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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5985</guid> <description><![CDATA[2008 Dubai Film Festival Awards 2008 Dubai Film Festival: Dec. 11-18, 2008 &#160; In Lyes Salem's Masquerades, an arrogant man (played by Salem) living with his family in an Algerian village has one dream: to be respected by those around him. The problem is that he has a sister whom everyone believes will end up a spinster. To resolve the issue, the man tells everyone [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/dubai-film-festival-awards-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dubai Film Festival 2007: FROZEN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/frozen-at-the-dubai-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/frozen-at-the-dubai-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:13:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/dubai-film-festival-2007/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 4th Dubai International Film Festival, which runs from December 9-16, will offer several world premieres, mostly in its Arabian Nights and Celebration of Indian Cinema sidebars. Among the premieres are: the Arabian Nights sidebar gala, Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch's Whatever Lola Wants, starring Carmen Lebbos and Laura Ramsey (right) as, respectively, a legendary Egyptian dancer and a New York dance student; Amin Matalqa's Captain [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/dubai-film-festival-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Al Jazeera Documentary CONTROL ROOM, Orlando Bloom: Dubai 2004</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/dubai-international-film-festival-2004/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/dubai-international-film-festival-2004/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:33:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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