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A still from ‘The Reserve’ by Pablo Pérez Lombardini courtesy of © Pikila

World cinema projects from Mexico's 'The Reserve' to Spain's 'Sleepless City' and Japan's ‘Renoir’ in Competition at inaugural Doha Film Festival

E. Nina Rothe October 12, 2025

Doha Film Festival will showcase a remarkable selection of acclaimed titles from across the world as part of its International Feature Film Competition, reflecting the festival’s commitment to cinematic excellence and cultural diversity, bringing together powerful stories that resonate across borders.

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Doha Film Institute, Doha Film Festival, Qatar, Mexico, Japan, Spain, International Feature Film Competition, Guillermo García López, Sleepless City, Madrid, The Resever, The Reserve, Pablo Pérez Lombardini, Renoir, Chie Hayakawa, Tokyo, Belgium, The Last Shore, Jean-Francois Ravagnan, Pateh Sabally, Venice, Ali Asgari, Divine Comedy, Iran, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Katara Cultural Village, Msheireb Downtown Doha, Museum of Islamic Art
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Cannes' sidebars -- Critics' Week, Directors' Fortnight and ACID selections announced

E. Nina Rothe April 15, 2025

Among the titles which stand out to me immediately are two beautiful projects, one selected for Critics’ Week and the other in the Fortnight line up, which participated in the recent DFI Qumra industry incubator. And I included the shorts in Critics’ Week!

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Critics week, Cannes Film Festival, festival de Cannes, Quinzaine de Cineastes, Directors' Fortnight, ACID, Cannes, Harmony Korine, The President’s Cake, Hasan Hadi, Leah Chen Baker, Qumra, DFI, Doha Film Institute, Barry Jenkins, Dangerous Animals, Sean Byrne, Kokuho, Lee Sang-il, Eva Victor, Sorry Baby, Daniel Kaluuya, Guillermo Galoe, Sleepless City, Ciudad Sin Sueño, Spain, Iraq, Madrid, Kaouther Ben Hania, Sylvain George, Life After Siham, Namir Abdel Messeeh, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, Sepideh Farsi
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Qumra 2025 projects include an outlaw Bedouin bandit couple adventure and a Palestinian dystopian sci-fi thriller

E. Nina Rothe March 6, 2025

Also included in the extensive line up of projects participating in the upcoming industry incubator organized by the Doha Film Institute is the follow up by Algerian helmers Damien Ounouri and Adila Bendimerad to their award winning epic ‘The Last Queen’, as well as Suzannah Mirghani’s highly anticipated feature debut ‘Cotton Queen’.

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In Cinema, The Diaries Tags Qumra 2025, Doha Film Institute, DFI, Damien Ounouri and Adila Bendimerad, Suzannah Mirghani, Cotton Queen, Qatar, Sofia Djama, Quarter to Thursday, Larissa Sansour, Palestine, Algeria, In Memory of Times to Come, Tunisia, Erige Sehiri, Marie & Jolie, The Joyful 1926, Speak Image Speak, Pary El-Qalqili, 1972 Munich Olympics, Sari & Amira, A.J. Al-Thani, Wadi Sakheema, Flower of the Sand, Morocco, Jaouad Babili, Sudan, Atlas Workshops, The President's Cake, Iraq, Hasan Hadi, Saddam Hussein, Souraya Mon Amour, Nicolas Khoury, Souraya Baghdadi, Maroun Baghdadi, Lebanon, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, The Pearl, Noor Al-Nasr, In the Name of Safia, Safia Kessas, Love 45, Anas Khalaf, Sound of Silence, Joyce A. Nashawati, Syria, The Fin, South Korea, Syeyoung Park, The Reserve, Mexico, Pablo Pérez Lombardini, Roqia, Yanis Koussim, Sleepless City, Spain, Guillermo García López, Fatna a Woman Named Rachid, Hélène Harder, Mother of Silence, Zahraa Ghandour, Once Upon a Time in Shiraz, Iran, Hamed Zolfaghari, The Day of Wrath: Tales from Tripoli, Rania Rafei, Jodari Meno, Dr. Jamal Rashid Al-Khanji, Al-Michelin, Abdul-Rahman Sakr, Jordan, Dirty Hands, Georges Hazim and Maya Dagher, Task Force: Apocalypse!, Dana J. Atrach and Anne Sobel, El’Sardines, Zoulikha Tahar, Villa 187, Eiman Mirghani
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