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Doha Film Institute’s Qumra Event Provides Young Arab Directors Hope Amid Middle East Mayhem: Cinema Is an ‘Extraordinary Tool of Resistance’
The Doha Film Institute's Qumra event has wrapped positively, providing young Arab directors hope amid the broken ceasefire in the Middle East.
The Doha Film Institute ’s Qumra workshop wrapped on Wednesday after six days of masterclasses, labs and mentoring sessions held in the Qatari capital aiming to connect the Arab filmmaking community with the rest of the world. Standout Palestinian projects unveiled at Qumra include sci-fi drama “In Memory of Things to Come,” a first feature by Danish-Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour being produced by Anna Köhncke (“The Act of Killing”) and the multiple Oscar-nominated Monica Hellström (“Flee,” “A House Made of Splinters”). Qumra mentors included iconic Hong Kong director Johnnie To; master Mexican costume designer Anna Terrazas; ace cinematographer Darius Khondji; and Walter Salles, fresh off his best international feature Oscar win for “I’m Still Here.”
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