One Minute Films Special Event
with Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Geoff Gilmore, Hiam Abbass and Scandar Copti
Date/Time: Sun, 11/01 @ 16:30
Location: MIA Auditorium
Get ready for part two of the One Minute Films Special Event. Following Martin Scorsese and Mohamed Khan’s screening on Friday, this is another great opportunity to watch these nine films with screen legends Robert De Niro and Hiam Abbass, along with Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of Tribeca Film Festival; Geoff Gilmore of Tribeca Enterprises; and Scandar Copti, filmmaker and creator of the One Minute Films at the DTFF.
Across the Arab world, an unprecedented wave of new filmmakers is dramatically changing the way we identify East, West, and everything in between. These young directors, many of whom grew up in the shadow of civil war and political strife in their native countries, are imbuing their filmmaking aesthetic with an often intriguing mix of Arabic subject matter merged with cultural influences from both Hollywood and Europe.
Join this dynamic group as they give words of wisdom to these filmmakers from across the Middle East about their sources of inspiration and the challenges they are facing as they forge ahead with their careers.
Please note that this event has limited seating, and is first-come first-serve for all badge holders.
Robert De Niro
Co-Founder, Tribeca Film Festival
De Niro is a two-time Oscar® award winning actor, film producer and director. In addition to his prolific film career, he is the co-founder of Tribeca Productions, the Tribeca Film Festival and Tribeca Film Institute as well as a restaurateur and hotelier.
Jane Rosenthal
Co-Founder, Tribeca Film Festival
In 1988, Rosenthal co-founded Tribeca Productions and the Tribeca Film Center with Robert De Niro. She has distinguished herself as a leading film producer with a roster of both critically and commercially acclaimed films. In 2002, De Niro, Rosenthal and her husband Craig Hatkoff created the Tribeca Film Festival in order to foster the revitalization of downtown New York City. They also created the Tribeca Film Institute to provide financial and networking resources to filmmakers and youth.
Geoffrey Gilmore
Chief Creative Officer/Board Member, Tribeca Enterprises
Gilmore is responsible for leading Tribeca’s creative development initiatives and expansion of the brand. He came to Tribeca after serving as Director of the Sundance Film Festival, where since 1990 he was responsible for film selection and programming. Gilmore was also a consultant for the Sundance Channel and Sundance Cinemas and served as head of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's programming. He taught a course on independent production in the UCLA Department of Film and Television and has lectured in Paris, Germany, Japan, and China.
Hiam Abbass
Born in Nazareth in 1960, Hiam Abbass began her acting career in Paris. She’s a veteran of such critical darlings as Hany Abu-Assad's Academy Award-nominated Paradise Now, Steven Spielberg's Munich, and Eran Riklis' The Syrian Bride. For Rikis' new film, Lemon Tree, she is the recipient of a European Film Award nomination and Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Actress. On Munich, in addition to acting, she served as a creative consultant and acting coach to child and first-time actors. She is also an accomplished photographer and the writer and director of two short films, Le Pain and La Danse éternelle. Abbass will next star in Julian Schnabel’s Miral, the lead role of real-life heroine Hind Husseini, who rescued 55 orphan survivors of 1948's Deir Yassin massacre near Jerusalem.
Scandar Copti
DTFF Community Outreach Programmer
Copti is a Palestinian filmmaker born and raised in Jaffa, and is responsible for developing DTFF local community programs. In 2009, his first full-length feature film "Ajami" won the Camera d'Or Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival and the Wolgin Award for Best Full-Length Feature Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Formerly a mechanical engineer, Copti has also written, directed and edited several fiction, documentary and experimental short films.
Doha Talks is a series of interactive panels, conversations and masterclasses that begin a series of year-round, thought-provoking dialogues aimed at highlighting the best international and Arab films, promoting an active cinematic culture, and fostering a new generation of Arab filmmakers and film lovers.
