As you’ll have read in this week’s Time Out Abu Dhabi, the city’s film festival is one for the people. The red carpet will be rolled out on Thursday night, with stars rumoured to include Kate Winslet, Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson pulling on designer togs in preparation.
Sceptics are keen to dismiss the big names as money-grabbing timewasters, reputedly paid vast sums to wave at the cameras before jumping in an Al Ghazal taxi back to AUH without so much as a nod to the grand mosque (we’re looking at you, Demi Moore), but there are those that put in the hard graft. This year, the stars jetting in to meet, greet and chat with Abu Dhabi’s film lovers include Julianne Moore (A Single Man, The Big Lebowski, Boogie Nights), Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, The Accidental Husband) and this week’s big Time Out interview star, Adrien Brody (The Pianist, King Kong, Predators).
Along with a host of Middle Eastern cinema notables, the Hollywood A-listers will be taking your questions at the National Theatre and the Emirates Palace tent, and lounging around for tea and cucumber sandwiches with you and your buddies at the events and times listed below.
Key Events
A conversation with Yosra and Yehia El Fakharany, with Khaled Abol Naga
4pm, October 15. Abu Dhabi Theatre
The making of Wrecked
Featuring Michael Greenspan (Director), Adrien Brody (Actor) and Kyle Mann (Producer)
2pm, October 16. Abu Dhabi Theatre
A conversation with Lebleba
2pm, October 17. Festival Tent, Emirates Palace
A conversation with Julianne Moore
2.30pm, October 18. Festival Tent, Emirates Palace
A conversation with Abbas Kiarostami
Featuring a screening of Hamideh Razavi’s Original Certified Copy, shot during the making of Kiarostami’s Certified Copy
3pm, October 19. Festival Tent, Emirates Palace
A conversation with Uma Thurman
2pm, October 22. Abu Dhabi Theatre
Events are free of charge, and tickets are available on a first come first serve basis from Emirates Palace and the National Theatre from October 14
