http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/dubai-international-film-festival The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/12/dubai-rolls-out-red-carpet-for-kite.html <p><img src="http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/chevrons.png" border="0" /> “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.</p> <p><center><img src="http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/thekiterunner2.jpg" border="0" ALT="The Kite Runner" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/thekiterunner1.jpg" border="0" ALT="The Kite Runner" /></center><br /> The photos above, which were sent to me from the Chicago publicist for the film, also came with this caption:</p> <blockquote><p>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.</p> <p>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”).</p></blockquote> <p>HollywoodChicago.com photos from <A HREF="http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/10/chicago-international-film-festival.html" TARGET="BLANK"><B>“The Kite Runner” premiere</B></A> on Oct. 4, 2007 at the Chicago International Film Festival follow.</p> <p><center><img src="http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/ciff6.jpg" border="0" ALT="The Kite Runner director Marc Forster at the Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 4, 2007" /><br /> <span style="font-size:80%;">“The Kite Runner” director Marc Forster at the<br>Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 4, 2007.<br><i>Photo by Evan O’Donnell/HollywoodChicago.com</i></span></center><br /> <center><img src="http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/uploaded_images/ciff5.jpg" border="0" ALT="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" /><br /> <span style="font-size:80%;">From left to right, “The Kite Runner” director Marc Forster, author<br>Khaled Hosseini and star Khalid Abdalla at the Chicago International<br>Film Festival on Oct. 4, 2007.<br><i>Photo by Evan O’Donnell/HollywoodChicago.com</i></span></center><br /> “The Kite Runner” opened in limited <span class="caps">U.S.</span> theaters on Dec.&nbsp;14.</p> http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/2007/12/dubai-rolls-out-red-carpet-for-kite.html#comments Adam Fendelman Chicago International Film Festival Dubai International Film Festival HollywoodChicago.com Content Khaled Hosseini Khalid Abdalla Marc Forster The Kite Runner Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:08:19 -0700 HollywoodChicago.com 422 at http://www.hollywoodchicago.com