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Doha Film Institute (DFI) is a nonprofit cultural organisation established in 2010 by Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to support the growth of the Qatari film community and to provide funding and international networking opportunities to creators. [1] [2] DFI hosts two major film festivals, Ajyal Film Festival and Qumra, each ...
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival was an annual film festival held from 2009 to 2012. [16] It emanated from a collaboration between the Doha Film Institute and Tribeca Enterprises. [17] Celebrities such as Robert De Niro, [18] Salma Hayek, [19] Adel Emam, [20] Mira Nair, [21] and Kevin Spacey [22] attended the festivals. [23]
The Doha Film Institute, which is at Cannes as a co-financier of Elia Suleiman's competition entry "It Must Be Heaven," has announced the 37 projects receiving its Spring Grants, roughly half of ...
In October 2020, it was announced Lina Soualem would direct a documentary revolving around her mother, Hiam Abbass, with the film receiving grants from Arte, Doha Film Institute and Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. [4] [5] [6] [7]
The Doha Film Institute has recruited Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan, French auteurs Claire Denis and Leos Carax, Canada’s Atom Egoyan and Oscar-nominated Mexican sound editor Martín Hernández to ...
The Doha Film Institute’s unique Qumra incubator kicks off Friday with six days of master classes, labs and mentoring sessions and some 200 industry professionals – including programmers from ...
At Doha Film Institute, Palmer set up and managed the Film Financing Division that supported over 70 local, regional and international films including Qatar's first international co-production Jean-Jacques Annaud's Black Gold starring Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong [30] which was number one in the UAE box office in 2011.
The Doha Film Institute’s Qumra talent and project incubator event returned as a 100% in-person event last week, bringing participants together face-to-face in Doha for the first time since it ...