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FeaturesDoha festival director Fatma Hassan Alremaihi: “We want to grow the industry activities”
Alremaihi says the new 50% cash rebate ”will attract quality international projects while creating sustained opportunities for local crews, suppliers and creatives.”
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NewsDoha Film Festival unveils winners at inaugural edition
‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ won best feature from the Ajyal youth jury.
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NewsDoha Film Institute partners with leading French film schools on training programmes
Institut Francais du Qatar also participating in scheme.
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NewsRamy Youssef, Mo Amer talk sensitivities around sex and religion as Arab creators
“Everyone sees the sensitivity they want,” says Youssef at a Doha Film Festival talk.
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FeaturesWhy Mohammed Al-Ibrahim wanted to make Qatar’s first thriller ‘Sa3oud Wainah?’
“We consume a lot of genre,” says the director at the Doha Film Festival.
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FeaturesDoha festival director Fatma Hassan Alremaihi talks about the vision for this year’s ambitious event
”Presenting challenging films with thoughtful framing” is the festival’s mission, says Alremaihi.
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NewsDavid Oyelowo to direct ‘Othello’ for Eon, star with Rachel Brosnahan, Cynthia Erivo
The film will shoot in Qatar next year.
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NewsSony becomes latest studio to partner with Qatar’s Film Committee
Multi-year pact will involve co-development and co-production of multiple Arabic-language films.
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NewsPost-production house Company 3 launching Qatari studio, consulting on local rebate
Studio is part of a partnership between Company 3 and Film Committee at Media City Qatar.
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NewsMiramax, Qatar’s Film Committee launch pact with Arabic-language ‘Serendipity’
”That’s a story that lends itself to all different worlds,” says Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman.
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NewsSteven Soderbergh updates on John Lennon documentary in Doha: “It’s almost done”
‘The Christophers’ cast member Michaela Coel says “a lot of studios in America have their eye on Doha.”
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NewsQatar launches 50% cash rebate programme to entice international productions
Rebate combines 40% base rate with 10% uplift for qualifying productions.
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NewsNeon joins Qatar’s Film Committee in financing, development pact, starting with ‘Caesar’
Four-year partnership will involve six to ten features and shorts.
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NewsGolshifteh Farahani calls for “united Middle East” at first Doha Film Festival opening
Emotional evening included speech from Wissam Hamada, mother of the late Hind Rajab.
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NewsBarbara Broccoli, Daniel Katz, Tom Quinn, Jonathan Glickman among Doha industry lineup
Mo Abudu, Stuart Ford, Rodrigo Teixeira also on powerhouse speaker lineup.
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NewsInaugural Doha Film Festival selects Rithy Panh-led jury to award $185,000 in prizes
International feature film jury will choose from 13 titles.