The Dubai International Film Festival’s ‘In Conversation’ event will be with Jake Gyllenhaal. 

 

The Oscar nominee and Bafta winner will be presented with Variety‘s ‘International Star of the Year’ Award for an outstanding year of cinematic success, that has solidified his reputation as one of the finest actors of his generation, said a statement.

 

Gyllenhaal will take to the stage on December 16 in the Souk Madinat Jumeirah Theatre. 

 

The event will offer DIFF’s audiences an insight into his life, the industry and his filmography and will also include a Q&A opportunity for audience members.​

 

Film fans will get an insight into the actors career from his breakthrough role in Richard Kelly’s ‘Donnie Darko’ and over a decade of commercial and critically acclaimed successes including Sam Mendes’ ‘Jarhead’ (2005), his Bafta winning performance in Ang Lee’s ‘Brokeback Mountain’ (2005), David Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’ (2007), Jim Sheridan’s ‘Brothers’ (2009), Duncan Jones’ ‘Source Code’ (2011), Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Prisoners’ (2013), Dan Gilroy’s ‘Nightcrawler’ (2014), Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Southpaw’ (2015), Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Everest’ (2015) and most recently Jean-Marc Vallee’s ‘Demolition’ (2016).

 

This is a must-see experience for any film fan and tickets are available for Dh50 ($13.6). 

 

The event will be held in conjunction with the 12th edition of the ongoing Dubai International Film Festival. - TradeArabia News Service