MENA Premiere of US Box Office Hit 'Argo' at DTFF 2012

Doha, November 04 (QNA) - The fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), the annual cultural event organised by Doha Film Institute (DFI) to be held from November 17 to 24, 2012, will present the MENA premiere of Ben Affleck's hostage thriller Argo. On Wednesday, 21st November at Souq Waqif's Al Rayyan Theater, DTFF attendees will have the chance to experience the excitement of the film before it has its official release in Doha and the region. The third film, directed by Ben Affleck, is based on events from recently declassified CIA files and reveals the extraordinary behind-the-scenes drama of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. After three weeks of its international release, Argo has already earned more than 60 million USD and is heading towards the 100 million dollar mark at the American Box office. (QNA)