Comments
There are no comments.
Add Comments
HE the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz al-Kuwari joins DFI CEO and Ajyal festival director Fatma al-Remaihi, Occidental Petroleum CEO Steve Kelly and diplomats at a networking event hosted by DFI.
A networking event hosted by the Doha Film Institute (DFI) in order to augment the links with the local diplomatic community was attended by HE the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz al-Kuwari and ambassadors from 20 countries.
Ambassadors of the US, Korea, Spain, Switzerland, India, Georgia, Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, Palestine, France, Portugal, Canada, Mexico, Bulgaria, Belgium, Sweden, UAE, the UK and Argentina met with senior DFI officials and other guests.
DFI is hosting the third annual Ajyal Youth Film Festival from November 29 to December 5.
The programme consists of daily public screenings of local and international films; the popular ‘Made in Qatar’ section dedicated to showcasing home-grown talent from Qatar; Sony Cinema Under the Stars; family weekend; the Doha Giffoni Youth Media Summit; special events and exhibitions; the Sandbox interactive digital playground; school screenings and the Ajyal Competition, where hundreds of young jurors between the ages of eight and 21 will watch and discuss shorts and features and decide on the winning films.
There are no comments.
SPORT Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when you are saying farewell to those that have left a positive impression. That was the case earlier this month when Canada hosted Mexico in a friendly at BC Place stadium in Vancouver.
TECHNOLOGY Some 60mn primary-school-age children have no access to formal education
CULTURE Lekhwiya’s El Arabi scores the equaliser after Tresor is sent off; Tabata, al-Harazi score for QSL champions
ARABIA The Yemeni Minister of Tourism, Dr Mohamed Abdul Majid Qubati, yesterday expressed hope that the 48-hour ceasefire in Yemen declared by the Command of Coalition Forces on Saturday will be maintained in order to lift the siege imposed on Taz City and ease the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged
ARABIA Some 200 teachers from schools across the country attended Qatar Museum’s (QM) first ever Teachers Council at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) yesterday.
ARABIA The Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) of Qatar and the Indonesian Supreme Court (SCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on judicial co-operation, it was announced yesterday.
ECONOMY Sri Lanka is keen on importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar as part of government policy to shift to clean energy, Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Rauff Hakeem has said.
