Download PDF. Berlin, Germany; February 8 Doha Film Institute today announced the recipients of its first global grants programme at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
Aimed at identifying new cinematic talent worldwide, with a focus on first- and second-time filmmakers, the fund received applications for its first international cycle.
Twenty projects from 24 countries will receive funding for development, production and post-production. In total, the grants will support 12 narrative films, including two shorts one fiction and one experimental , seven feature documentaries and one experimental documentary. Applications were evaluated by an independent jury in December and were considered across three regional categories.
While the fund has been expanded to include global filmmakers, emphasis remains on supporting filmmakers from the MENA region. Certain categories of funding are reserved exclusively for MENA filmmakers and a specific set of criteria for eligibility according to the nationality of the director has been implemented.
We are committed to the expansion of our grants initiative to include talented filmmakers from all over the world. This powerful film from an emerging South American talent is a prime example of the type of cinema our global grants programme seeks to support. Several filmmakers whose work has received funding from the Doha Film Institute have a presence in the Berlinale this year.
