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A still from ‘Cotton Queen’ by Suzannah Mirghani, which will screen in Critics’ Week in Venice

Doha Film Institute Venice-bound films include the stunning 'Cotton Queen' by Suzannah Mirghani and Kaouther Ben Hania's Competition title 'The Voice of Hind Rajab'

E. Nina Rothe August 14, 2025

Other titles supported by the respected Qatari cinematic organization include Jihan K’s personal doc on the disappearance of her father during the Qaddafi regime, Cyril Aris’ ‘A Sad and Beautiful World’ starring Mounia Akl, which will be screening in the Official Selection and Giornate degli Autori lineups, respectively, along with Sofia Alaoui’s sci-fi fable ‘Tarfaya’ which participates in the Venice Production Bridge.

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In Features, Film, Film Festivals Tags Doha Film Institute, Venice International Film Festival, La Biennale di Venezia, Qatar, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Cheikh N’Diaye, The Missing Camel, Tarfaya, Sofia Alaoui, Sound of Silence, Morocco, Joyce A. Nashawati, Venice Production Bridge, The Station/Al Mahatta, Yemen, Lebanon, Sara Ishaq, Mariam Al-Dhubhani, Final Cut in Venice, Yanis Koussim, Critics’ Week, Settimana della Critica, Roqia, Cotton Queen, Lana Daher, Do You Love Me, Cyril Aris, Giornate degli Autori, A Sad and Beautiful World, Memory, Chechen, Vladlena Sandu, My Father and Qaddafi, Lybia, Libya, USA, Suzannah Mirghani, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben Hani, Competition, MENA region, Mounia Akl
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'Backstage' - Venice review

E. Nina Rothe September 20, 2023

At the start of ‘Backstage’, the first feature directorial collaboration between Moroccan filmmaker Khalil Benkirane and Tunisian star Afef Ben Mahmoud, the unthinkable happens. And we, the audience, are along for the ride of a lifetime.

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In Film, Film Festivals, review Tags Backstage, Nassim Baddag, Khalil Benkirane, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Giornate degli Autori, Venice International Film Festival, Nezha Dakil, Benjamin Rufi, Rawchen Mizouri, Skander Ben Ammar, Steve Shehan, Aymen Labidi, Redouane Nasserddine, Sondos Belhassen, Sofiane Ouissi, Hajiba Fahmy, Ali Thabet, Abdallah Badis, Saleh Bakri, Morocco, Atlas Mountains, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Fatma Madani
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'Bye Bye Tiberias' review: A personal tribute to a global cause

E. Nina Rothe September 13, 2023

Lina Soualem’s touchingly personal documentary should be required viewing for anyone who wants to understand the Palestinian struggle, and the true emotional toll of an entire people’s displacement.

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In Film, review Tags Bye Bye Tiberias, Venice International Film Festival, Giornate degli Autori, review, Lina Soualem, documentary, family, Palestine, Amine Bouhafa, TIFF, Zinedine Soualem, Their Algeria, Deir Hanna, Nadine Naous, Gladys Joujou, Jean-Marie Nizan, Ossama Bawardi, Guillame Malandrin, Doha Film Institute, Qumra, Lightdox
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'Stane' by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović is the latest must-watch from Miu Miu Women's Tales

E. Nina Rothe September 3, 2023

When the filmmaker of 2021 Cannes Camera d’Or winner ‘Murina’ becomes the latest in a line of wondrous women filmmakers to feature in the beloved fashion brand’s series, the result is definitely something worth writing about!

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In Interviews, Film, Film Festivals Tags Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Brigitte Lacombe, Stane, Miu Miu Women's Tales, Venice International Film Festival, Murina, Prada, Mubi, Danica Čurčić, Agnes Varda, Lucrecia Martel, Ava DuVernay, Miranda July, Naomi Kawase, Haifaa Al Mansour, Lynne Ramsay, Mati Diop, Giornate degli Autori

Five indie films to watch at this year's Venice Film Festival

E. Nina Rothe August 30, 2023

It may be a Netflix world and we’re just living in it, as the streaming giant is hot on the Lido this year with Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’, Pablo Larrain’s vampire dictator romp and Wes Anderson’s latest — but there are a couple of indie titles that you need to watch.

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In Film, Film Festivals Tags Bye Bye Tiberias, Hiam Abbass, The Featherweight, Palestine, Giornate degli Autori, Stolen, Karan Tejpal, Hitchcock, Anurag Kashyap, Backstage, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Saleh Bakri, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane, Doha Film Institute, Pet Shop Days, Olmo Schnabel, Robert Kolodny, Orizzonti, Venice International Film Festival, James Madio, Appian Way Productions, Leonardo Di Caprio
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Afef Ben Mahmoud in ‘Backstage’

Remembering the great Andrea Purgatori, Venice's Giornate degli Autori announces film selection

E. Nina Rothe July 27, 2023

As the Venice Film Festival’s beloved sidebar turns twenty this year, no longer being a cinematic teenager means celebrating those who have left us in this world, but also looking ahead to some groundbreaking cinema.

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In Film, Film Festivals Tags Venice International Film Festival, Giornate degli Autori, Backstage, Khalil Benkirane, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Tommaso Santambrogio, Isabelle Huppert, Sidonie au Japon, Elise Girard, Melk, Pablo Larrain, Ariane Louis-seize, Qumra, Bye Bye Tiberias, Lina Soualem, Hiam Abbass, Coup!, Austin stark, Joseph Schuman, Peter Sarsgaard, Fisher Stevens\, Miu Miu Women's Tales, Giorgio Gosetti, Gaia Furrer
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