People in Film: Mohamad Malas
Oct 01, 2013
The Doha Film Institute caught up with master Syrian director Mohamad Malas at TIFF…
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Venice, TIFF and San Sebastiàn Awards
Sep 29, 2013
September is always a big month in the film festival world.
People in Film: The Tahaddi Graduates
Sep 24, 2013
With the fourth edition of the Tahaddi 7-Day Filmmaking Challenge underway, we asked three grads of the Tahaddi workshop…
The Sci-Fi Saviour
Sep 22, 2013
We asked one of the graduates of the last Tahaddi to tell us about her most inspiring film personality. Here’s what A.J. Al-Thani had to say
TIFF Talk: Conversation with Jasmila Žbanić and Kym Vercoe
Sep 10, 2013
It’s now 20 years since the Bosnian War, which tore apart Yugoslavia and saw some of the worst war crimes the world has known.
Toronto International Film Festival - An Overview
Sep 05, 2013
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) launches its 38th edition today and once again features…
DFI Film Review: Kiarostami - The Art of Living
Sep 01, 2013
This week, we take a look at Pat Collins and Fergus Daly’s ‘Kiarostami: The Art of Living’…
Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘10 on Ten’
Aug 26, 2013
DFI is excited to present a partial retrospective of the work of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami at the Museum of Islamic Art from 13 to 21 September.
DFI Partners with Sarajevo Film Festival
Aug 21, 2013
The Sarajevo Film Festival is in the midst of its 19th edition, which runs until August 24. It was first held in 1995, while the nearly four-year-long siege…
Now Playing in Doha!: Despicable Me 2
Aug 14, 2013
Three years after the original, ‘Despicable Me 2’ is just about everything you’d expect from the sequel to the beloved first installment: more minions…
DFI Film Review: ‘Islam: Empire of Faith’
Aug 04, 2013
The three-part American documentary series ‘Islam: Empire of Faith’ is a vast history of the rise of Islam and the empire it established…
DFI Film Review: The Light in Her Eyes
Jul 28, 2013
When international and American media looked at the status of women in Afghanistan when US troops invaded in 2001…
DFI Film Review: Fordson - Faith, Fasting, Football
Jul 22, 2013
Dearborn, Michigan, a southwestern suburb of Detroit, has the largest Arab population of any city outside the Middle East.
DFI Film Review: The Message
Jul 15, 2013
No film about Islam and the Prophet Mohammed has had as much of an impact…
Islam in Film
Jun 30, 2013
The rise of Arab cinema during the last century was marked to a certain extent by an inclination for religious films, for which the 50s…