The Doha Film Institute Qumra event has been moved online due to the Iran war that has seen Qatar come under attack.
The Doha Film Institute’s Qumra Arab film industry incubator has been scrapped as a physical event and moved online due to the ongoing U.S.-Israel-Iran war that has spiraled further into the Middle East, including into Qatar.
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Qumra’s 12th edition had been scheduled to run March 27-April 1 in Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art as well as in the city’s downtown Mushaireb neighborhood with the participation of Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Alice Diop, Faouzi Bensaïdi and Gustavo Santaolalla, who had been recruited to give masterclasses and mentor filmmakers. Some 200 international film executives had been expected to make the trek to Doha for Qumra, for which the DFI’s artistic advisor is Palestinian auteur Elia Suleiman.
