Qatar Business: 13 DFI-supported films selected to 79th Venice IFF – Gulf Digital News

Qatar Business: 13 DFI-supported films selected to 79th Venice IFF – Gulf Digital News

A captivating slate of 13 films supported by the Doha Film Institute (DFI) has been selected to the ongoing 79th Venice International Film Festival (IFF), a celebration of the world’s finest cinema and upcoming talents.

Held from August 31 to September 10, 2022, with several sidebar and complementing events, the festival is among the most prestigious globally that aims to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry.

Underlining the diversity of the DFI’s support to independent voices in cinema, the selection includes movies from Algeria, Egypt, France, Jordan, Indonesia, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia.

Diverse films

Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Chief Executive Officer of DFI, said: “We are incredibly proud to showcase 13 diverse films backed by DFI at the Venice Film Festival this year, underlining our commitment to support emerging Arab talent and filmmakers from across the globe. The selection includes bold, independent, and trend-setting films from across the world, that stand out for their diversity of themes and how the filmmakers approach their stories through innovative techniques that push the boundaries of conventional filmmaking. Their Venice debut will mark the beginning of an exciting journey for all these films, and I congratulate the