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'Amelia' to open Qatar film fest

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 11:06 by shalini.bahadur

Doha, Qatar, Sept. 29: Mira Nair's "Amelia" is set to open the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar, organizers announced Tuesday.

The movie about iconic aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart stars two-time Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank and Golden Globe-winner Richard Gere.

Twelve of the other 32 films on the festival's slate have roots in the Middle East. Offering a diverse selection of titles from the international festival circuit, by both emerging and established directors, the Doha festival is to run from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1.

Festival activities will be headquartered at the I.M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art, organizers said.

Stars lining up for Rome film festival

Sat, 09/26/2009 - 01:24 by Salinder Kumar

Rome -- George Clooney, Colin Farrell, Richard Gere, Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep are to attend October's Rome International Film Festival, organizers said.

Also expected to attend the festivities Oct. 15-23 are Monica Bellucci, Andrea Bocelli, Valeria Solarino, Sergio Castellitto and Michele Placido, the Italian news agency ANSA said.

''We're delighted to have such an array of Hollywood royalty returning to the Tiber," Festival Artistic Director Gian Luigi Rondi said Friday. "But Italy's finest will also be in full view."

Streep, who will be on hand for a screening of her film "Julia & Julia," is to be presented with the Marc'Aurelio d'Oro award for career achievement.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.