Sir Patrick Stewart, Cate Blanchett, Irrfan Khan and Sonam Kapoor were amongst the stars who walked the DIFF Opening Carpet.
The Dubai International Film Festival opened its doors with regional and international stars walking the red carpet at the Madinat Jumeirah on December 6. The inaugural night of the eight-day festival saw the MENA premiere of Scott Coopers Western masterpiece, Hostiles, starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike. The film was the first of more than 140 works from 51 countries to be screened at the festival.
The 14th edition was also attended by HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Stars on the red carpet included Cate Blanchett, Wahid Hamed, Sir Patrick Stewart, Hend Sabri, Vanessa Williams, David Harbour, Youssra, Mona Wassef, Aida Riad, Abdel Rahman Abu Zahra, Safeya Al Omary, Ahmad Ezz, Menna Shalaby, Nayla Al Khaja, Mohamed Buali, Claes Bang, Sonam Kapoor, Tuba Büyüstün, Olga Kurylenko, Magdi Ahmed Ali, Nadine Njeim, Hani Al Shaibani, Bushra, Marwan Hamed, Basel Khayyat, Nisreen Tafesh, Dima Al Jundi, Mais Hamdan, Mai Hamdan, Fareed Ramadan, Dominic Cooke, Martina Gedeck, Ahd Kamel, Mehdi M. Barsaoui, Ahmad Abdalla, and Raed Andoni.
DIFFs Opening Ceremony recognised those whose work has made a lasting mark on the industry with awards that recognised achievements for outstanding contributions to cinema. The four recipients at this years festival are Egyptian writer Wahid Hamed, for his prolific and impactful influence on cinema ; talent of stage and screen Sir Patrick Stewart, for a decades-long career of iconic cinema, celebrated Indian actor Irrfan Khan, whose unique character work has made waves across Indian and global screens and internationally acclaimed Australian actress and two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett.
