The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced its continued partnership with Emirates NBD in supporting the Peoples Choice Award for the 14th edition of the festival which runs December 6-13, 2017. All feature films screened throughout the duration of the festival are eligible for the Peoples Choice Award, with the exception of films in […]
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced its continued partnership with Emirates NBD in supporting the Peoples Choice Award for the 14th edition of the festival which runs December 6-13, 2017. All feature films screened throughout the duration of the festival are eligible for the Peoples Choice Award, with the exception of films in the Cinema for Children programme. The prize is awarded to the film with the highest ratings based on votes by the DIFF audiences.
Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Emirates NBD commented: This year marks the fifth in our continued support of the Peoples Choice Award at Dubai International Film Festival, a landmark event in the UAE cultural calendar. To celebrate our long-term partnership with DIFF, we are delighted to offer our customers a value offer that will enable them to enjoy two cinema tickets for the price of one.
Chairman, DIFF, Abdulhamid Juma adds: We are ever grateful to Emirates NBD who join us for the fifth year. Their continued support of the festival enables us to showcase captivating work from filmmakers from around the world to audiences in the UAE. We look forward to another year of championing independent cinema and celebrating the diverse slate of filmmakers, actors, directors and the brilliance that goes into making feature films.
Last year, Heartstrings, a film from Tunisian filmmaker Michel Boujenah won The Emirates NBD Peoples Choice Award.
