‘The Taste of Apples is Red’ by Ehab Tarabieh.


Thirty-one projects selected to take part in the inaugural edition of Qumra include 23 narrative feature films, four feature documentaries and four short films, Doha Film Institute has announced.
The event will be held in Doha from March 6 to 11. The screening programme will be announced shortly.
The 2015 Qumra projects are as follows:
* Feature narrative (Final Cut) - ‘Go Home’ by Jihane Chouaib (Lebanon, France, Qatar); ‘Mountain’ by João Salaviza (Portugal, France, Qatar); ‘The Garbage Helicopter’ by Jonas Selberg Augustsén (Sweden, Qatar) and ‘The Wounded Angel’ by Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Germany, Qatar).
* Feature narrative (Work in Progress) - ‘Blessed Benefit’ by Mahmoud al-Massad (Jordan, the Netherlands, Germany, the UAE, Qatar); ‘By the Time it Gets Dark’ by Anocha Suwichakornpong (Thailand, France, Qatar); ‘Dégradé’ by Arab & Tarzan Abunasser (France, Palestine, Jordan, Qatar) and ‘Frenzy’ by Emin Alper (Turkey, Germany, France, Qatar).
* Feature documentary (Work in Progress) - ‘Asphalt’ by Ali Hammoud (Libya, Egypt, Qatar, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan); ‘Holy Cow’ by Imamaddin Hasanov (Azerbaijan, Germany, Romania Qatar); ‘Salaam Plenty’ by Yasmine Kassari (Morocco, Australia, Belgium, Qatar) and ‘What Comes Around’ by Reem Saleh (Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar).
* Feature narrative (Development) - ‘A Reverence for Spiders’ by Faiza Ambah (Saudi Arabia, US, France, Qatar); ‘Beretta’ by Sophia al-Maria (Egypt, US, Qatar); ‘Beyond’ by Nora al-Subai (Qatar); ‘In Search of Adam’ by Ahmed Ibrahim al-Baker (Qatar); ‘Little River’ by Shaikha al-Thani (Qatar); ‘Madmen’s Fort’ by Narimane Mari (Algeria, France, Qatar); ‘Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf’ by Susan Youssef (Lebanon, the Netherlands, US, Qatar); ‘Me Myself and Murdoch’ by Yahya Alabdallah (Jordan, Palestine, France, Qatar); ‘Men in the Sun’ by Mahdi Fleifel (Palestine, Greece, UK, Denmark, Qatar); ‘Parijat’ by Hend Fakhroo (Qatar); ‘Sahaab’ by Khalifa Muraikhi (Qatar); ‘Scales’ by Shahad Ameen (Saudi Arabia, Qatar); ‘Superpower’ by Mohamed al-Mahmeed (Qatar); ‘The Taste of Apples is Red’ by Ehab Tarabieh (Syria, US, Palestine, Qatar) and ‘Wooden Rifle’ by Alfouz Tanjour (Lebanon, Syria, Qatar).
* Short films (Development) - ‘Bou Ejaila’ by Saeed al-Mennai (Qatar); ‘Green Eyes’ by Abdulla al-Mulla (Qatar); ‘Our Time is Running Out’ by Meriem Mesraoua (Qatar) and ‘Pizza O Bass’ by Mohamed al-Ibrahim (Qatar).
The Arabic term “qumra” is popularly said to be the origin of the word “camera”, and to have been used by scientist, astronomer and mathematician Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham, 965-c.1040 CE), whose work in optics laid out the principles of the camera obscura.