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It is headquartered in Doha and considered one of the larger cinema chains in the Middle East. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was previously known as Grand Cinemas since 2000 until it relaunched on 6 May 2014 under the Novo Cinemas name, [ 3 ] with theatres located in Qatar, [ 4 ] Dubai , Abu Dhabi , Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah .
In 1970, the Qatar Cinema & Film Distribution Company (QCFDC) was founded, inaugurating Gulf Cinema in 1972 as the country's first cinema. Gulf Cinema featured a seating capacity of 1,000 spectators and was even expanded with an extra 400 seats during its peak. It would later be closed in 2013 to make space for the Doha Metro. The QCFDC was ...
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 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 ...
The Qatar Cinema Company was founded in 1970, which built a number of movie theaters showing foreign films. [42] There has been little development of the Qatari film industry, [ 51 ] though that may be set to change since the founding of the Doha Film Institute in 2010, which aims to bring together all of the country's film making initiatives ...
Doha hosted the 15th Asian Games, held in December 2006, spending a total of $2.8 billion for its preparation. [210] The city also hosted the 3rd West Asian Games in December 2005. [211] Doha was expected to host the 2011 Asian Indoor Games; but the Qatar Olympic Committee cancelled the event. [212] Powerboat races in Doha Bay
Seven of the 37 stations of the Doha Metro are near the Corniche. [6] The Corniche's southern end provides access to Doha's oldest districts—Al Jasrah and Msheireb—and the Souq Waqif marketplace, all among the country's preeminent cultural sites. The area is also among the country's most heavily-trafficked and congested.
The cinema of Lebanon, according to film critic and historian Roy Armes, is the only other cinema in the Arabic-speaking region, beside Egypt's, that could amount to a national cinema. [7] Cinema in Lebanon has been in existence since the 1920s, [ 8 ] and the country has produced more than 500 films.