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First shoots of freedom: has the Arab spring liberated film-makers?
3 November 2011 8:05 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Last week's Doha Tribeca film festival showcased an uprising of Arab films shot straight from the streets
Last week, delegates from across the Arab world met in Doha to discuss the future of a liberated Libya. Meanwhile, across town, Tarak Ben Ammar was launching his new movie. Black Gold is an epic spun from the discovery of oil on the Arabian peninsula, and as its producer, Ben Ammar was keen to keen to play up its timeliness. "We were shooting in Tunisia just as Ben Ali fell," he told a sweaty crowd in a small air-conditioned room at the Doha Tribeca film festival. "Those events became history not only for Tunisia but for the world. Let's hope this is a new age for Arab cinema too."
Across from Ben Ammar sit some of his cast: Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim and Mark Strong. They echo his sentiments, project their belief that, »
- Paul MacInnes
The desert blooms: culture in Qatar
22 January 2011 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
When Fifa awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, there was widespread disbelief. But the bid was just another step in the ambitious emirate's plan to become a global player – not just in sport, but culturally, with events such as a Robert De Niro-endorsed film festival. Welcome to the Gulf's latest Brave New World
"Rich is good, obviously," an eminent Qatari tells me. Obviously. "But to be cultured, well, that's something else…" He's talking less about individuals than states, in particular his own which is now – on a per-capita basis – the richest country in the world, a status chiefly explained by Qatar possessing plenty of what the world most wants: oil and gas.
It also now has the World Cup – or will have in 2022, after Fifa's decision late last year to award the tournament to the Gulf state. The decision provoked plenty of commentary, little of it entirely complimentary.
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- Robert Yates
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