2023 – Workshop & Labs
Mirror, by Andrei Tarkovsky
Session Date: 15 January 2024
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard Peña
Discover the creative process of writing for the screen, all from the comfort of your own home with DFI’s exciting online Screenwriting for...
Point Blank, by John Boorman
Session Date: 27 November 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard Peña
The Doha Film Institute’s online short scriptwriting lab is designed to assist emerging screenwriters and writer-directors from Qatar and the...
Branded to Kill, by Seijun Suzuki
Session Date: 30 October 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard Peña
Doha Film Institute recognises the rise of emerging talent in the region and the fundamental role producers play in defining, supporting and influencing...
Father, by István Szabó
Session Date: 25 September 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard Peña
This programme will provide participants with the knowledge, resources, and mentor support for developing their...
Memories of Underdevelopment, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Session Date: 28 August 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard
Discover the creative process of writing for the screen, all from the comfort of your own home with DFI’s exciting online Screenwriting for Beginners Lab.
‘Machorka-Muff’ and ‘Not Reconciled’, by Jean-Marie Straub
Session Date: 24 July 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richa
The Hezayah Screenwriting lab is designed to assist emerging screenwriters and writer-directors to develop and write an original feature-length screenplay...
Over the past three years, Doha Film Institute has started nurturing a space for series projects from the MENA region through its labs and financial support...
Eclipse, by Michelangelo Antonioni
Session Date: 19 June 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard Peña
This special online ‘First Cut Lab’ is designed to assist three feature films (fiction/documentary) from Qatar or the MENA region and one short film from...
My Life to Live, by Jean-Luc Godard
Session Date: 29 May 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard Peña
The Exterminating Angel, by Luis Buñuel
Session Date: 1 May, 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard Peña
The Doha Film Institute’s short scriptwriting lab is designed to assist emerging screenwriters and writer-directors from Qatar and the MENA region...
ASHES AND DIAMONDS
Session Date: 17 January, 2023
A monthly lecture series with Professor Richard Peña
Making a documentary is much more than simply filming what surrounds us. It can be a way of understanding the world, a tool to make it a better place...