Qatar on Film: The Scents of Shadows and Jasim
Date/Time: Fri 10/30 @ 16:00
Location: MIA Gallery
Moderator: Andy Patterson
Filmmakers: Hafiz Ali Ali and Peter Webber
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A special screening of two short films exploring Qatari history, cinema and national identity: The Scents of Shadows, Hafiz Ali Ali's documentary on the history of Qatari cinema, plus a world premiere screening of Oscar® nominated Peter Webber's Jasim, which honours Sheikh Jasim Al Thani with an entirely Qatari cast. Each film is followed by an extensive Q&A with the director.
قطر في الأفلام: شذا الظلال وجاسم
الجمعة 30 أكتوبر 2009 4:00 عصرا صالة عرض متحف الفن الإسلامي الدوحة - قطر
عرض خاص لفيلمين قصيرين يستكشفان تاريخ قطر وأفلامها والهوية الوطنية: فيلم "شذا الظلال" الوثائقي للمخرج حافظ علي علي عن تاريخ السينما القطرية وفيلم "جاسم" للمخرج بيتير ويبير الذي يعرض للمرة الأولى في العالم ويكرّم فيه الشيخ جاسم آل ثاني ويتميز بأن جميع الممثلين فيه من الجنسية القطرية. يعقب كل فيلم جلسة حوارية مع المخرج.
The Fabulous Picture Show (FPS) is the only audience interactive film program to focus critically on independent and world cinema — and to place these films in their historical, cultural and political contexts. Packed with exclusive interviews and peppered with abundant clips, it’s like the ultimate ‘Director’s Commentary’ on the latest in contemporary cinema.
Presented by DTFF’s Executive Director Amanda Palmer, FPS is filmed as a live event that brings filmmakers from around the world face-to-face with an inquiring public. The Doha Tribeca Film Festival offers you two chances to be a VIP — a very important participant — in The Fabulous Picture Show. All events, including screenings, are FREE of cost.
Mira Nair Masterclass: Q&A
Date/Time: Fri 10/30 @ 14:00
Location: MIA Gallery
Hosted by: Amanda Palmer, DTFF's Executive Director
RSVP Essential: Please
email fps@dohatribecafilm.com with name and contact
AUDIENCES MUST BE 18+. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FILMED AS A LIVE EVENT, BY ATTENDING YOU ARE GIVING PERMISSION TO BE FILMED.
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Following our opening night screening of Mira Nair's aviation epic
Amelia, FPS hosts this special Q&A. Nair has amassed a body of work so eclectic, and so admired, she's arguably the most internationally successful female Asian filmmaker ever. Her 1988 debut feature,
Salaam Bombay!won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award®. Since then, she's worked with A-List stars in
Mississippi Masala,
Vanity Fair,
Hysterical Blindness, and scored triumphs with international titles like
Monsoon Wedding and
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. Nair's masterful ability to juxtapose East and West will surely come to light in a class as full of surprises as the director herself.
Elia Suleiman Masterclass: Screening + Q&A
Date/Time: Sun 11/01 @ 10:00 for screening of
The Time That Remains, followed by 12:00 Q&A for The Fabulous Picture Show
Location: MIA Gallery
Hosted by: Amanda Palmer, DTFF's Executive Director
RSVP Essential: Please
email fps@dohatribecafilm.com with name and contact
AUDIENCES MUST BE 18+. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FILMED AS A LIVE EVENT, BY ATTENDING YOU ARE GIVING PERMISSION TO BE FILMED.
Click here to view bios of all the panelists.
Palestinian director Elia Suleiman joins us for a masterclass about the influences that have shaped his characteristically deadpan humor, his exploration for identity, and his savvy political and social consciousness. We'll talk about what many are calling his masterpiece,
The Time That Remains, as the final installment of a trilogy charting the Palestinian occupation and displacement over the last 60 years.
