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Made in Qatar at D’reesha Programme 1
Including ‘Short Kicks: Footballing Films by Student Filmmakers’
Screening on 11 Dec | After a crushing defeat on the pitch, a frustrated football coach devises an ingenious new training technique to inspire his team. Based on a true story from Qatar’s football history.
After a crushing defeat on the pitch, a frustrated football coach devises an ingenious new training technique to inspire his team. Based on a true story from Qatar’s football history.

About the Director

Waad Abdelsalam
Waad Abdelsalam from Cairo Egypt, I moved to Qatar by the age of 8 years old, completed IGCSE in Qatar then moved to Egypt for College, currently live in Doha, Qatar. I attended Communication and mass media in The British University in Egypt and majored in Filmmaking. I have done a short movie called Tell Tale Heart an adaptation of Edgar Ellan Poe’s story, I edited and co-directed this film. I ha