Doha Film Institute
Made in Qatar Film Programme II
Once again, the Ajyal Youth Film Festival is pleased to celebrate the exciting state of filmmaking at home with our annual slate of work made right here in Qatar. This year, we present two programmes of shorts, including narratives, documentaries, thoughtful essays. The films were made independently, through Qatar University or Northwestern University in Qatar, or with the support of Doha Film Institute’s workshops and funding programmes.
Trapped in a traffic jam, the minds of Doha residents meander in a state of dreamlike suspension.
Trapped in a traffic jam, the mind has the chance to wander, since the primary task at hand – getting from A to B – is in a state of suspension. With ‘Caravan’, Suzannah Mirghani examines the daydreams of a cross-section of Doha residents as they explore their inner thoughts. Preoccupations like work, the future, maths tables and music are just some of the many absent-minded meanderings the film’s various characters follow as they wait for daily life to start up again.

Credits

Director
Suzannah Mirghani
Screenwriter
Suzannah Mirghani
Cinematographer
Mostafa Sheshtawy
Editor
Suzannah Mirghani
Production Company
Doha Film Institute
Cast
Yomna Taher, Mostafa Sheshtawy, Judy Mohamed, Julietta Mirghani, Analiza Diocampo, Milan Vasiljevic, Anthea Devotta, Mohamed Zameer Mohinudeen, Anand George Zacharia, Muna Hawwa, Ania Wojtowicz, Mariam Salim, Rawane Nassif, Abdullah Al-Arian, Waheed Khan, Amer Khan, Hani Bakir, Ana Ivanovic, John Ngurugwe, Khristo Ayad, Idris Elhassan, Manal Saad Ali, Mohamed Shakri, Ali Hassan Qurra

About the Director

Suzannah Mirghani
Suzannah Mirghani is a Sudanese-Russian writer, researcher, and media studies/museum studies graduate. Her short film ‘Al-Sit’ (2020), screening on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in 2021, among other prizes. Suzannah's recent short films include ‘Virtual Voice’ (2021, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival) and the short documentary ‘Kamala Ibrahim Isha