Doha Film Institute (DFI) has formed a new strategic alliance with the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF). DFI and Sarajevo Film Festival will partner on a number of new initiatives at their respective festivals to increase and strengthen connections between Arab and European cinema. This year, DFI will curate a selection of films from the Arab […]
Doha Film Institute (DFI) has formed a new strategic alliance with the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF).
DFI and Sarajevo Film Festival will partner on a number of new initiatives at their respective festivals to increase and strengthen connections between Arab and European cinema.
This year, DFI will curate a selection of films from the Arab world to be shown at Sarajevo Film Festival (1624 August 2013) including Mahdi Fleifels A World Not Ours (UK/Lebanon/Denmark; 2012) and Ahds Sanctity (Saudi Arabia; 2012). The films will be featured as part of the Sarajevo Film Festival Partner Presents programme.
A delegation of DFI representatives, headed by DFI CEO Abdulaziz Al Khater, will attend SFF. Additionally, a recipient of funding from DFIs grant programme will take part in CineLink Co-Production Market, Sarajevo Film Festivals industry platform.
Further extending the partnership, Sarajevo Film Festival will promote Southeast European filmmaking with a presentation of three films from its official 2013 programme at the Qumra Film Festival, Doha in March, 2014.
Finally, DFI will curate three recent works by Arab filmmakers at next years Sarajevo Film Festival and again invite recipients of DFI grants to participate in the CineLink Co-Production Market.
Al Khater said, As we at DFI continue to shape our two new festivals the Ajyal Film Festival for the Young and the Qumra Film Festival, Doha we are focusing attention on forming new partnerships with like-minded organisations. DFI and the Sarajevo Film Festival share common goals of cultural exchange. This new partnership will allow us to continue our support for emerging Arab filmmakers by providing them with an international festival platform to show their work, giving recipients of DFI grants greater industry experience and exposure.
Mirsad Purivatra, Sarajevo Film Festival Director, said: Sarajevo Film Festival is devoted to supporting and developing regional cinema and its audience. We wish to discover young film talents and help them step in the world of film industry. Being a part of very diverse film traditions and culture of the territory that we call our region, our festival is vivid and resonates with many different voices. We hope that the partnership with Doha Film Institute will open a new horizon, allow us to experience the unknown and bring new inspiration to both, our audience and our filmmakers. We wish our partnership to be fruitful, enrich world cinema and progress into the future, to the benefit of both, the regional and the Arab world.