Documentary Filmmaking: Non-Fiction, Reality and Beyond
Date/Time: Sat 10/31 @ 11:00
Location: Four Seasons Garden
Host: Beadie Finzi
Panelists: Julie LeBrocquy, R.J. Cutler, Borut Strel, Giorgia Lo Savio, Liz Mermin, Marshall Curry, Mai Masri
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The world of documentary production has been transformed in the last decade. From the low rent realm of reality television to the high class world of theatrical features we have witnessed a revolution in non-fiction storytelling, one that has emerged from the shadows of educational television and is fully on display in film festivals around the world including the Doha Tribeca festival. The trials and tribulations of the production of contemporary documentary, its financing, various modes of distribution and opportunities in the current marketplace is the subject for this symposium. LIMITED SPACE.
RSVP required.
صناعة الأفلام الوثائقية: الأفلام غير الخيالية والواقعية وغيرها
السبت 31 أكتوبر 2009 11 صباحا فندق فورسيزونز الدوحة – قطر
شهد عالم الإنتاج الوثائقي تغييرات في العقد الماضي. فمن عالم تلفزيون الواقع البسيط إلى العالم الراقي للخصائص المسرحية, شاهدنا حصول ثورة في رواية القصص غير الخيالية التي انبثقت من ظلال التلفزيون التعليمي وباتت تظهر بالكامل في مهرجانات الأفلام في مختلف دول العالم, بما فيها مهرجان الدوحة ترايبيكا السينمائي. سنطرح في هذه الندوة التجارب والصعوبات التي نواجهها في معرض إنتاج الأفلام الوثائقية العصرية بدءا بالتمويل وصولا إلى التوزيع وتحليل الفرص المتوفرة في سوق العمل
One Big World: Producing & Distributing Independent & International Films in the Global Market
Date/Time: Sat 10/31 @ 13:00
Location: Four Seasons Garden
Host: Geoff Gilmore
Panelists: Bob Berney, Sandy Climan, Cat Villiers, Brad Wechsler, Ted Mundorff, Graham Taylor
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Hollywood has dominated the international film arena for much of the past century. Changes afoot in countries across the globe, however, are affecting the position of film and national identity as filmmakers far from the Hollywood hills capture the narratives of their people, their country and themselves in a language and style that is entirely their own. As the world of film undergoes its biggest transformation in 50 years, this panel of executives, distributors and exhibitors will give us their visions of the future of filmmaking. LIMITED SPACE.
RSVP required.
عالم واحد كبير: إنتاج وتوزيع أفلام مستقلة ودولية في السوق العالمية
السبت 31 أكتوبر 2009 1:00 ظهرا فندق فورسيزونز الدوحة – قطر
سيطرت هوليوود على ساحة الأفلام الدولية خلال القسم الأكبر من القرن الماضي. إلا أنالتغييرات التي تشهدها دول العالم تؤثر على موقع الأفلام والهوية الوطنية فيما يقوم صناع الأفلام البعيدين عن تلال هوليوود بتسجيل قصص الشعوب وبلادهم وأنفسهم بلغة وأسلوب خاص بهم. وفيما يشهد عالم الأفلام أكبر تحول منذ 50 سنة فإن هذه المجموعة المؤلفة من إداريين وموزعين وعارضين سوف تقوم بعرض رؤاهم عن مستقبل صناعة الأفلام.
Financing from Hollywood to Qatar: The New World of Global Production
Date/Time: Sat 10/31 @ 15:00
Location: Four Seasons Garden
Host: Cassian Elwes
Panelists: Ken Kamins, Frederic Sichler, Tarak Ben Ammar, Lynette Howell
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The world of film financing experienced its "Golden Age" in the last decade. Equity investment was overflowing and the numbers of films produced and seeking distribution reached record levels. Then overnight, the world markets changed and the financing that had fueled production all over the world dried up. So where do we go from here? An expert panel representing international agencies, productions funds, producers and equity financiers will give us an idea of the new directions of film financing. LIMITED SPACE.
RSVP required.
