![DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 14: Abdulla Al Kaabi with the Muhr Emirati Best Feature award for "Al-Rijal Faqat End Al-Dafn (Only Men Go To The Grave)" during the Muhr Awards on day eight of the 13th annual Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex on December 14, 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for DIFF) *** Local Caption *** Abdulla Al Kaabi](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CZFPYMPF6R4SGH5QHX75J3H4EA.jpg?smart=true&auth=9b4232ee94c672f55297db553c2212b91591f9275125f7d0bdf1791bd180f190&width=400&height=225)
Director Abdulla Al Kaabi holds the Muhr Emirati award aloft at last year’s Dubai International Film Festival. Getty Images for Diff
Director Abdulla Al Kaabi holds the Muhr Emirati award aloft at last year’s Dubai International Film Festival. Getty Images for Diff
Award-winning Emirati film Only Men Go to the Grave isn’t designed to shock
The movie is set in 1988 at the end of the Iran-Iraq War, and is inspired by the Arab communities of Iran’s southern provinces
Chris Newbould
09 August, 2017