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NewsRed Sea film festival hopes for knockout 2025 edition as Middle East cinema ramps up international profile
Festival has come a long way in its first five years, contributing to the growth of both the Saudi and Middle East film sector.
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FeaturesDoha festival director Fatma Hassan Alremaihi: “We want to grow the industry activities”
Alremaihi says the new 50% cash rebate ”will attract quality international projects while creating sustained opportunities for local crews, suppliers and creatives.”
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NewsDoha Film Festival unveils winners at inaugural edition
‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ won best feature from the Ajyal youth jury.
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FeaturesOscars international feature race 2026 guide: the contenders from Africa and the Middle East
The combined countries of Africa and the Middle East last scored an Oscar nomination five years ago, but have produced at least one film this year considered a hot favourite. Screen celebrates the regions’ current buzz status
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NewsDoha Film Institute partners with leading French film schools on training programmes
Institut Francais du Qatar also participating in scheme.
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FeaturesKaouther Ben Hania talks filming ‘Mimesis’ during ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ festival, awards run
“We had to shoot in September, otherwise we had to give back some funds,” says the director.
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NewsRamy Youssef, Mo Amer talk sensitivities around sex and religion as Arab creators
“Everyone sees the sensitivity they want,” says Youssef at a Doha Film Festival talk.
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FeaturesWhy Mohammed Al-Ibrahim wanted to make Qatar’s first thriller ‘Sa3oud Wainah?’
“We consume a lot of genre,” says the director at the Doha Film Festival.
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FeaturesDoha festival director Fatma Hassan Alremaihi talks about the vision for this year’s ambitious event
”Presenting challenging films with thoughtful framing” is the festival’s mission, says Alremaihi.
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NewsDonald Trump associate Steven Paul says tariffs would not be good for entertainment business
“Hopefully we won’t be going down that path,” producer says.
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NewsDavid Oyelowo to direct ‘Othello’ for Eon, star with Rachel Brosnahan, Cynthia Erivo
The film will shoot in Qatar next year.
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NewsSony becomes latest studio to partner with Qatar’s Film Committee
Multi-year pact will involve co-development and co-production of multiple Arabic-language films.
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NewsPost-production house Company 3 launching Qatari studio, consulting on local rebate
Studio is part of a partnership between Company 3 and Film Committee at Media City Qatar.
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NewsMiramax, Qatar’s Film Committee launch pact with Arabic-language ‘Serendipity’
”That’s a story that lends itself to all different worlds,” says Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman.
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Reviews‘Past Future Continuous’ review: IDFA Envision winner is poignant, formally daring family portrait
Directors Firouzeh Khosrovani and Morteza Ahmadvand explore the link between a US-based woman and her parents in Tehran
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NewsSteven Soderbergh updates on John Lennon documentary in Doha: “It’s almost done”
‘The Christophers’ cast member Michaela Coel says “a lot of studios in America have their eye on Doha.”
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NewsQatar launches 50% cash rebate programme to entice international productions
Rebate combines 40% base rate with 10% uplift for qualifying productions.
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NewsNeon joins Qatar’s Film Committee in financing, development pact, starting with ‘Caesar’
Four-year partnership will involve six to ten features and shorts.
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NewsGolshifteh Farahani calls for “united Middle East” at first Doha Film Festival opening
Emotional evening included speech from Wissam Hamada, mother of the late Hind Rajab.
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NewsBarbara Broccoli, Daniel Katz, Tom Quinn, Jonathan Glickman among Doha industry lineup
Mo Abudu, Stuart Ford, Rodrigo Teixeira also on powerhouse speaker lineup.