MUMBAI: The Brad Bird directed Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol will open the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) on December 7a week before it opens to cinema audience on December 14.

The fourth of the Mission Impossible series was shot in the city and the trailer features a scene in the city in which Tom Cruise clutches onto the sides of Burj Khalifa, in the hope of scaling the world‘s tallest building.

The film also includes extensive shots of the city, from the financial district, the old urban area, and the nearby Palm Island construction.