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Doha Film Institute announces 2021 Spring Grants for 32 film projects
09 Jun 2021 - 19:23
The Peninsula
Doha: The Doha Film Institute (DFI) today announced the recipients of its 2021 Spring Grants cycle that supports first- and second-time filmmakers from around the world. A total of 32 film projects by emerging and established filmmakers from the Arab region and globally have been selected for the Institute’s leading financing initiative, which supports new voices in cinema and the development of universally resonant stories.
DFI’s Spring Grants 2021 recipients covers a wide range of film productions that include feature, documentary, short film, and TV series with 28 projects from the Middle East and North Africa, including three from Qatar, underlining its role as a strong advocate of powerful Arab cinema and emerging talent. Four film projects in this cycle are from the non-MENA region representing France, India and Mexico.
Dar Onboz cases full of exquisite Arabic picture books
If she just played with the image of the victim, it would make things a lot easier for her, but that’s not what she’s going for: the Lebanese children’s book publisher Nadine Touma and her colourful portfolio. Lena Bopp paid her a visit.
A small apartment in Beirut. A flying fish on the wall. A display cabinet of dead beetles. And in one corner of the living room – where, as you will frequently find in apartments in this city, a lot is happening all at once – a glowing wooden model of the legendary Baron Hotel in Aleppo. This is where Nadine Touma lives, where she works, and where she sells the books published by her publishing house Dar Onboz, which are spread out on two long tables. For many years now, Dar Onboz has been making the question of what an Arab children’s book is redundant, with great aplomb.