Doha Film Institute Calls for Financial Support from the Arab World (Cannes)
May 13, 2011
The Hollywood Reporter
CANNES — The political and societal turmoil being witnessed across the Middle East and North Africa is a challenging backdrop for wannabe Arab filmmakers already facing sweeping industry change and rising movie production costs.
The Doha Film Institute is aiming to push its influence out to North African filmmakers, calling for more collaborative financial support from the Arab world to support storytellers from the region.
The DFI has dished out a slew of cash sums to a range of projects in various stages of development, production and post-production from the region in the first of two grant submission cycles, one year on from the launch during Cannes last year.
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