The Doha Film Institute’s Qumra talent and project incubator event returned as a 100% in-person event last week, bringing participants together face-to-face in Doha for the first time since it was …
as a 100% in-person event last week, bringing participants together face-to-face in Doha for the first time since it was forced online in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The DFI is one of the main sources of funding for independent cinema in the Middle East and North Africa, a region with very little state support for independent film. The Qumra selection traditionally offers a snapshot of what’s hot in MENA’s independent cinema scene. Although DFI is primarily focused on MENA region works, it also supports a handful of films from outside the region and this year’s Qumra line-up also featured Chinese director Jianjie Lin’sand Malaysian director Amanda Eu’s“You’d think after all these years, we would have covered most the countries, but we still get grantees from new places, such as Mongolia and Ethiopia this year,” said Hanaa Issa, DFI director of the film fund and programs, who is also Qumra deputy director.
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