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Live from Abu Dhabi Connect the World takes you on a journey across continents, investigating the stories that are changing our world.

Live from Abu Dhabi Connect the World takes you on a journey across continents, investigating the stories that are changing our world.

Emirati film opens Abu Dhabi film festival

October 23rd, 2014
05:12 PM ET

The eighth edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival has kicked off and ahead of that Becky got a chance to sit down with Emirati filmmaker Ali Mostafa. His film, From A to B, will open the 10-day movie extravaganza. It is the first time a locally-produced film kicks of the event and for Ali that's a source of pride and a sign of the UAE's growing film industry.

The Holy Land through the lens of photographers

October 23rd, 2014
04:49 PM ET

This Place brings together 12 photographers from around the world to explore the socio-political reality of the Holy Land.  The artist behind the project, Frederic Brennerbelieves only through such images can the world understand the complexities of Israelis and Palestinians, their history and their daily life. The 12 photographers participating in This Place are Wendy Ewald, Martin Kollar, Josef Koudelka, Jungjin Lee, Gilles Peress, Fazal Sheikh, Stephen Shore, Rosalind Solomon, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall, Nick Waplington, and Frederic Brenner himself.