All Abu Dhabi Film Festival articles – Page 5
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Festival: Arab filmmakers recount troubled beginnings
Five leading Arab filmmakers outlined the difficulties they experienced in launching their careers in a troubled region at an Abu Dhabi Film Festival panel on Tuesday.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Festival: DeSouza brings 3D motion capture to the masses
3D supervisor Clyde DeSouza explained how 3D and motion capture technology - normally the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters - is becoming accessible to low-budget and indie filmmakers, during his 3D Master Class at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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CommentOn a magic carpet ride
The vibrant and glamorous annual Arabian Nights party acts as the perfect centrepiece to the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, blending festival veterans who have been there from day one with bleary-eyed jet-lagged film folk who have just arrived from film festivals in Busan or London.
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CommentMoët musings....
The annual Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s Moët & Chandon party is a natural fit into the golden opulence of the Emirates Palace Hotel.
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FeaturesHala Alabdalla
Paris-based filmmaker Hala Alabdalla was in the middle of making her documentary, As If We Were Catching A Cobra, about cartoonists and caricature artists in Syria and Egypt, when revolution swept the region.
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FeaturesManjeet Singh
The director talks about his debut feature Mumbai’s King, about slum kids in India.
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FeaturesUPDATED: Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 slideshow
Photos from this year’s festival which kicked off with Richard Gere-starring Arbitrage.
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FeaturesEffendee Mazlan
Malaysian husband-and-wife filmmaking team, Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina Isahak, have gone against the grain of the unabashedly commercial Malay-language film industry with Songlap, a drama about the illegal trafficking of babies.
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CommentGoing for gold
The Emirates Palace, venue for the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, includes an ATM that dispenses gold. Sadly, only to those who can afford it.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Film Festival underway in style
Stars attend gala opening at Emirates Palace, Richard Gere teases potential feature in the region.
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NewsRadiant Films International to sell The Citizen
The 3K Pictures drama will screen for buyers after the international premiere on Oct 14 at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.