Film Programme
The DIFF's highly acclaimed film programme presents cinema from around the world encompassing a range of topical and universal themes.
Opening the Festival with the world's first public screeing of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the DIFF in 2011 screened 171 films from 56 countries, including 46 world premieres, 25 international premieres, 78 Middle East premieres and seven GCC premieres, delivering on its promise to bring never-before-seen quality films to the people of the UAE. The films, made in more than 32 languages from Cantonese to Catalan, spanned the DIFF's prestigious competition and popular out-of-competition segments, attracting more than 50,000 in audience attendance.
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