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Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) announced today that DIFF will be hosting the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Event to be presented during the Fourth edition of the film festival which takes place December 9-16th, 2007. The Dubai International Film Festival was founded on the unique theme ‘Bridging Cultures. Meeting Minds.’ launched in 2004 using the powerful medium of film to serve as a platform for inter-cultural dialogue.   The association with amfAR offers the opportunity to extend the reach of this important mandate into new regions while engaging the voices of influential artists.

The Dubai event will create its own footprint based on the star-studded Cannes benefit under the leadership of amfAR’s Chairman of the Board, Kenneth Cole and amfAR’s Chairman of the Campaign for AIDS Research, Sharon Stone.

In making the announcement, Abdulhamid Juma, Chairman, DIFF, “We are proud to be partnering with this leading world non-profit organization dedicated to fighting AIDS.  DIFF strongly believes in promoting cross-cultural dialogue and raising awareness around issues that impact all of us.  amfAR seemed the perfect partner for our festival given both institutions strive to bring people together in a positive way.”

“We are so proud and thrilled that Sharon Stone has agreed to continue her generous leadership of amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS series at the inaugural fund raiser during the Dubai International Film Festival.  amfAR is grateful to the visionary philanthropy of the Dubai Festival and its sponsors and benefactors.  We look forward to a fruitful relationship which will move us toward our true goal, a world without AIDS,” said Kevin Robert Frost, amfAR's Interim Chief Executive Officer.