Movies' Mideast mirror: former Tribeca chief Peter Scarlet pushes Abu Dhabi fest to better reflect homegrown pics.(EMIRATI EMBRACE)(Middle East International Film Festival)

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It's all about change this year at Abu Dhabi's Middle East Intl. Film Festival with the arrival of former Tribeca exec director Peter Scarlet as fest topper. With the respected and experienced Scarlet now at the helm, hopes are high that the oil-rich emirate's fest will be able to deliver its undoubted potential in its third year. The first thing Scarlet has done is make sure that more films from the region are actually selected.

"When I came here, one of the ideas from the outset was, if you have something called the Middle East Film Festival, it ought to be representing the Middle East," Scarlet says. "There is strong work here. Most of us …