Dubai International Film Festival 2008

YOUSSEF CHAHINE: no Arab filmmaker can match this Egyptian director's accomplishments. Our hero, newspaper seller Al Qinawi (spontaneously played by Youssef Chahine), lives among the platforms and

Chahine tackles social issues in truthful fashion, with a story in the vein of Beauty and the Beast. Young Noor lives with her mother and dreams of marrying the honest district attorney whom she

Jang Seoung-up, tempestuous and rebellious, was one of the most famous artists of the Joeson period. He stood alone, creating his own style and form, producing sumptuous landscapes, vibrant flowers,

Harry (Danny Glover) is an unexpected visitor from the South, who ingratiates himself into a black Los Angeles family. The mood shifts nightmarishly, as he seems to be a force of evil, and the family

Danny Glover is centre stage in John Sayles' charming, humorous and blues-soaked evocation of the 1950s American South. Honeydripper is a fading Alabama juke-joint, run by blues-loving Ty ‘Pine Top'