The Doha Film Festival (DFF) announced the complete lineup for the International Feature Film Competition, presenting 13 world cinema titles that span five continents and explore urgent contemporary themes from ecological crisis to war displacement.
In a press statement, DFI CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi said: “These powerful artistic expressions represent the creativity and resilience of humanity and demonstrate the capability of film to shape the future of our societies. Through these stories that engage empathy, reflection and connection, we are creating safe spaces for meaningful dialogue to counter prevailing narratives."
These include: Khartoum (Sudan/UK/Germany/Qatar) by filmmakers Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed and Philip Cox; Cotton Queen (Sudan/Germany/France/Palestine/Egypt/Qatar) by Qatar-based director Suzannah Mirghani; Once Upon a Time in Gaza (Palestine/France/Germany/Portugal/Qatar) by Tarzan & Arab Nasser; With Hassan in Gaza (Germany/Palestine/France/Qatar) by Kamal Aljafari; The President’s Cake (Iraq/USA/Qatar) by Hasan Hadi; My Father and Qaddafi (Libya/Lebanon/Qatar) by Jihan K; Renoir (Japan/France/Singapore/The Philippines/Indonesia/Qatar) by Chie Hayakawa; Sleepless City (Spain/France/Qatar) by Guillermo García López; The Last Shore (Belgium/France/Qatar) by Jean-Francois Ravagnan; The Reserve (Mexico, Qatar) by Pablo Pérez Lombardini; Divine Comedy (Iran/Italy/France/Germany/Turkey) by Ali Asgari; Hair, Paper, Water (Belgium/France/Vietnam) is a poetic documentary by Truong Minh Quý and Nicolas Graux; and Blue Heron (Canada/Hungary) directed by Sophy Romvari.
In a press statement, DFI CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi said: “These powerful artistic expressions represent the creativity and resilience of humanity and demonstrate the capability of film to shape the future of our societies. Through these stories that engage empathy, reflection and connection, we are creating safe spaces for meaningful dialogue to counter prevailing narratives."
These include: Khartoum (Sudan/UK/Germany/Qatar) by filmmakers Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed and Philip Cox; Cotton Queen (Sudan/Germany/France/Palestine/Egypt/Qatar) by Qatar-based director Suzannah Mirghani; Once Upon a Time in Gaza (Palestine/France/Germany/Portugal/Qatar) by Tarzan & Arab Nasser; With Hassan in Gaza (Germany/Palestine/France/Qatar) by Kamal Aljafari; The President’s Cake (Iraq/USA/Qatar) by Hasan Hadi; My Father and Qaddafi (Libya/Lebanon/Qatar) by Jihan K; Renoir (Japan/France/Singapore/The Philippines/Indonesia/Qatar) by Chie Hayakawa; Sleepless City (Spain/France/Qatar) by Guillermo García López; The Last Shore (Belgium/France/Qatar) by Jean-Francois Ravagnan; The Reserve (Mexico, Qatar) by Pablo Pérez Lombardini; Divine Comedy (Iran/Italy/France/Germany/Turkey) by Ali Asgari; Hair, Paper, Water (Belgium/France/Vietnam) is a poetic documentary by Truong Minh Quý and Nicolas Graux; and Blue Heron (Canada/Hungary) directed by Sophy Romvari.