Winners of the Abu Dhabi Film Festivals Black Pearl Awards in the three competition categories will be announced tonight. The ceremony marking the grand finale of the eighth edition of ADFF will be held at Emirates Palace at 19:00 and will be followed by the premiere of Disney animation picture Big Hero 6, the first […]
Winners of the Abu Dhabi Film Festivals Black Pearl Awards in the three competition categories will be announced tonight. The ceremony marking the grand finale of the eighth edition of ADFF will be held at Emirates Palace at 19:00 and will be followed by the premiere of Disney animation picture Big Hero 6, the first ever public screening of the film in 3D.
The Black Pearl Awards will be declared in the Narrative Features, New Horizons and Documentary Competitions. Additionally, juries will announce the winners of the Child Protection Award, the Our World Competition, the Fipresci and Netpac Award, as well as the Audience Award. There will be screenings of Black Pearl winning films on November 1 at VOX cinemas.
Big Hero 6, the 3D movie from Walt Disney Animation Studios, which will be screened at Emirates Palace at 10:15 is an action-packed comedy and adventure film co-directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, the team behind Frozen and Wreck-it Ralph.
The last film of the Special Programme The Arab Diaspora is screened today, Josef Fares 2000 feature Jalla! Jalla!(VOX 2, 21:30), as well as the final film in this years Homage to François Truffaut, the restored 1970 film The Wild Child (VOX 2, 19:30).
