Get the latest gossip

Doha Film Institute Unveils Venues & Awards Worth $300,000 For New Fall Festival

The new international festival adds to the DFI’s wider program fostering film culture in Qatar and the Middle East and North Africa region, which includes year-round workshops, the grants scheme and the bespoke Qumra industry event in the spring. The festival will offer a vibrant meeting point for film lovers, a stage for powerful stories and a launchpad for a new generation of cinematic talent.” On that basis, the new festival will retain popular elements of Ajyal while introducing new dimensions linked to Qatar’s ambitions to be leading player in the arts, culture, media and entertainment worlds.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Deadline