Qumra’s 10th edition, the annual talent incubator hub for Arab cinema funded and organized by the Doha Film Institute (DFI) ,will be held from March 1 to 6. It also will extend through online sessions from 9 to 11 March in order to expand access to the invaluable expertise of the cinematic industry gurus.
Qumra will welcome over 200 film industry professionals representing all aspects of the entire life cycle of film production and exhibition from script to screen In order to mentor emerging talent and provide invaluable guidance to take their films to the next level of success.
The industry professionals attending Qumra 2024, coming from 41 different countries from around the globe, are film directors, producers, film festival directors, programmers, consultants, fund managers, sales professionals, acquisition heads, script experts, distributors, video on demand (VoD) platforms and broadcasters, and other industry leaders.These mentors include: internationally acclaimed filmmakers Elia Suleiman, Rithy Panh, Ghassan Salhab,Tala Hadid, Karim Ainouz, Talal Derki, Kamal Aljafari , Yasmine Al Massri, Annemarie Jacir and a lot other industry luminaries.
