Le Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) 3ème édition prendra place du 25 au 29 octobre 2011. 
5 jours intenses de festivités où cinéma rime avec divertissement, éducation et culture. 

A cette occasion, de nombreuses activités et compétitions sont organisées pour les grands et petits au Villaggio et City Centre.
Les tickets seront en vente au Box Office à partir du mercredi 12 octobre ! 
Où sont les Box Offices : http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/filmfestival/locations


Le programme :

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Film d'ouverture : 

Black Gold 

de Jean-Jacques Annaud avec Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong et Liya Kebede.

Présenté en avant-première pendant la troisième édition du Festival du Cinéma Doha Tribeca, le film épique arabe 'Black Gold' ne manquera pas de soulever l'enthousiasme dans l'industrie cinématographique de la région. 
Réalisé par Jean-Jacques Annaud et co-produit par Quinta Communications, 'Black Gold' est la première grande co-production internationale du Doha Film Institute (Institut du Film de Doha) et du Qatar. 
Avec Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Riz Ahmed et Liya Kebede à l'affiche, le film est l'adaptation de 'The Great Thirst', un classique du roman d'aventures signé Hans Ruesch. 
Il comprend notamment d'importantes scènes de bataille filmées dans les déserts de dunes de Mesaieed et Shamal, au Qatar.

Source : Magazine l'Agenda+ d'infos sur ce magazine dans notre dossier L'Agenda 


Film de cloture : 

The lady

de luc Besson avec Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, William Hope et Sahajak Boonthanakit



Les autres films à l'honneur :

Where Do We Go Now? (W Halla' La Wein?)
(Nadine Labaki) - Narrative (LEBANON, FRANCE, ITALY, EGYPT) 2011

GULF PREMIERE

Set in a religiously mixed Lebanese village during the fall-out from a distant war, this poignant fable centers on a group of women as they unwaveringly attempt to preserve their town in the midst of inter-religious tensions. 

+ d'infos : Lisez l'interview de la réalisatrice Nadine Labaki dans le magazine L'Agenda.

Almanya – Welcome To Germany 

(Yasemin Şamdereli) - Narrative (GERMANY, TURKEY) 2010

MENA PREMIERE

A charming cross-cultural comedy about three generations of German-Turks, Almanya is the story of a Turkish family living in Germany who set off together for their homeland. Moving across the past and present, the journey is full of memories, arguments and reconciliations, until the family trip takes an unexpected turn …

The Artist 
(Michel Hazanavicius) - Narrative (FRANCE) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

A visually enthralling homage to the early years of cinema, The Artist is a black and white silent film set in Hollywood in the late 1920s. In an ambitious and beautifully executed celebration of the silver screen we follow the last great silent film star, George Valentin and his relationship with a beautiful extra, whose star is on the rise in the talkie circuit.

Bullhead (Rundskop)
(Michaël R. Roskam) - Narrative (BELGIUM) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

A crime-drama about Jacky Vanmarsenille, a young Limburg cattle farmer who is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. A confrontation with a secret from Jacky’s past sets in motion a chain of events with far-reaching consequences.

Chinese Take Away (Un cuento chino)
(Sebastián Borensztein) - Narrative (ARGENTINA, SPAIN) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

A delightful and heartwarming Latin American comedy, Chinese Take-Away is the story of Jun, a Chinese man who has just landed in Argentina and doesn't speak a word of Spanish, and Roberto, the grumpy shopkeeper who is forced to adopt him.

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
(Morgan Spurlock) - Documentary (USA) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

Morgan Spurlock explores the hopes and dreams of fans making the annual pilgrimage to Comic-Con - the San Diego convention which began as a fringe comic book meet in 1970 and has now become the pop culture event of the year. As we follow the aspiring punters we also meet the people who turned their passions into professions including Stan Lee, Joss Whedon, Frank Miller and Matt Groening and along the way, witness the spectacle that Comic-Con has become.

Declaration of War (La guerre est déclarée)
(Valérie Donzelli) - Narrative (FRANCE) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

Based on the filmmaker’s personal experience, Declaration of War is an intimate portrait of the struggle endured by a young woman and the father of her child when they find out their son has a brain tumor. Thrust from their young, carefree love into a harsh and unexpected chaos, the traumatic experience reveals their strength, courage and heroism.

Headhunters (Hodejegerne)
(Morten Tyldum) - Narrative (NORWAY) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

Based on the best-selling novel by Jo Nesbø, this Norwegian crime thriller follows Roger, a successful corporate headhunter and secret art thief. He risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary and when things go bad, he is forced to run for his life.

The Hunter 
(Daniel Nettheim) - Narrative (AUSTRALIA) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is a powerful psychological drama that tells the story of Martin, a mercenary sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to Australia’s Tasmanian wilderness on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger.

In the Open (El campo)
(Hernán Belón) - Narrative (ARGENTINA, ITALY, FRANCE) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

A young woman, Elisa, moves to the country with her husband and young daughter. She has a successful career, a happy family and plans for the future but when they arrive at the rundown provincial home, a strange feeling slowly takes over her and her sixth sense begins to awaken.

Mama Africa 
(Mika Kaurismäki) - Documentary (GERMANY, SOUTH AFRICA, FINLAND) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

A documentary about the late, incredibly talented and charismatic South African musical icon, Miriam Makeba, who traveled the world with her powerful voice speaking a message against racism and poverty and for equality and peace. Mama Africa is homage to an extraordinary and impressive artist who, through more than 50 years of performing, incarnates the voice and the hope of Africa.

