All Qumra articles – Page 2
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NewsStephen Frears’ ‘Billy Wilder And Me’ aiming for 2024 shoot, says Qumra master Christopher Hampton
Hampton gave updates on ‘Heart of A Soldier’, ‘White Chameleon’ and ‘Dalila’.
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NewsDavid Parfitt teases ‘Hamlet, Prince Of Wales’ film, talks North East Screen plans
”Our Hamlet is set in the UK in the future; politics have collapsed, the monarchy have taken over again.”
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NewsLynne Ramsay updates on ‘Stone Mattress’, ‘Polaris’, ‘Moby Dick’; talks Ezra Miller connection (exclusive)
Scottish filmmaker “hoping” to make Margaret Atwood adaptation ‘Stone Mattress’ this year.
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FeaturesHow a refreshed Qumra 2023 is making the most of the global spotlight
The Middle East project incubator returns in-person for the first time since 2019.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 44 projects for Qumra 2023
This year’s edition takes place in-person March 10-15 and online March 19-21.
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NewsFirst in-person Qumra in four years secures Masters including Lynne Ramsay, David Parfitt
Christopher Hampton, Michael Winterbottom also among speakers at the Doha incubator.
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FeaturesIndian filmmaker Vinay Shukla talks TIFF Docs “newsroom thriller” ‘While We Watched’
The documentary maker reveals his fears for independent journalism in India, as chronicled in the TIFF Docs entry.
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FeaturesQumra mentor Ghassan Salhab talks about his early career and his new Beirut vampire film
Senegalese-born, Lebanese-French director talks about his hands-off mentoring approach.
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FeaturesSyrian filmmaker Anas Khalaf on his Qumra feature project ‘The Photographer’
‘The Photographer’ is the second in a planned trilogy about the Syrian conflict following ‘The Translator’ in 2020.
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Features“We wanted to make a punk film,” Ariel Escalante Meza talks ‘Domingo And The Mist’
Second feature revolves around a man refusing to leave land frequented by the ghost of dead wife.
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FeaturesWhy personal stories dominate Qumra’s TV selection
Six Doha Film Insitute-backed TV projects are being showcased in Qumra this year.
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NewsDamien Ounouri on his Algerian costume drama and Cannes hopeful ‘The Last Queen’
The feature is being showcased as a work in progress at Qumra this week.
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News“Don’t lose hope” - Qumra mentors Talal Derki, Tala Hadid, Annemarie Jacir offer words of wisdom
Award-winning filmmakers are helpin filmmakers develop their projects at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event.
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FeaturesFive Qatari talents to watch
The initiatives of the Doha Film Institute are helping to inspire a wealth of new voices.
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Features“It’s absolute pleasure, mixed with absolute pain”: Farah Nabulsi on filmmaking in Palestine
Nabulsi’s debut feature ‘The Teacher’ is taking part in Doha Film Institute’s talent incubator, Qumra.
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Features“We want to be a nurturing place for independent filmmakers”: Doha Film Institute talks 360-approach
DFI meted out grants to 675 projects from 70 territories over the past decade but its remit goes far beyond funding.
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FeaturesRithy Panh on the joy he finds in mentoring rising filmmakers
The Cambodian documentarian is the lead mentor at this year’s Doha Film Institute’s Short Documentary Lab.
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NewsFour Qumra 2021 projects that have gone on to wow the festival circuit
’Costa, Brava Lebanon’, ’El Gran Movimiento’, ’Prayers For The Stolen’ and ’Les Enfants Terribles’ have been widely lauded.
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FeaturesHow Qumra is adapting to support burgeoning talent from the MENA region
This year’s edition will support the development of 45 projects across short, feature and series formats.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 45 projects to be showcased at Qumra 2022
The eighth edition of the annual talent incubator takes place online from March 18-23.
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