The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced that the new edition of the Doha Film Festival will take place from Nov 20 to 28.
It said the festival comes within the framework of a continuous development phase that the DFI seeks to meet the needs of the industry, while ensuring innovation and taking advantage of new opportunities.
The festival comes after organising 12 editions of the Ajyal Film Festival, during which it contributed to building advanced cinematic awareness and highlighting local and international talents in the film industry, to go beyond the boundaries of entertainment, by showing films that can be a catalyst for positive social change.
The DFI has succeeded in establishing a sustainable cinematic environment that supports Arab and independent production, and the Ajyal Festival came to represent an important platform for creative expression and social change. It also played a vital role in highlighting humanitarian issues and transforming creative ideas into sustainable initiatives. The Made in Qatar programme has also become a platform to showcase local and international talents developing their projects.
The DFI is organising the “Geekend” event from Feb 6 to 8, which provides developers and video game enthusiasts with an ideal platform to push the boundaries of their creativity and develop their skills. The event will be held over three days and will include various activities aimed at enhancing the skills of local talents in the field of games, and supporting the foundations of the rapidly developing gaming economy.
The event will be held at the Geekdom building in Lusail Street, from 3-11pm, where the most talented developers and gaming enthusiasts in Qatar will engage in an exciting challenge to design and innovate original video games from scratch, within a limited time frame, in a major and important step for game developers, as it provides them with a platform for innovation, collaboration, and displaying their talents.
