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Doha: Qumra 2023, the Doha Film Institutes annual industry incubator event for emerging talent from around the world, will celebrate new voices in cin.
Virtual Qumra 2021 opens today
12 Mar 2021 - 10:44
Raynald C Rivera | The Peninsula
The seventh and biggest edition of Qumra Doha Film Institute’s (DFI) unique annual incubator for emerging global talent kicks off today promising six days of master classes, workshops, consultations and screenings. Apart from participating filmmakers, the general public has also the opportunity to access the most expansive edition of Qumra virtually by purchasing a Qumra Pass that offers the full Qumra Screenings and Qumra Talks programmes, DFI has said in a statement.
Qumra Pass is open to all citizens and residents of Qatar and the MENA region, and applications will be processed on a first-come-first-serve basis. The Qumra Pass is priced at QR500; students and Qatar Museums Culture Pass holders can purchase it for a discounted price of QR350, DFI earlier announced.
Qumra 2021 Online tickets go on sale
26 Feb 2021 - 11:29
Raynald C Rivera | The Peninsula
Tickets for film screenings for Qumra 2021 Online, which is its largest virtual edition yet, are now on sale, Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced yesterday. Qumra is a unique professional incubator presented by DFI annually, which in the past seven years has been crucial to the success of filmmakers from the Arab world and beyond. “A space for new voices in cinema,” this year’s Qumra comprises a fully online programme which includes film screenings, master classes and talks running from March 12 to 17. “Delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for this year’s Qumra Screenings a selection of acclaimed featurelength and short films which we’ve supported via our grants programme as well as filmmaking Labs,” said DFI on its official social media accounts yesterday. Film enthusiasts can choose from an array of acclaimed feature films including “200 Meters”, “The