Qatar’s Doha Film Institute (DFI) has unveiled the 49 projects selected for the 2026 edition of its annual Qumra meeting which has been moved online due to the Iran War.
The incubator event will support 49 projects – spanning 27 features, nine series and 13 shorts – through online networking and mentorship with the event running from March 27 to April 8.
Feature projects include Madness and Honey Days by Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji, who made waves with Iraqi Venice-selected, Oscar entry Hanging Gardens; Hamlet From The Slums by Ahmed Fawzi-Saleh, whose Poisonous Roses was Egypt’s 2020 Oscar entry, and documentary Revolutionaries Never Die by Palestinian director Mohanad Yaqubi.
The 12th edition had been due to unfold in Doha with Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Alice Diop, Faouzi Bensaïdi and Gustavo Santaolalla in attendance as the events so-called Qumra masters, who give masterclasses and mentor
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