ajyal film festival Archives

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How to buy tickets for this year’s ‘hybrid’ Ajyal Film Festival

Calling all film enthusiasts! Purchase your Ajyal Film Festival tickets now to avoid missing out on this year’s spectacular event. Excited to attend this year’s Ajyal Film Festival but not…

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Culture

Doha’s Ajyal film festival to kick off on Nov. 29 with ‘Idol’ screening

The six-day event will feature a number of short films that will be screened in the Middle East for the first time, including Iranian director Jafar Panahi's 'Taxi' and Lebanese director Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya's 'The Very Big Shot.'

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Life

Qatar’s 1st zombie film featuring ruined Doha skyline to debut at Ajyal

The short film was entirely shot in Qatar and focuses on a young married couple trying to survive a post-apocalyptic zombie epidemic. Visitors are invited to watch the screening for free on Dec. 4.

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Culture

Ajyal Film Festival to shine spotlight on 20 local productions

The nearly two dozen works will touch on an eclectic range of subjects, including obsessive mobile phone usage, tested faith, zombie epidemics, cultural harmony and a comic convention.

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Culture

Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ to make Middle East debut at Ajyal fest in Doha

The Salma Hayek-Pinault produced animated film was partly financed by the Doha Film Institute, and is divided into eight chapters on love, work, good and evil, death, freedom and marriage.

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Culture

Ajyal Youth Film Festival to return in December 2014

The second edition of the youth-oriented event will be held at Katara Cultural Village.

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PHOTOS: First Ajyal Film Festival attracts diverse crowd

For the first time, a marked Qatari presence could be felt at the Doha Film Institute's festival, which has been retooled with an eye on the youth.

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Culture

Japanese anime to take center stage at first Ajyal Youth Film Festival

DFI's new youth-oriented film fest, Ajyal, will host the regional premiere of critically-acclaimed anime film The Wind Rises by Hayao Miyazaki on November 26 as part of a festival-wide tribute to Japanese animation.

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