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Abu Dhabi Film Festival Kicks Off With Local Production
The Middle East event handed producer Ed Pressman a lifetime achievement award
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Producer Ed Pressman to Get Abu Dhabi Film Festival Honor
The event will honor the 'Wall Street' producer, with French-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb also getting a career achievement award
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‘The Lunchbox’ Star Irrfan Khan to Head Up Abu Dhabi Film Festival Jury
The event opens Oct. 24 with the world premiere of Emirati film 'From A to B'
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Abu Dhabi Film Festival Adds Cannes, Toronto Favorites to Lineup
The upcoming event also features a number of Arab titles, several financially-backed by the festival
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‘Big Hero 6’ to Close Abu Dhabi Film Festival
The event's eighth edition will open for the first time with a world premiere by a local Emirati director
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Jia Zhangke’s ‘A Touch of Sin’ Wins $100,000 Abu Dhabi Film Festival Prize
This year's festival draws to a close with Judi Dench also on the winner's roster for her turn in "Philomena."
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Before Snowfall (For snowen faller): Abu Dhabi Review
A Kurdish Iraqi boy comes of age obliged to carry out an honor killing against his sister.
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The World Before Her: Abu Dhabi Review
Nisha Pahuja's prize-winning documentary alternates between two very different perspectives of current Indian society.
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Harraga Blues: Abu Dhabi Review
Karim Hamzaoui and Zakaria Ramdane star in Algerian veteran Moussa Haddad's drama of trans-Mediterranean immigration, a world premiere in Competition at Abu Dhabi.
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Approved For Adoption (Couleur de Peau: Miel): Abu Dhabi Review
Co-directed by Laurent Boileau and "Jung," this French-Belgian co-production uses animation to adapt the latter's graphic-novel memoir of his formative years.
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A World Not Ours (A’Lamun Laysa Lana): Abu Dhabi Review
London-based writer/director/cinematographer Mahdi Fliefel's prize-winning debut documents a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
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