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Skip To Navigation Skip To Content February 03 2012 | Last updated Publications: [Select______________] (Go) Go Jump to: [Select_____________] (Go) Go gulfnews.com Search Keywords: Search Gulf News____ [gulfnews] (Search) Search Advanced Search | Mobile version | ePaper edition * Home + Hot topics: Dubai Shopping Festival | Make It Safe | Unrest in Middle East | Man with a mission | Prayer timings * News + UAE | Oman | Bahrain | Qatar | Kuwait | Yemen | Saudi Arabia | Region | World * Business + Aviation | Construction | Markets | Oil & Gas | Property | Technology | Tourism | Your Money * Sport + Basketball | Cricket | Football | Golf | Horse Racing | Rugby | Sailing | Tennis * Life + Food | Window Shopping | Motoring | Travel | Gadgets & Tech | Beauty & Fashion | Home & Interiors | People | Health | Education * Entertainment + Books | Celebrity | Film & Cinema | Gaming | Internet | Music | Performing and Visual Arts | Television * Guides + Ask The Law | Dining out | Events Calendar | Upload an event | Resident Guide | Tourist Guide | Prayer timings | Weather * Opinion + Meet our writers | Cartoons | Columnists | Editorials | Letters | Off the Cuff | Your say | Speak Your Mind * Video + Arts & Entertainment | Business | Life & Style | Motoring | News | Sport | Technology | Travel * Pictures + Upload a picture | Business | Arts & Entertainment | Day in Pictures | Life & Style | Motoring | News | Sport | Travel | Your pictures | Spotlight * In Focus + Dubai Shopping Festival | National Identity Card | Unrest in Middle East | Make It Safe | Life Challenge * Properties * Wheels * Jobs * Classifieds Subscribe to RSS feeds Entertainment | Celebrity In Doha, De Niro keen to talk about the Arab Spring Festival co-founder De Niro says Doha Tribeca Film Festival important during time of Arab Spring * By Kelly Crane, Senior Reporter * Published: 12:36 November 1, 2011 * Gulf News * Dubai: When the godfather of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) arrived in the Middle East the star had plenty to say about the Arab Spring. Having missed the official awards ceremony, the 68-year-old eventually made it to the red carpet for the closing night screening of Luc Besson's The Lady. And Tribeca Film Festival co-founder De Niro was keen to talk about the Arab Spring, having visited Egypt's Tahrir Square. "Sure I've been there," he said. Asked the importance of DTFF taking place at a time like this in the Middle East De Niro wasn't short of words. Article continues below Click Here! "It's important of course but I'm more interested to see the movies that would come here say in a year or two after the Arab Spring," he said. "I'm very curious obviously. "Let's see what happens with everything that unfolds historically." Dressed in a grey suit, hands firmly clasped in front of him, he thoughtfully continued. "I think it's great. I think it's amazing what technology has done indirectly for communication in the world, so now there's a lot of… I don't wanna say anarchy but chaos, in terms of how things are going to start to focused. Everybody is very curious about how that will happen and hopefully it will happen in a good sense. The reason the Arab Spring arose was because of oppression so now we would hope that things shake down democratically. But I'm sure they'll be a lot of..." he paused. "It's not going to be easy." + Print + Email a friend + More from Celebrity 1. Madonna tight-lipped about Super Bowl show 2. Billy Ray Cyrus signs with Amazon 3. Slumdog star still waiting for dream home 4. 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