Its been intense, Hassan Al Remaihi tells Deadline on the eve of Qumra.
Ive never seen Qatar as busy as its been this past month.
At the heart of everything the DFI does is its remit to support and grow the local talent base.
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Everything that we do really is for our core group, which is the local industry.
And we have some really great projects this year, she says.
The audience reaction here was unbelievable, she says.
Rithy Panh (who was Qumra Master in 2017), we still work with him to this day.
He keeps coming back, he keeps giving, she says.
But her biggest source of satisfaction is seeing the impact Qumra has had on emerging filmmakers.
In the lead-up to Qumra, we read all the dossiers and watch all the films again.
I cant help feeling proud to have this place for first and second time filmmakers.
It just makes me really happy that were able to give them this opportunity, she says.
