Some 44 films, including feature narratives, documentaries, web series and shorts have been selected for the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra 2023, the Institute’s annual industry incubator event.
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While the pandemic may have shuttered cinemas and put productions on ice around the world, it has also been a history-making 12 months for filmmakers from the Arab world.
Sameh Alaa s short film
I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face, which became the first Egyptian film to be nominated for the Palme d Or, won the top prize at Cannes this year, while filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala s
You Will Die at Twenty became the first film to be officially submitted by Sudan for Oscars consideration.
Here, we take a look at some of the regional filmmakers and actors who rightly found themselves in the spotlight this year, thanks to their work.