Beiruting News

This year, Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will recognize film's power of imagination through the "Infinite Perspective" theme. The festival, which will be running from December 9 - 16 in Madinat Jumeirah, will feature 55 world and international premieres, 46 MENA premieres, 11 Middle East premieres, 17 GCC premieres as well as documentaries and short films.

The festival will be opening on December 9 with the suspense drama "Room". Directed by Lenny Abrahamson and based on the bestselling novel by Emma Donoghue, "Room" is a story of survival, family and love.
It recounts the tale of a mother played by Brie Larson who is held captive for years with her five-year-old son Jacob Tremblay. They finally gain freedom, which allows the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Closing the festival on December 16 on the other hand, is the comic drama "The Big Short", based on Michael Lewis' best-selling novel and featuring an impressive cast that includes, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell. The actors play four men who predicted the collapse of the credit and housing markets in the mid 2000's.