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Doha Film Institute Unveils Venues & Awards Worth $300,000 For New Fall Festival The Doha Film Institute has revealed fresh details about its new Doha Film Festival, including awards worth more than $300,000 in total. The inaugural edition of the festival, which builds on the DFI’s decade-old youth and family-skewed Ajyal Film Festival, will run from November 20 to 28. It will feature four competition strands: the International […]

Doha Film Institute’s Qumra Event Provides Young Arab Directors Hope Amid Middle East Mayhem: C...

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Event Attributes

Johnnie To Talks Creative Block As He Struggles To Complete Hong Kong Film ‘Hope’; Confirms Plans For Hokkaido-Shot Gangster Movie Johnnie To has revealed that he has been working on a Hong Kong-set drama entitled Hope for the past three years exploring the current state of play in his home territory. He also confirmed rumors that surfaced in late 2024 that he is planning to shoot a gangster movie in Japan’s mountainous Hokkaido region at […]

Lav Diaz Hints At Cannes Premiere For Ferdinand Magellan Film Starring Gael García Bernal Filipino director Lav Diaz has revealed that a shortened cut of his long-awaited feature Beatrice, The Wife, starring Gael García Bernal as Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, could premiere in Cannes this May. Speaking in a masterclass at the Doha Film Festival’s Qumra event on Sunday, Diaz said he had just finished cutting a two hour, […]

Doha Film Institute CEO Addresses Attack On Palestinian ‘No Other Land’ Director: “Even An Oscar Does Not Offer Safety From Violent Oppression” – Qumra The ratcheting up of the Israel-Gaza conflict and recent attacks on pro-Palestinians activists loomed large at the opening of the Doha Film Institute’s annual talent and project meeting on Friday. Some 300 attendees gathered for the welcoming meet and greet at Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art, followed by a masterclass by Brazilian director Walter Salles, […]

Market In Focus: Qatari Filmmakers Line-Up Features As Doha Film Institute Marks 15th Anniversary — Qumra The Doha Film Institute’s 11th Qumra talent and project incubator gets underway on Friday, with the aim of nurturing 49 works across all formats supported by its grants program. Some 350 international film and TV industry professionals will touch down in the Qatari capital from April 4 to 9 to advise and network with the […]