The first Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), took place from October 29 to November 1, was probably one of the most anticipated new festival on the international film scene this year.
About the film:
With the Competition feature The Time That Remains, Elia Suleiman is back on the Croisette two years after participating in the Out-of-Competition collective film, To Each his Own Cinema. This time the Palestinian director, who was on the Jury in 2006 and who received the Jury Prize for Divine Intervention in 2002, brings to audiences a sort of autobiography in four chapters revolving around his family, from 1948 until recent times. Mixing his own memo...
Time is getting short and I am cranking up the camera's. On February 6th, 2009 I started inquiries with Premier Sports and Entertainment to contract Laila Ali for our Movie on my life , to be shot in Saratoga, N.Y. I have long been an admirer of Ms. Ali, and since seeing her on Dancing with the Stars, I know I have made the right choice. We are a Budgeted Film and Ms. Ali was offered a competitive Salary and 7% of the net profits. Mr Sinatra Jr. will also be offered a competitive Salary and 7%...
In this V edition the participation with respect to previous years has been tripled.AMAL means hope in Arab, the same hope that has been the motor of our Foundation since 1984, and of the Euro Arab Film Festival since 2003; promoting an active work in the cultural exchange. This hope is the one that moves us to try to improve every year and to increase the participation and quality of the Festival. Our values continue being the same as in the first edition: to approach to the West the reality of...
Caught Sherine Salama documentary yesterday called "The Last Days of Yasser Arafat". Too bad the Australian director, Salama wasn't able to be there. A few years ago, she screened her first documentary "A Wedding in Ramallah" at the festival and there was a lively discussion afterwards.
I'll be posting the remaining interview with Nancy Collet, programming director at the AFI, later today.
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WONG Kar Wai, President
Chinese director
Monica BELLUCCI - Italian actress
Helena BONHAM CARTER - English actress
Lucrecia MARTEL - Argentinean director
ZHANG Ziyi - Chinese actress
Samuel L. JACKSON - American actor
Patrice LECONTE - French director
Tim ROTH - English director, actor
Elia SULEIMAN - Palestinian director
Cinéfondation and short films Jury
Andreï KONCHALOVSKY, President
Russian director
Sandrine BONNAIRE - French actress
Daniel BRÜHL - German actor
Souleymane CISSE - Mali...
