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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Middle East announces five

Joe Wright's "Atonement" will open the inaugural Middle East International Film Festival.  Though more interesting will be how the other special screenings will play in Abu Dhabi (“the richest city in the world”) - namely DePalma's polarizing "Redacted" and Gavin Hood's "Rendition."  Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There" and Claude Lelouch's "Roman De Gare" will also screen. 

A very American selection so far for this Middle Eastern, international fest.

Maybe the mega-deal Abu Dhabi entered into with Warner Brothers will bring some Arabic special screenings in the future.  Read about it here.

Posted at 12:32PM in Middle East International Film Festival|

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