Entertainment

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

ADFF introduces new award for environmental films

The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF), organized by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) announced today that the renewable energy company Masdar will be the Official Partner of the Festival’s program for films on significant environmental issues. ADFF, which runs from October 13-22, 2011 has also announced that the program, presented for the [...]

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Friday, August 5th, 2011

UAE Wildlife is the new Star of a homegrown TV series: The Last Wilderness

The Arabian oryx, the Arabian leopard, desert foxes, vipers, gazelles and other animals are set to star in a TV series devoted to the UAE’s wildlife. A production company is talking with potential backers about making the series, to be called The Last Wilderness of the United Arab Emirates. Wild Planet Productions says the growing [...]

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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Filmmaker goes Wild in the UAE

Sitting in the plush surroundings of Le Royal Meridien in Abu Dhabi, Chadden Hunter resembles many of the high-flying business people dotting the lobby. But the Australian natural and wildlife filmmaker feels more at home in the world’s most extreme terrains, such as the choppy waters of the Antarctic Seas or the Himalayas. Hunter arrived [...]

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Monday, July 11th, 2011

An amazing intimate peek into life on Earth! (video-documentary)

A simple concept: What happens when you send a request out to the world to chronicle, via video, a single day on Earth? People from around the world were invited to film themselves on the same day, documenting their lives as well as answering 3 questions: Who do you love? What’s in your pocket? What [...]

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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Big Oil The Bad Guy In Pixar’s ‘Cars 2′

When it came time to find a villain for the sequel to their 2006 hit “Cars”, Pixar decided that Big Oil would fit the bill. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, director John Lasseter, who has an off-grid, solar home and electric car, discussed the decision saying: “I kept thinking about, ‘OK. [...]

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