Emirati director's new movie to open Abu Dhabi Film Festival

This year’s edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) will open for the first time with a locally produced film – From A to B by Emirati director Ali Mostafa and Image Nation Abu Dhabi, it has been announced.

The closing film of the festival has also been confirmed as Disney’s animation film Big Hero 6. The Festival will open on October 23 and will last until November 1.

Famed for the award winning 2009 film City of Life, Mostafa’s second full length feature film follows three Western-educated Arab youths who travel 1,500 miles from Abu Dhabi to Beirut in memory of their deceased best friend, who passed away five years earlier.

Ali Al Jabri, director of ADFF, said: “We are delighted to feature a locally produced film as opening title of this year’s festival. The success of high-calibre Arab filmmakers like Ali Mostafa is a testament to the vibrancy of filmmaking in the region.

Original article by Andy Sambidge

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