Market In Focus: Walter Salles To Open Qatar’s Qumra Meeting Offering Safe Harbor To Marginalized Voices In Politically-Charged Times
deadline.comBrazilian director Walter Salles kicks off the 11th Doha Film Institute’s Qumra meeting this Friday, in one of his first international appearances since political drama I’m Still Here won the Best International Feature Film Academy Award on March 2.
Running from April 4 to 9 in Doha, and then online from April 12 to 14, annual talent and project incubator Qumra will host the directors and producers of 49 works supported by Qatar‘s Doha Film Institute (DFI) in various stages of development and production.
Salles is attending as a “Qumra Master” alongside Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz (The Woman Who Left, Evolution of a Filipino Family), Iranian and French cinematographer Darius Khondji (Delicatessen, Amour), Mexican costume designer Anna Terrazas (Roma, Spectre) and Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To (Exiled, Election).
In this role, they will each give a masterclass on their careers and lessons learned for the emerging filmmakers in the room and also mentor a handful of the projects on a one-on-one basis.
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