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Made in Qatar at M7 Programme 3
As we celebrate a monumental year for the nation, we are proud to present an incredible selection of internationally acclaimed and awarded short films by Qatar-based filmmakers.
Made in Qatar Film Programme
To celebrate Qatar National Day 2021, we are delighted to present a selection of compelling shorts made by filmmakers who are proud to call Qatar home.
Your Ghosts Are Mine - Short Film Programme
Nominated for an Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival, ‘Don’t Get Too Comfortable’ is a heartfelt, introspective letter to the filmmaker’s deceased grandfather. The letter questions the continuous pattern of movement amongst Yemenis in diaspora. The film fuses archival photographs, sourced footage, parallax animation, and abstract videos to create an audio-visual body of work that calls attention to the collective feeling of statelessness and sense of being felt by Yemeni (or non-Yemeni) migrants.

Credits

Director
Shaima Tamimi
Producer
Mayar Hamdan
Editor
Mayar Hamdan
Sound
Falah Hannoun

About the Director

Shaima Al Tamimi
Shaima Al-Tamimi, a Yemeni-East African visual storyteller based in Qatar, draws from her lived experiences to explore social issues related to migration, healing, and sociocultural dynamics. She was selected as a 2024 Emerging Producer by the Ji.hlava Film Festival and is currently a Firelight Media Fellow. Her latest short film, ‘Don’t Get Too Comfortable’ (2021), premiered at the Venice Interna