlfriend, UK girl group tabloid fixtureNadine Coyle.
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