Visit our box offices, open every day from noon to 10pm.
- Emirates Palace Hotel
- Cinestar Cinemas in Marina Mall
- Grand Cinemas in Abu Dhabi Mall
Or buy online at www.meiff.com
Mission: The Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) was established in
2007 and is presented annually in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH).
MEIFF seeks to affirm the key place Abu Dhabi holds as an emerging cultural center and to foster the growth of its local film community.
The Festival celebrates cinema in all its forms by creating a vibrant forum for storytellers from the Middle East and around the world.
Film is the most powerful and universally valued way for us to recognize the common threads of each other’s stories, no matter how different the external circumstances of our lives may be. The Middle East International Film Festival aims to exemplify this in its third edition, by presenting the latest work of some of the leading voices in international cinema both new and old, as well as films by Middle Eastern filmmakers who may not yet have received the recognition they merit in the rest of the world.
In addition to its international competitions for narratives and documentaries, MEIFF 09 will place special emphasis on the role of the film composer and will create a new award for film music. Abu Dhabi’s long tradition of environmental activism will be reflected in a series of hardhitting films and the program will be rounded out with retrospective presentations and family films.
Program
#Please check back soon for announcements about the MEIFF ’09 program.
Festival Sections
International Competitions for Narrative Features, Documentary Features and Shorts, all chosen with an eye for works which attempt to dig under the surface of the increasingly complex world we live in, and which favor the filmmaker’s personal vision.
World Cinema Showcase – outstanding recent feature films from around the world shown out of competition.
Gala Screenings of some of the fall’s most eagerly anticipated new releases.
Special Programs – series of films exploring works made in the past but still relevant to today’s viewers or presenting exciting developments and trends in filmmaking around the world.
“What in the world are we doing to our world?” – films devoted to broadening public awareness of significant environmental issues.
Contact
Tel: +971 2 417 7444
Fax: +971 2 443 6076
E-mail: contact@meiff.com
FedEx Deliveries:
Middle East International Film Fesival
New York Film Academy Building
Next to Abu Dhabi TV and opposite Rosary School
Abu Dhabi, UAE
All Other Mail and Courier Services:
Middle East International Film Festival
C/o ADACH
Khalifa Street opposite Al Muhairy Center
PO Box 2380
Abu Dhabi, UAE
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