Doha Film Institute

Doha Film Institute is an independent, not-for-profit cultural organisation established in 2010 by Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. The organisation supports the growth of the local film community.

DFI’s platforms include funding and production of local, regional and international films, educational programmes, film screenings, the Ajyal Film Festival for the Young and the Qumra Film Festival. Previously, DFI hosted four editions of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) with support from then cultural partner Tribeca Enterprises.

The Doha Film Institute is producing Salma Hayek's upcoming animated adaptation of Khalil Gibran's classic novel The Prophet with "Lion King" director Roger Allers co-ordinating the process.[1]

DFI is also credited as a production company on several other films, including Just Like a Woman starring Sienna Miller, The Reluctant Fundamentalist directed by Mira Nair which opened 69th Venice International Film Festival,[2] and Kanye West's Cruel Summer - a short film which shot in Doha and premiered during the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

In February 2013, they announced a $100 million feature film fund with Participant Media, a production company founded by billionaire Jeffrey Skoll, who was the first employee and also first president of internet auction firm eBay.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Latest Entertainment & Hollywood News". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  2. ↑ "The Reluctant Fundamentalist opens Venice Film Festival". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  3. ↑ "Cannes 2012: Kanye West Debuts Groundbreaking Film With Kim Kardashian, Jay-Z in Attendance - Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  4. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy. "Berlin: Participant Media, Doha Film Institute Launch Five-Year $100M Feature Film Fund". Retrieved 2015-07-07.
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