Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012: Friday, October 19 film picks



There's just two days of festival left. Here are our recommendations for today.

Lore Australia's entry in the Foreign Language section of next year's Oscars, this drama from Cate Shortland follows five destitute sibling in Nazi German who must travel 900km to their grandmother's house Marina Mall, Vox 6, 5.45pm

The Good, The Bad and The Weird Inspired by a certain Sergio Leone film with a rather similar title, this South Korean adventure see two outlaws and a bounty hunter, on the treasure hunt while on the run from the Japanese army and Chinese bandits in the 1940s. Mexico meets Manchuria. Marina Mall, Vo 4, 6.30pm

Lawrence of Arabia Take a peek at the role that brought Omar Sharif to international attention some fifty years ago in David's Lean now digitally restored classic. Peter O'Toole has just announced his retirement, which sadly means a sequel is out of the question. Oh, and take a cushion – it's 222 minutes long. Marina Mall Vox 5, 7pm

The bio

Favourite book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Favourite travel destination: Maldives and south of France

Favourite pastime: Family and friends, meditation, discovering new cuisines

Favourite Movie: Joker (2019). I didn’t like it while I was watching it but then afterwards I loved it. I loved the psychology behind it.

Favourite Author: My father for sure

Favourite Artist: Damien Hurst

TOURNAMENT INFO

Fixtures
Sunday January 5 - Oman v UAE
Monday January 6 - UAE v Namibia
Wednesday January 8 - Oman v Namibia
Thursday January 9 - Oman v UAE
Saturday January 11 - UAE v Namibia
Sunday January 12 – Oman v Namibia

UAE squad
Ahmed Raza (captain), Rohan Mustafa, Mohammed Usman, CP Rizwan, Waheed Ahmed, Zawar Farid, Darius D’Silva, Karthik Meiyappan, Jonathan Figy, Vriitya Aravind, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Basil Hameed, Chirag Suri