Dubai Rolls Out Red Carpet For ‘The Kite Runner’ Cast, Filmmakers

“The Kite Runner,” which made a noticeable impact on this year’s Chicago International Film Festival, just attended a closing-night, red-carpet gala at the fourth-annual Dubai International Film Festival.

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner


The photos above, which were sent to me from the Chicago publicist for the film, also came with this caption:

The young actors from the recently released feature film “The Kite Runner” – including Zekiria Ebrahimi, Ali Danish Bakhtyari and Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada – attended the closing night gala of the fourth-annual Dubai International Film Festival.

The boys were joined by best-selling author Khaled Hosseini, the film’s producers (E. Bennett Walsh, Bill Horberg, Rebecca Yeldham and Walter Parkes) as well as fellow cast members Homayoun Ershadi (“Baba”) and Khalid Abdalla (“Adult Amir”).

HollywoodChicago.com photos from “The Kite Runner” premiere on Oct. 4, 2007 at the Chicago International Film Festival follow.

The Kite Runner director Marc Forster at the Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 4, 2007
“The Kite Runner” director Marc Forster at the
Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 4, 2007.
Photo by Evan O’Donnell/HollywoodChicago.com

From left to right, The Kite Runner director Marc Forster, author Khaled Hosseini and star Khalid Abdalla at the Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 4, 2007
From left to right, “The Kite Runner” director Marc Forster, author
Khaled Hosseini and star Khalid Abdalla at the Chicago International
Film Festival on Oct. 4, 2007.
Photo by Evan O’Donnell/HollywoodChicago.com

“The Kite Runner” opened in limited U.S. theaters on Dec. 14.

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