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Qatar\u2019s Doha Film Festival has announced the International Feature Film Competition lineup for its inaugural edition in November.<\/p>\n
It is the main competition of the new event, spearheaded by the Doha Film Institute, which will mete out awards worth than $300,000.<\/p>\n
More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n The selection features 13 world cinema titles exploring contemporary themes from ecological crisis to war displacement, with titles including Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director winner Once Upon a Time in Gaza; Iraqi 2026 Oscar entry The President\u2019s Cake, and Qatar-based director Suzannah Mirghani\u2019s Cotton Queen, which premiered recently in Venice. (Scroll down for full list).<\/p>\n \u201cThese powerful artistic expressions represent the creativity and resilience of humanity and demonstrate the capability of film to shape the future of our societies, \u201d said DFI CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough these stories that engage empathy, reflection and connection, we are creating safe spaces for meaningful dialogue to counter prevailing narratives.<\/p>\n The new festival will run from November 20 to 28 November 2025, in various locations across the Qatari capital of Doha including the Katara Cultural Village, Msheireb Downtown Doha, and the Museum of Islamic Art.<\/p>\n It expands on the DFI\u2019s long-running family-focused festival of Ajyal which ran for more than a decade during the same period.<\/p>\n The International Feature Film Competition will feature a jury five industry experts who select winners in Best Narrative (with prize money of US$75,000), Best Documentary (US$50,000), Best Artistic Achievement for feature narrative or documentary (US$45,000), and Best Performance (US$15,000) categories. A certificate of Special Mention will also be presented to a feature narrative or documentary.<\/p>\n The selections for the other competitive strands \u2013 spanning the International Short Film Competition, Ajyal Film Competition, judged by the festival\u2019s youth jury, and the Made in Qatar Competition \u2013 will be unveiled in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n The full International Competition Lineup<\/strong><\/p>\n Khartoum\u00a0(Sudan\/UK\/Germany\/Qatar) Cotton Queen\u00a0(Sudan\/Germany\/France\/Palestine\/Egypt\/Qatar) Once Upon a Time in Gaza\u00a0(Palestine\/France\/Germany\/Portugal\/Qatar) With Hassan in Gaza\u00a0(Germany\/Palestine\/France\/Qatar) The President\u2019s Cake\u00a0<\/strong>(Iraq\/USA\/Qatar) My Father and Qaddafi (Libya\/Lebanon\/Qatar) Renoir\u00a0(Japan\/France\/Singapore\/The Philippines\/Indonesia\/Qatar) Sleepless City\u00a0<\/strong>(Spain\/France\/Qatar) The Last Shore (Belgium\/France\/Qatar) The Reserve(Mexico\/Qatar) Divine Comedy (Iran\/Italy\/France\/Germany\/Turkey) Hair, Paper, Water (Belgium\/France\/Vietnam) Blue Heron (Canada\/Hungary) Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Qatar\u2019s Doha Film Festival has announced the International Feature Film Competition lineup for its inaugural edition in November. It is the main competition of the new event, spearheaded by the Doha Film Institute, which will mete out awards worth than $300,000. 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