Dubai Media City on Sunday announced that the second Dubai International Film Festival will be held from December 11-17, 2005. According to WAM, the inaugural Dubai International Film Festival was held between December 6 and 11, 2004, and featured 76 films including features, retrospectives and short films.
More than 13,000 people from around the UAE and the world attended the screenings during the six-day event, with ticket sales crossing the 18,000 mark on the fifth day.