تمويل الأفلام من هوليوود: العالم الجديد للإنتاج العالمي
السبت 31 أكتوبر 2009 3:00 عصرا فندق فورسيزونز الدوحة – قطر
عاش عالم تمويل الأفلام عصره الذهبي في العقد الماضي الذي اتسم بدفق الاستثمارات وعدد الأفلام المنتجة ووصل عملية التوزيع إلى مستويات قياسية. وفجأة تغيرت أسواق العالم وجفت مصادر التمويل التي كانت تمد إنتاج الأفلام في كل أنحاء العالم. وهنا نسأل إلى أين المصير؟ ستعطينا مجموعة من الخبراء يمثلون وكالات دولية وصناديق الإنتاج والمنتجين والممولين فكرة عن الاتجاهات جديدة لتمويل الأفلام.
Up for Debate: The Film Challenge
Date/Time: Sun 11/01 @ 14:00 for screening of
Team Qatar, followed immediately by debate at 15:30
Location: MIA Gallery
Host: Dean Obeidallah
Participants: Maysoon Zayid, Omar Offendum, Liz Mermin, Alex Just, Fatima Mahdi and members of QatarDebate
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Team Qatar is a must see film that follows Qatar's first ever national high school debate team as they were trained by
QatarDebate Center's coaches from around the world in the art of rhetoric. Inspired by the film's ability to create new conversation, this special screening will be followed by a debate on a cinematic topic chosen by you. Qatar's newest generation of 15-17 year old debaters will coach our guests as the two teams prepare to test their wits in a head-to-head live debate following the film.
مناظرة حول الفيلم التحدي
الأحد 1 نوفمبر 2009 3:30 عصرا صالة عرض متحف الفن الإسلامي الدوحة – قطر
"الفريق القطري" فيلم لا يفوّت يتبع أول فريق مناظرات وطني في قطر في اثناء حصول أعضائه على تدريب على أيدي مدربي مركز مناظرات قطر المنتمين إلى جنسيات مختلفة والمتخصصين في مجال الخطابة. ويعقب عرض هذا الفيلم المستلهم من القدرة على توليد نقاشات جديدة بمناظرة حول موضوع سينمائي من اختياركم. وسوف يتولى الجيل الجديد للمناظرات في قطر والمتراوحة أعمارهم بين 15 و17 بتوجيه ضيوف مهرجان الدوحة ترايبيكا السينمائي فيما يستعد الفريقان لوضع ذكائهم على المحك في مناظرة حماسية مباشرة.
The New Arab Way: A New Generation of Arab Filmmakers
Date/Time: Sun 11/01 @ 14:00
Location: MIA Auditorium
Host: Ali Jaafar, international editor for Variety
Panelists: Amin Matalqa, Chadi Zeneddine, Swel Noury, Marwan Hamed
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Across the Arab world, an unprecedented wave of new filmmakers is dramatically changing the way we identify East, West, and everything in between. These young directors, many of whom grew up in the shadow of civil war and political strife in their native countries, are imbuing their filmmaking aesthetic with an often intriguing mix of Arabic subject matter merged with cultural influences from both Hollywood and Europe. We talk to filmmakers from across the Middle East about their sources of inspiration and the challenges they are facing as they forge ahead with their careers.
وصف:
في العالم العربي تدخل موجة غير مسبوقة من صانعي الأفلام تغييرات على الطريقة التي يتم فيها تعريف الشرق والغرب وكل ما بينهما. ويضفي هؤلاء المخرجون الجدد الذين عايش العديد منهم حربا أهلية ونزاعا سياسيا في مواطنهم على أفلامهم جمالية ومزيجا جذابا من المواضيع العربية المشوبة بتأثيرات ثقافية مارستها هوليوود وبوليوود عليها. ونتحدث في هذه الجلسة مع مخرجين من منطقة الشرق الأوسط يتكلمون عن مصادر إلهامهم والتحديات التي واجهوها في مسيرتهم المهنية.