Message From The Honorary Chairman
We were delighted to introduce to the Dubai landscape in 2004 a new cultural event celebrating excellence in the universally loved medium of filmed entertainment. Film is an ideal tool for trying to enhance cross-cultural understanding around the world.
This is the very purpose and theme of Dubai’s film festival, which seeks to build new international cultural bridges at a time in world history when the need for bridge-building is ever more necessary and important.
Indeed, I hope that our festival can make a contribution, however small, towards promoting peace and understanding on the international stage.
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum
President - Dubai Civil Aviation Authority
Chairman - Dubai Airports
Chairman and CEO - Emirates Group
Honorary Chairman - Dubai International Film Festival
