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Doha Film Institute Unveils Fall 2023 Grantees Including Prince Naseem Doc & New Films By Mohamed Al Daradji & Taiwan’s KEFF
Qatar’s Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the recipient projects for its fall 2023 grants cycle, featuring 44 films by first and second-time directors hailing from 32 countries. (scroll…
Other grantees based outside out of the MENA region include US-Taiwanese director KEFF who has received backing for this debut feature Locust about a mute twenty-something in Taipei who struggles to find meaning in the injustice of everyday life as he watches the news about the 2019 Hong Kong protests erupting across the strait. In addition to Qatar, the 2023 fall grantees include projects from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bhutan, Croatia, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tunisia, UAE, USA, and Zanzibar, among others. “The volatility of today’s economic, social, and political conditions adversely impacts the support for creative talent, especially for independent voices in cinema with limited access to film finance,” said DFI CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi.
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