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Lights, camera, action...stage set for Dubai International Film Festival

A galaxy of stars, including Hollywood firebrand director Oliver Stone with his controversial bioepic W, is set to descend upon Dubai for DIFF.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 23:39 December 10, 2008
  • Gulf News

  • Image Credit: hadrian Hernandez/Gulf News
  • A member of the international media prepares for the coverage of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) 2008 yesterday at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai. A galaxy of stars, including Hollywood firebrand director Oliver Stone with his controversial bioepic W, is set to descend upon Dubai.

Dubai: A member of the international media prepares for the coverage of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) 2008 at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai.

A galaxy of stars, including Hollywood firebrand director Oliver Stone with his controversial bioepic W, is set to descend upon Dubai.

Lending weight to Stone and bolstering the overall star power are A-listers including Nicholas Cage, Salma Hayek, Laura Linney, Abhishek Bachchan and Goldie Hawn.

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