The Doha Film Institute today announced that the third edition of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival will be held from November 29 to December 5, 2015…
Five emerging Qatari filmmakers will attend the 68th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 13 – 24) as part of the Doha Film Institute’s delegation…
The Doha Film Institute is bringing all the excitement of the Cannes Film Festival including a live-feed telecast of the opening ceremony and red carpet on…
It is home-coming time for Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, as the acclaimed film based on the international bestseller by the beloved Lebanese poet is poised to…
Two films supported by the Doha Film Institute’s grants programme have been announced today as part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Semaine de la Critique…
Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) and the Doha Film Institute forged a new institutional partnership agreement that will begin with a collaborative…
Doha Film Institute, with the support of the French Embassy and the Institut Français du Qatar, will celebrate Francophone Week in Qatar with a special…
The inaugural edition of Qumra, the new event by the Doha Film Institute, has been praised by international film professionals for bringing a new formula for…
“Put the best of all festivals and labs and roll them into one sweet baklava, that is Qumra for you,” Qatari filmmaker Hend Fakhroo summed up the new…
In the concluding master-class at Qumra, the new industry event by the Doha Film Institute, Qumra Master Cristian Mungiu, a Palm d’Or winner, advised young…
Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako, whose Oscar-nominated feature ‘Timbuktu’ screened to a sold-out audience last night in Doha, talked in a master…
Creating content for the Arab world might not have a one-size-fits-all formula, but industry experts at a special session of the Northwestern University in…
Mexican actor/director/producer Gael García Bernal surprised audiences at the third Qumra Master Class on Monday saying he really didn’t want to become…
Industry experts and emerging filmmakers highlight Qumra, the new event by the Doha Film Institute, as setting a ground-breaking model for promoting the new…
Palestinian filmmaker and Doha Film Institute Artistic Advisor Elia Suleiman shared his own journey to becoming a filmmaker at Qumra in a candid and…