Inaugural youth festival in Doha hosts industry forum where experts stressed importance of local content.
The Doha Film Institute’s first Ajyal Youth Film Festival ended on Saturday night a number of films winning cash prizes handed out by hundreds of jurors aged 8 to 21.
The winners are:
Doha Film Experience
Mohaq: Best Short Filmmaker
Little Kyota Neon Hood, directed by Satsuki Okawa
Hilal: Best Short Filmmaker
The Invention, directed by Giovanni Granada
Hilal: Best Feature Filmmaker
Regret, directed by David Schram
Bader: Best Short Filmmaker
Men’s Barber Shop, directed by Meshal Alhulail
Bader: Best Feature Filmmaker
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, directed by George Tillman Jr.
Made in Qatar
Made in Qatar Award
My Hero, directed by Nora Al-Subai
The winners received development awards of $15,000 each for the Best Feature Filmmakers in the Hilal and Bader categories, and Us$5,000 each for the Best Filmmakers in the Mohaq, Hilal and Bader...
The Doha Film Institute’s first Ajyal Youth Film Festival ended on Saturday night a number of films winning cash prizes handed out by hundreds of jurors aged 8 to 21.
The winners are:
Doha Film Experience
Mohaq: Best Short Filmmaker
Little Kyota Neon Hood, directed by Satsuki Okawa
Hilal: Best Short Filmmaker
The Invention, directed by Giovanni Granada
Hilal: Best Feature Filmmaker
Regret, directed by David Schram
Bader: Best Short Filmmaker
Men’s Barber Shop, directed by Meshal Alhulail
Bader: Best Feature Filmmaker
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, directed by George Tillman Jr.
Made in Qatar
Made in Qatar Award
My Hero, directed by Nora Al-Subai
The winners received development awards of $15,000 each for the Best Feature Filmmakers in the Hilal and Bader categories, and Us$5,000 each for the Best Filmmakers in the Mohaq, Hilal and Bader...
- 12/1/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Inaugural youth festival in Doha hosts industry forum where experts stressed importance of local content.
The Doha Film Institute’s first Ajyal Youth Film Festival ended on Saturday night a number of films winning cash prizes handed out by hundreds of jurors aged 8 to 21.
The winners are:
Doha Film Experience
Mohaq: Best Short Filmmaker
Little Kyota Neon Hood, directed by Satsuki Okawa
Hilal: Best Short Filmmaker
The Invention, directed by Giovanni Granada
Hilal: Best Feature Filmmaker
Regret, directed by David Schram
Bader: Best Short Filmmaker
Men’s Barber Shop, directed by Meshal Alhulail
Bader: Best Feature Filmmaker
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, directed by George Tillman Jr.
Made in Qatar
Made in Qatar Award
My Hero, directed by Nora Al-Subai
The winners received development awards of $15,000 each for the Best Feature Filmmakers in the Hilal and Bader categories, and Us$5,000 each for the Best Filmmakers in the Mohaq, Hilal and Bader...
The Doha Film Institute’s first Ajyal Youth Film Festival ended on Saturday night a number of films winning cash prizes handed out by hundreds of jurors aged 8 to 21.
The winners are:
Doha Film Experience
Mohaq: Best Short Filmmaker
Little Kyota Neon Hood, directed by Satsuki Okawa
Hilal: Best Short Filmmaker
The Invention, directed by Giovanni Granada
Hilal: Best Feature Filmmaker
Regret, directed by David Schram
Bader: Best Short Filmmaker
Men’s Barber Shop, directed by Meshal Alhulail
Bader: Best Feature Filmmaker
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, directed by George Tillman Jr.
Made in Qatar
Made in Qatar Award
My Hero, directed by Nora Al-Subai
The winners received development awards of $15,000 each for the Best Feature Filmmakers in the Hilal and Bader categories, and Us$5,000 each for the Best Filmmakers in the Mohaq, Hilal and Bader...
- 12/1/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Doha’s youth festival to showcase Qatari filmmakers; unveils competition titles.
Films shot by Qatari nationals and those who call Qatar their home are to be showcased at the inaugural Ajyal Youth Film Festival (Nov 26-30), presented by the Doha Film Institute, in a Made in Qatar strand.
The programme will highglight the works of filmmakers across three segments.
The first will feature the works of winners from the Doha Film Institute’s 48-Hour online Family Film Challenge; the second from the 7-Day Filmmaking Challenge, both of which were open to filmmakers from across Qatar; and the third which will include the screening of Batal Wa Resalah (The Hero and the Message), from Al Rayyan Productions.
Ajyal festival director Fatma Al Remaihi said the Qatar strand would “honour the dedication, creativity and unique voice of our homegrown talent in front of a wide audience”.
She added that the festival is “dedicated to supporting local filmmakers and to...
Films shot by Qatari nationals and those who call Qatar their home are to be showcased at the inaugural Ajyal Youth Film Festival (Nov 26-30), presented by the Doha Film Institute, in a Made in Qatar strand.
The programme will highglight the works of filmmakers across three segments.
The first will feature the works of winners from the Doha Film Institute’s 48-Hour online Family Film Challenge; the second from the 7-Day Filmmaking Challenge, both of which were open to filmmakers from across Qatar; and the third which will include the screening of Batal Wa Resalah (The Hero and the Message), from Al Rayyan Productions.
Ajyal festival director Fatma Al Remaihi said the Qatar strand would “honour the dedication, creativity and unique voice of our homegrown talent in front of a wide audience”.
She added that the festival is “dedicated to supporting local filmmakers and to...
- 11/11/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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