Yesterday we had the Middle East Premier at Dubai International Film Festival. The festival is running with the motto "Bridging Cultures. Meeting Minds." You can imagine that MY FATHER. MY UNCLE. perfectly fits into the programme. And the interest for the film is extremely high which I did not expect before. It is part of the section "Arabian Nights". Press, industry and normal audience are asking a lot about our film. The first screening was sold out quickly and the responses were again overwhelming. The audience consisted of about 1/3 Locals/ Arabs / Iraqis, 1/3 International Festival Audience and 1/3 Western Expats living in Dubai. It was really interesting to see their different reactions. Not always did everybody laugh at the same moments.
After the screening we kept it as a surprise that Sinan and his family are present so everybody was kind of shocked when they entered the stage. The Q&A wasn't really different from the other screenings at European festivals but it was the first time the whole family was there together. I will put up a video of the Q&A on the blog within the next couple of days.
I wish to thank the curator Antonia Carver and the artistic director of the festival Masoud Amralla Al Ali for inviting the film and the great hospitality here. The motto "Bridging Cultures. Meeting Minds." really works out well here as filmmakers from the Arabic world, India / Pakistan / Asia and the Western world meet together. And the industry line up is really amazing! This is a wonderful and inspiring experience.
The 2nd screening will take place on Monday, 14/12/2009 at 15:15 MALL OF THE EMIRATES 06
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