From the world famous Venice Film Festival that has been taking place in August on the idyllic island of Lido in Venice, Italy since 1932, the Cannes International Film Festival held in Cannes France since 1946 to the Berlin International Film Festival founded in 1951, incidentally the largest in terms of attendance and the Dubai International Film Festival, film festivals, for the last seventy or more years, have been a place where directors, actors and enthusiasts congregate to participate, view and enjoy feature, experimental and independent films. While the 2014 editions of the Berlin, Venice and Cannes Festivals have already been concluded, guests residing in Dubai luxury hotels this December will have the opportunity to attend the 11th Dubai International Film Festival scheduled to be held from 10 – 17 December this year.
Established in 2004, the Festival held in 2013 screened films such as 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle as well as Indian films such as The Lunch Box and The Voiding Soul, thereby attracting an amazing pool of talent from across the world. By opting to stay at a hotel such as the Desert Palm Dubai, guests may even have the opportunity to encounter some of these celebrities and partake in the festivities.
The 2014 Festival will be conducted at multiple different venues including the Madinat Arena, complete with a red carpet, the Madinat Theatre and the Mall of Emirates. Additionally, patrons will also have the option of purchasing a ticket package for the duration of the event which entails numerous benefits, advantages and privileges. For large groups, the 25 Tickets Deal would be a wonderful investment. The Dubai International Film Festival 2014 promises to be a truly spectacular event and with its most successful edition having been successfully concluded in 2013, one can expect a truly amazing and star studded affair this year!
Intrigued by history, art and food, Shazzana Hamid is a writer who is passionate about the extraordinary. Disguised as Lavinia Woolf she writes of the exhilarating and enchanting.
