Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the addition of Toni Collette as a Qumra Master for the 10th edition taking place in Doha from March 1 to 6, 2024. Founder of Vocab Films, Toni joins acclaimed film visionaries, Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martín Hernández and Jim Sheridan for the 2024 event dedicated to supporting important new voices from Arab and world cinema. On its 10th anniversary, Qumra will offer networking and development opportunities for more than 40 projects from emerging filmmakers from over 20 countries, as part of its mission to accelerate the success of filmmakers from the region and beyond and prepare them to bring their stories to audiences around the world. The projects were selected by an expert panel of judges from hundreds of submissions received from filmmakers across the world. Filmmakers with projects selected at Qumra 2024 come from diverse countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Myanmar, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tunisia and Yemen.
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