Doha Film Institute

مشاريع قمرة

مشاريع قمرة

يُعد قمرة حاضنة للمواهب وداعماً لمشاريع الأفلام الطويلة والقصيرة والمسلسلات، حيث يقدّم إرشاداً إبداعياً ومهنياً للمشاركين عبر مختلف مراحل التطوير.

وعلى مدار أيام قمرة، سيقوم ما يقرب من 200 خبير سينمائي دولي بتقديم التوجيه والإرشاد لصنّاع الأفلام المشاركين من خلال جلسات مهيأة لاحتياجات مشاريعهم وعروض أفلام قيد التحضير واجتماعات عمل مخصصة للمشاريع المشاركة. ويركز البرنامج على المخرجين الذين يعملون على مشاريعهم الأولى والثانية، ويشارك فيه صنّاع أفلام من أكثر من 40 دولة.

ويشهد قمرة هذا العام مشاركة متميزة من المواهب الواعدة من قطر ومجتمع صنّاع الأفلام الإقليمي والدولي ممّن حصلوا على دعم برنامجيّ التدريب والتمويل التابعيّن لمؤسسة الدوحة للأفلام.

A Disguised Practice
Short Narrative
A Disguised Practice

In an alternate Qatar where pearls have vanished, and men disappear at sea, a history teacher uncovers his grandfather’s unfinished legacy and is drawn toward the water, as his body begins to change and the sea calls him to continue a journey no one returns from.

A Donkey Will
Short Narrative
A Donkey Will

A retelling of a folktale, ‘A Donkey Will’ reimagines the figure of Nasreddin, a folkloric jester figure, in modern-day Bukhara, where he is a wanderer in a city that has lost him his donkey and his wit.

Fuxi: Joy in Four Chapters
Feature Narrative
Fuxi: Joy in Four Chapters

On a seesaw, Sun and Moon rise and fall, witnessing four feasts and festivities spanning four millennia, where the living and the dead, gods and ghosts unite in a simple, shared joy.

Ghafleh
Short Narrative
Ghafleh

Struggling to make up for lost time, a dedicated watchmaker races to craft his daughter’s dream watch before their seconds together tick away.

In The Silence After
Short Documentary or Essay
In The Silence After

A son returns home to care for his mother, filming the last year they will spend together.

Light to Ashes
Short Narrative
Light to Ashes

A young Bedouin poet and his sister’s quiet desert life is disrupted when a wounded tribesman returns to camp.

memorandum of understanding (working title)
Short Narrative
memorandum of understanding (working title)

Mariam follows an unspoken pull toward a stranger, moving through suspicion, desire, and recognition as dance fractures the line between what is discovered and what remains unsaid.

NESYAN
Short Documentary or Essay
NESYAN

Based on a poem of absence and self-doubt, ‘NESYAN’ reveals the One, the Other, and the Ghost. Through fragments, escapism, and silence, it explores loss, memory, distance, and the invisible presence that lingers and shapes a separation.

The Peacock Queen
Feature Narrative
The Peacock Queen

Brother and sister Abdulla (8) and Hessa (13) are transported to a mythical world, embarking on a deadly quest to find three magic pearls that will allow them to return home before being stranded forever.

Radiesthesia
Feature Narrative
Radiesthesia

In a drought-ravaged town, Judith (15) has the mysterious gift of finding water underground. One day, a strange force draws her to an old well, where she senses a presence, pushing her into a social struggle to uncover the truth.

Reset
Short Narrative
Reset

In sleepy Doha circa 2002, a young girl’s Tamagotchi accidentally dies, sparking a desperate search for answers and a sudden confrontation with the inevitability of change.

Sara's Shoes
Short Narrative
Sara's Shoes

An impulsive purchase sends a working mother on a quiet, transformative afternoon where she rediscovers herself beyond duty and routine.

Arab Love
TV Series
Arab Love

An Egyptian single mother and a Tunisian flight attendant fall in love online, triggering a cross-border war of exes, families, and social media mobs, where intimacy, lies, and algorithms collide, and loving someone becomes a public act of rebellion.

Captain Shedeed
TV Series
Captain Shedeed

When a mysterious virus threatens children’s lives, an ordinary father becomes ‘Captain Shedeed’, facing his nemesis, Dr. Sam, in a race against time to choose between fear and responsibility, and to prove power comes from courage and moral choice.

Echoes
TV Series
Echoes

‘Echoes’ is a supernatural international anthology where myth collides with modern life. Across cultures, legends return through women’s lives, exposing fear, desire, and the secrets societies bury.

The Gate of Resurrection
TV Series
The Gate of Resurrection

A grief-stricken video editor secretly sabotaging state TV discovers an underground Assassin order that hails him as its Chosen One, forcing him into a deadly uprising to save his condemned brother.

Legacy of Light: House of Wisdom
TV Series
Legacy of Light: House of Wisdom

A young Al-Khwarizmi journeys from Central Asia to 9th-century Baghdad, where he revolutionises mathematics inside the House of Wisdom. His breakthrough discovery of the algorithm changes history and lays the hidden foundation of our modern world.

Like a Feather in the Breeze
TV Series
Like a Feather in the Breeze

Although Tarek and Laila are both searching for their soulmates, they often cross paths without ever truly meeting. So Salwa, the narrator, decides to step in, setting off a series of playful comic attempts to finally bring them together.

A Lover's Manifesto
TV Series
A Lover's Manifesto

An animated history of Beirut, from its emergence as a modern city in 1860 to its invasion in 1982. Forged by emancipation and revolution, the city is ultimately fractured and consumed by civil war.

Visions of the After
TV Series
Visions of the After

In a futuristic federalised Levant ruled by the ruthless ARC regime, a young travelling saleswoman, Dalal, finds herself at the intercross of a crisis, a far-reaching conspiracy, and a boiling rebellion. Navigating fractured territories, her struggle becomes inseparable from the fight against oppression.

The Walled Off Hotel VR Experience
TV Series
The Walled Off Hotel VR Experience

Trapped in Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel, you team up with Ka, a cynical, flightless parrot, to solve puzzles, uncover hidden stories and confront life behind the wall, where art, humour and politics meet.