Viola Shafik is an advisor to the Venice Film Festival’s programmers. She is also involved in the 2012 DTFF, curating this year’s tribute to Algerian cinema.

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“Total Recall” hits the screens in Doha this week!!

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Director Mira Nair’s “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” will premiere in the MENA region on November 17, opening the 4th Doha Tribeca Film Festival.

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The 69th Venice Film Festival is in its second day running after opening with the latest film financed by Doha Film Institute – “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”.

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Director Mira Nair’s “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” enjoyed its world premiere at this year’s 69th Venice Film Festival.

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Mahdi Ali Ali is Doha Film Institute’s Gulf Film Development manager.

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Director Takashi Yamazaki’s exploration of post-war Tokyo, set in 1958, is a sentimental, funny and nostalgic exploration of, in his words, the “good old days”.

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After a month-long break from new releases, Qatar’s distributors are filling screens with blockbusters again this weekend.

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Fileena Bahris is an actress and jewellery designer for films. Recently, she worked as an un-credited actress, or extra, on “The Dark Knight Rises”.

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It’s the beginning of a very long weekend in Qatar, and the cinemas are ready!

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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ hits the screens in Doha this week!!

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Three of Doha’s budding photographers have won our Garangao photo competition.

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Emirati filmmaker Abdullah Hassan Ahmed has directed several short films and worked as an actor and cinematographer.

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‘Special Forces’ film review written by Anealla Safdar.

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In just over a week, “The Dark Knight Rises” will be playing in the region – some 30 days after its almost-international release.

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