All Qumra articles
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NewsInaugural Doha Film Festival selects Rithy Panh-led jury to award $185,000 in prizes
International feature film jury will choose from 13 titles.
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NewsDoha Film Institute Qumra Special 2025
The 2025 edition of the Doha Film Institute’s (DFI) incubator event took place from April 4-9.
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NewsQatar’s Doha Film Festival launches with over $300,000 in competition prize money
Event will run from November 20-28.
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News‘Eddington’ costume designer Anna Terrazas on the film’s unique Albuquerque essence
Terrazas also recalls working on James Bond film ‘Spectre’.
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NewsJohnnie To talks gangster collaboration with Tony Leung, Anson Lo film, ‘Election 3’ hopes
Hong Kong filmmaker To has been shooting a film starring popstar Lo for “10 days across three years”.
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NewsLav Diaz prepares Alexandre Dumas adaptation; hopes to launch ‘Magellan’ at Cannes
Diaz aims to shoot Alexandre Dumas adaptation at the end of the year.
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NewsWalter Salles responds to Brazilian Oscar reaction: “The most beautiful gift”
Salles is about to enter the edit for five-part series about Brazilian football icon Socrates.
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NewsDarius Khondji talks Cannes-bound 'Eddington', the 140 characters in 'Marty Supreme'
Khondji says ‘Marty Supreme’ features a small role for ‘Man On Wire’ subject Philippe Petit.
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NewsQumra 2025 gets underway with support for Palestine, Trump tariffs joke
“Winning an Oscar does not offer any safety from violent oppression by the occupation.”
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NewsPalestinian sci-fi ‘In Memory Of Times To Come’ among Qumra 2025 projects
49 projects include 27 features, plus TV, web series and shorts.
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NewsWalter Salles, Lav Diaz among Qumra 2025 Masters
Cinematographer Darius Khondji, costume designer Anna Terrazas also attending.
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NewsQatar’s Doha Film Institute backs 47 projects in latest funding round
47 projects include post-apocalyptic ‘In Memory Of Times To Come’, a UK co-production.
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NewsDoha Film Festival to launch in November 2025
Full details will be revealed at next year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 44 projects for 2024 spring grants at Cannes
The selection includes 25 women filmmakers, and 14 returning grantees.
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NewsDoha Film Institute Qumra Special 2024
The Doha Film Institute’s (DFI) incubator event that took place March 1-6.
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FeaturesHow Qumra’s “core idea” has sustained the project incubator through its 10th edition
“We wanted a place where filmmakers would be inspired and would be able to progress their films.”
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NewsAtom Egoyan hopes for a new Armenian wave of filmmakers; has desire to direct a musical
Egoyan discussed topics including artificial intelligence during his Qumra masterclass.
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News‘Birdman’ sound designer Martin Hernandez details upcoming Netflix project ‘The Master Of Monarchs’
The documentary series follows an environmental activist murdered in 2020 for standing up to organised crime groups.
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NewsClaire Denis talks new Africa-set film ‘The Fence’, and why she will never retire
“The best way to retire is to die. I would like to go on making films.”
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NewsFrench director Leos Carax says it is “easier to take money from producers you don’t like”
Carax discussed his upcoming mid-length film C’est pas moi in Qumra.









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