Doha Film Institute Launches ‘Hazawi Fund’ for Gulf Short Films
Jan 23, 2013
Hazawi Fund will support production of six high-quality short films by Qatari and Gulf filmmakers with up to QAR 250,000 funding available through DFI for…
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DFI opens first series of 'Hekayat Khaleejia' with screening of 'Sea Shadow' at MIA
Jan 19, 2013
Doha Film Institute (DFI) screened the first installment of ‘Hekayat Khaleejia’ (Khaleeji Stories)…
DFI to Screen “Sea Shadow” at MIA
Jan 16, 2013
Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the launch of ‘Hekayat Khaleejiya’ (Khaleeji Stories), a DFI year-round film appreciation programme that showcases…
Doha Film Institute Launches ‘Hekayat Khaleejia’ Community Screenings
Dec 26, 2012
DFI has announced the launch of ‘Hekayat Khaleejia’ (Khaleeji Stories), a year-round film appreciation programme that showcases Khaleeji films in Doha…
Celebrations of the Nation Captured From Behind the Camera Lens
Dec 23, 2012
Photo of the Qatari flag flying high and the National Day Army parade won special honors as the ‘My National Day’ competition returns for the second year…
Katara DFI Cinema announces new ‘Arab Voices’ strand for December 2012
Dec 17, 2012
Two screenings of ‘The Lebanese Rocket Society’ and ‘The Repentant’ in December- winners of DTFF’s 2012 Arab Film Competition Documentary and Narrative…
DFI calls out for second ‘My National Day’ photo competition
Dec 16, 2012
Capture the Essence of Qatar and the Spirit of National Day
Doha Film Institute’s Co-Financed Project ‘May in the Summer’ to Open 2013 Sundance Film Festival US Dramatic Competition
Dec 05, 2012
The world premiere of acclaimed filmmaker Cherien Dabis’s latest feature, May in the Summer, co-financed by the Doha Film Institute (DFI).
4th DTFF audiences choose ‘Full Circle’ and ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ as ‘Best of the Fest’
Nov 23, 2012
Audience choice winners will be screened on Friday and Saturday
4th DTFF announces winners of Arab Film Competition
Nov 22, 2012
The fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), the annual cultural event of Doha Film Institute (DFI) tonight announced the winner of its Arab Film…
Arab filmmakers call to create concerted industry strategy and infrastructure to promote regional filmmaking
Nov 22, 2012
Film education must take priority to create homegrown industry professionals
To overcome stereotypes, find the balance between social constraints and storytelling: Khaleeji panel discussion at DTFF
Nov 22, 2012
In a panel session in front of an almost sold out crowd, Doha Film Institute (DFI) tackled one of the
Director Ashutosh Gowariker tells DTTF: “We have many imaginative filmmakers who don’t want to make a song and dance picture and these are the films that need to break out of India”
Nov 22, 2012
Leading Indian Studio Vice President says, “This is the era for collaboration and cooperation” at DTFF
‘Movies cannot change the world but they can re-examine forgotten societal injustice’
Nov 21, 2012
Arab filmmakers share stories of personal sacrifice to pursue independent filmmaking at DTFF discussion
Algerian directors share challenges in filmmaking at 4th DTFF panel discussion
Nov 21, 2012
Veteran directors from Algeria shared the challenges they face in filmmaking and the evolution