Doha Film Festival returns this year with a wider spread of international and regional titles, reflecting Qatar’s efforts to define the event’s place within an increasingly active regional landscape.
Running from November 20 to 28, the festival will put on public events and screenings across Katara Cultural Village, Msheireb, the Museum of Islamic Art and Lusail Boulevard, with a programme shaped largely by stories about conflict, displacement and shifting identities.
The festival opens with The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s reconstruction of the final phone call of five-year-old Hind Rajab during an Israeli military assault in Gaza. Supported by Doha Film Institute, it is a stark choice for opening night and sets the tone for a line-up in which Gaza, Sudan and Libya appear prominently.
This year’s selection places notable emphasis on stories from Palestine and Sudan.
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