After hosting the world premiere of the new "Mission Impossible" movie as well as a wide variety of films from Africa, Asia and the Arab world, the Dubai International Film Festival ended today with a closing ceremony that announced Palestinian film "Habibi Rasak Kharban" by Susan Youssef as the fest's winner of the Fipresci award and best Arab feature award. "Habibi"is a story of forbidden love and is the first feature set in Gaza in over 15 years. It's also the only Palestinian film release of 2011. A complete list of the fest's winners is below: Lifetime Achievement Awards: Gamil Ratib A. Rahman Werner Herzog The du People’s Choice Award: Als Der Weihnachtsmann Vom Himmel Fiel (When Santa Fell To Earth) by Oliver Dieckmann – Germany The annual ‘Prize of the International Critics’ for Arab films from the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci), the...
- 12/14/2011
- Indiewire
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