Monday, October 21--------The Middle East International Film Festival – Abu Dhabi (MEIFF) announced the winners of the Black Pearl Awards at the Closing Night Ceremony held at the Emirates Palace  on Saturday evening. The Black Pearl trophy (designed by Mohammed Gomaa) is a handmade sculpture representing the beautiful and rare black pearl originally discovered in the pristine waters of the Abu Dhabi coastline, and a symbol that is an integral part of Abu Dhabi history and culture. The Bla...

 Tuesday, October 8--------Launching a major international film festival in less than six months time is, among other things, a major crap shoot (can one get the films, the celebrtities and the industry movers and shakers on board?). When the announcements began coming out on the inaugural Middle East International Film Festival, there were skeptics in the roving band of film festival circuit wanderers who openly questioned whether an event of magnitude could be pulled off in such a short peri...

Jon Fitzgerald vient d'être nommé à la tête du futur festival d'Abu Dhabi lancé à Cannes.Jon Fitzgerald a précédemment co fondé Slamdance en 1995 qu'il a ensuite dirigé pendant 2 années avant de rejoindre l'American Film Institute (AFI) (1997-99).Il a ensuite été à la tête du festival de Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Middle East International Film Festival - Abu Dhabi (MEIFF), se tiendra du 12 au 17 Octobre quelques mois avant son concurrent de Dubai....