The Mohammed Assaf biopic, The Idol, will have its UAE premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival, which begins on December 9.
The Palestinian singer and 2013 Arab Idol winner revealed the news exclusively to The National at the film’s European premiere at The London Film Festival on Monday.
“That’s the plan,” he says. “We have a Doha festival to come within the next month and then we will show in Dubai at the festival.”
The Idol producer Ali Jaafar said a general UAE release could follow as early as December.
“We are looking at before the end of the year – we haven’t quite tied down the release date yet,” he says. “It could be a Christmas movie but it might slip to January – but we want to get it out as quick as possible.
“We are proud of the film. We want audiences to enjoy it, we want to take their mind off the difficulties in the region for a couple of hours.”
Jaffar says there are big plans for the film’s regional release.
Original article by Kaleem Aftab
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Mohammed Assaf’s ‘The Idol’ to get UAE premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival
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