Actor Tom Cruise was the undisputed star on the red carpet at the opening of the Dubai Film Festival, sharing the limelight with Bollywood stars and the widow of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. Cruise attended the screening of his latest release, ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’, which was filmed in Dubai and includes a dramatic scene where the US actor climbs the sides of the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, which stands 828 metres high. Dozens of adoring fans stormed the red carpet on Cruise’s arrival at the opening event Wednesday night with Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, trying to catch a glimpse of the world famous star. The film, the fourth in a series, was partly financed by Dubai, which is working to establish itself as global destination for film production. Also on the red carpet was Arafat’s widow Suha, who is to introduce a documentary film on the late Palestinian leader, ‘The Price of Kings: Yasser Arafat’.
