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Free Events and Activities
26.10.09
Make sure that you don't miss any of the many free events on your doorstep. From the phantasmagorical opening night, masterclasses with award winning directors, filmmaker day and family day and of course a spectacular closing night.
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Inside the Acting Workshop
26.10.09
Instructor Hisham Suleiman, of the Fringe Ensemble of Nazareth, offers his take on DTFF's acting workshop, and the presence of a "big thirst for the performance arts" here in Doha.
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Filmmaker's Blog: Swel Noury
25.10.09
The Heaven's Door director explains why making an independent film is "a question of sweat and blood."
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Sneak Peak: Celebrities coming to Doha!
22.10.09
We can't give everything away just yet, but here we introduce you to a few of our acclaimed Festival Guests.
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Samson and Delilah
21.10.09
Director Warwick Thornton and producer Kath Shelper blog for the DTFF about their experiences making the 'Camera D'or' award winning Samson and Delilah
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Doha Talks: You Choose the Topic
21.10.09
Following our screening of Team Qatar, comedians Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid will join a new generation of young debaters in a live debate - and we want to give you the chance to choose the topic!
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Filmmaker's Blog: Amin Matalqa 20.10.09
19.10.09
In the lead up to the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, I've been asked to write a blog focusing on the position of my film in this new rise of cinema in the Arab world.Well, it's been some time now that Captain Abu Raed has been circulating from festivals to cinemas, and now DVD and television.
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DTFF Does Qatar TV
13.10.09
Watch a behind the scenes video of Qatar TV's 45 minute spot about Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
The TV station interviewed with 1 Min Film participants, Mohammed Al Ibrahim and Mohammed Al Assiri with Community Outreach Programmer Scandar Copti to find out more.
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Previewing our "Haggling" Trailer
11.10.09
To promote DTFF, we've created a series of homemade trailers starring DTFF staff members Sousan Hammad and Amir Ghonim that will be shown in cinemas across Qatar.
Watch a preview of our latest trailer, The Haggler, a particularly humorous 'period piece'!
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Diary: Animation Workshops
11.10.09
Last week, Scandar Copti and the rest of the team behind our 1 Minute Films workshops set out for Doha Montessori and British School.
Their mission: to teach an enthusiastic bunch of eight to ten year olds the art of animation.
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