Colin Firth among stars at Dubai Film Festival (SCOTTISH PASSPORT)

British actor Colin Firth was among the stars to grace the red carpet at the Dubai International Film Festival last week, attending a charity ball and auction on Saturday night with his Italian wife Livia.

The couple posed for photographers as they entered the 'One Night to change Lives' event, which raised half a million dollars for local agency Dubai Cares and international charity Oxfam.


Other stars to attend included Sex and the City's Kristin Davis, Rooney Mara from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto.

The majority of the ladies were proudly taking part in Livia Firth's Green Carpet Challenge – which encourages the stars at red carpet events to wear clothing which is sustainably produced as well as stylish.

The green entrepreneur and film producer came up with the idea of the challenge in 2009, with journalist Lucy Siegle, and now insists on wearing ethical fashion to all events.


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Colin Firth,Stars raise $542,000 for charity in Dubai (TABLOID)

The Oxfam charity gala on the sidelines of Diff saw celebrities out in full force

By Manjusha Radhakrishnan, Senior ReporterPublished: 12:23 December 15, 2012

TAB_121214_OXFAM_RED_CARPET Actor Colin Firth with his wife Livia at the red carpet for the Cares and Oxfam 'One Night to Change Lives' Charity Gala, at the Armani Hotel, during the 2012 Dubai International Film Festival ? photo Zarina Fernandes/ Gulfnews

The slight drizzle in Dubai on Friday threatened to pull the rug (or should we say red carpet) right from under our feet. But when you have stars such as Colin Firth, Frieda Pinto, Kristin Davis of ‘Sex And The City’ fame, Rooney Maara and Arab star Amr Waked in the same house despite some moody clouds, it would take no less than a hurricane to make the journalists in the press pen budge. And what a night it was.

The annual black-tie charity gala One Night To Change Lives held in association with Dubai Cares and Oxfam held outdoors against the backdrop of a towering Burj Khalifa and the magnificent fountains at Armani Hotel Dubai lived up to its lucrative reputation.

The stars joined forces and raised a whopping $542,000 (Dh1,990,386) in less than three hours of relentless but highly entertaining bidding. This year’s collection may not have surpassed last year’s $1 million mark, but it’s never easy to put a price to an evening that saw Firth impulsively auctioning off his Paul Smith “guilt-free” organic tuxedo or Frieda Pinto teasing the bidders to unzip their wallets to take home her strapless red Valentino gown that she was wearing for the night.

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Dubai film fest: Where to meet Freida Pinto... or Colin Firth (EMIRATES)

As the curtains rise on the seven-day affair, we look at the best spots to catch the starry action in the emirate

By Bindu Suresh Rai Published Monday, December 10, 2012

As the curtains have risen on the ninth edition of the Dubai International Film Festival, the city is fast becoming a playground for the very famous to soak up some winter sun, while wrapping up official red carpet appearances in between.

This year, the film festival is playing host to Hollywood’s top brass Oscar winners such as Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett and Colin Firth; meanwhile, damsel turned diva, Freida Pinto, is also returning to the city that gave her a starry status when it screened ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ several years ago.

If you want to be very all the action is, here’s a nifty guide by Emirates 24|7 to catch all the stars in the flesh these next eight days.

Red Carpet Galas

Fans of Hollywood elite need go no further than the red carpet enclosure at the Madinat Arena every night from 6pm to catch their favourite stars.

International celebrities flying into Dubai this December include: Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett, Colin Firth, Livia Firth, Frieda Pinto, Rooney Mara, Kirsten Davis, Amr Waked, Bryan Ferry, Suraj Sharma, Steve Oram, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jessica Mauboy, Shravanthi Sainath and Adil Hussain and Erica Linz.

Phew!

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Oscar winner Colin Firth set for Dubai's DIFF (ARABIAN BUSINESS.COM)

The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on Tuesday announced that Oscar winning actor Colin Firth and his fashion entrepreneur wife Livia will attend the event this year to support the annual 'One Night to Change Lives' charity.

The couple who are Global Ambassadors for Oxfam, will be joined by actresses Kristin Davis and Rooney Mara at the black-tie charity evening on December 14 at the Armani Hotel in Dubai.

Amr Waked and Ali Mostafa will also attend the exclusive gala dinner and auction which will raise funds for the UAE-based Dubai Cares and Oxfam.

This will be the second year that Colin Firth has attended DIFF, following his visit to promote the multi-award winning film, The King's Speech in 2010.


Oxfam has worked with Dubai Cares since 2008 to improve access and quality education for nearly 63,000 school children in some of the world's poorest countries including Mali, Niger, and Pakistan.

Oxfam's Global Ambassadors include A-list actors Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Minnie Driver, Gael Garcia Bernal, Djimon Hounsou, Kristin Davis, Rahul Bose; musicians Coldplay and Annie Lennox; Helena Christensen and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

A number of Oxfam ambassadors are expected to attend the December event.

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Colin Firth and Rooney Mara at DIFF British actor, Dragon Tattoo actress join Sex and the City’s Kristen Davis at Dubai International Film Festival Oxfam gala Staff Report (GULF NEWS)

Dubai: Colin And Livia Firth, Rooney Mara and Kristin Davis will attend the Dubai International Film Festival’s second ‘One Night To Change Lives’ charity gala on November 14, it was announced on Tuesday. The gala, which raises funds for Dubai Cares and Oxfam, is under the patronage of UN Messenger of Peace, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussain, wife of Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

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