The Gulf Film Festival kicks off in Dubai on April 13th and will be the first festival of its kind to spotlight Gulf filmmakers. In addition to the Bahraini ‘Four Girls,’ in competition will be new features from Saudi directors, Abdulla Abu Talib and Mamoun Bonni, and Kuwaiti directors, Hasan Abdal and Faisal Sham.

Also included will be a screening of Iraqi director, Mohammed Al-Daradji’s ‘Ahlaam,’ which had its US Premiere at the Arab Film Festival in 2006.

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