Toll Booth (Gişe Memuru)
(Tolga Karaçelik) - Narrative (TURKEY) 2010

MENA PREMIERE

Kenan is a reclusive toll booth attendant living with his ailing father. His reclusive, humdrum life takes a dramatic turn when the newly appointed toll booth manager visits for supervision in this darkly comedic tale of miscommunication, isolation and father/son conflict.

Tormented (Rabitto Horaa)
(Takashi Shimizu) - Narrative (JAPAN) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

Tormented ventures into the terrifying corners of the mind through a young boy whose family seems to be falling apart around him. He manifests a dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life. Is he crazy; is his sister alive or dead; is their storybook illustrating father going insane or are they all delusional?

The Woman in the Fifth 
(Paweł Pawlikowski) - Narrative (FRANCE, POLAND, UK) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

American writer Tom Ricks comes to Paris desperate to put his life back together and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter. Things don’t go according to plan and when he gets involved with a beautiful and mysterious widow, an obscure force seems to take control of his life.

¡Vivan las Antípodas! (Long Live The Antipodes!)
(Victor Kossakovsky) - Documentary
(GERMANY, ARGENTINA, NETHERLANDS, CHILE) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

A breathtakingly original documentary which views the world upside down by visiting four pairs of locations which are diametrically opposite to eachother on the earth's surface. The pairs seem mythically connected, somehow united by their oppositeness: a peaceful sunset in Entre Rios to the bustling streets of Shanghai; fields of burning black lava in Hawaii to a village kiosk in Botswana - 8000 miles through the centre of the Earth.

Vol Spécial (Special Flight)
(Fernand Melgar) - Documentary (SWITZERLAND) 2011

MENA PREMIERE

A powerful and moving documentary about the thousands of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers held every year at a Switzerland detention centre prior to being expelled from the country. Through the stories of six migrants, the film reveals the months of waiting, hope and despair and the relationships that form between the deeply human wardens, and immigrants at the end of their journeys.
 
 

ARAB FILM COMPETITION: NARRATIVE

 

A Man of Honor 
(Jean-Claude Codsi)

Set in Lebanon and Jordan, A Man of Honor is the story of passion, betrayal and the many facets of human nature. Brahim has a chance encounter with a mysterious woman he knew 20 years ago. Because of her, he committed a murder and now has to return home to face his tumultuous past

Red Heart 
(Halkawt Mustafa)

After the death of her mother, 19 year old Shirin discovers her father plans to trade her for a new wife. Unable to accept this, she escapes to the big city with her secret boyfriend. When he is arrested, Shirin must face the dangers and challenges of this new life, alone and without protection.

How Big Is Your Love 
(Fatma Zohra Zamoum)

One day when Adel’s parents quarrel, they send him to his grandparents for the weekend. Two days turn into a week and soon Adel feels like he’s lived there forever. In an attempt to grow closer, his grandparents teach and involve him in their everyday lives, in this poignant and touching story about childhood and love set in modern day Algiers.

El Shooq / Lust 
(Khaled El Hagar)

Winner of the Golden Pyramid - Best International film at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2010; El Shooq / Lust, brings us into the lives of the inhabitants of a marginalised street in Alexandria, in Egypt, before the revolution. Each character is isolated in his or her fierce, yet fragile dreams. The main story focuses on Umm Shooq, a woman whose sense of shame and inadequacy drives her to gain leverage over her family and neighbors.

Smuggler’s Song 
(Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche)

A story about the famous mid-eighteenth century French hero Louis Mandrin and the exploits of his companions as they set out on a risky smuggling campaign in the French Provinces to win their fortune by selling tobacco, fabric and precious products.

Normal 
(Merzak Allouache)

After the riots of December and the first peaceful marches, while “the Arab Spring” begins in Tunisia and Egypt, Fouzi brings his actors, together to show them the incomplete editing of the film he made, two years ago, on the disillusionment of a youth seeking to express his artistic ideas.

Omar Killed Me 
(Roschdy Zem)

The film tracks the investigation of a gardener wrongly convicted for the murder of his employer, a rich heiress. The narrative highlights the universal problem of social injustice, and deciphers two standards of justice – one for the powerful and one for the poor.

 

ARAB FILM COMPETITION: DOCUMENTARY

 

Rouge Parole 
(Elyes Baccar)

A look at the Tunisian people expressed by themselves during the turbulence of the revolution in Tunisia and the expulsion of President Ben Ali charting Tunisia’s frst steps towards democracy and a multicultural society

The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni 
(Rania Stephan)

The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni is an elegy to a rich and versatile era of film production in Egypt which has lapsed today, through the work of this celebrated Egyptian actress. Pieced exclusively from VHS tapes of her films, it tells the story of her career up until her tragic death.

Yearning 
(Lina Alabed)

Yearning is a documentary about the actual role and margin of freedom women have in a male-dominated society, and how that reflects on their femininity and relationship with themselves.

Crayons of Askalan 
(Laila Hotait Salas)

The story of Zuhdi Al Adawi, a Palestinian artist imprisoned in the occupied territories who uses his art as a means of expression helped by the rest of the community and his own family to accomplish his work

The Virgin, The Copts and Me 
(Namir Abdel Messeeh)

Namir is a French filmmaker Of Egyptian origin.  One day, with his mother, he watches a videotape of the Virgin Mary’s apparition in Egypt. His mother, like millions of other Copts, (Egypt’s Christians) sees the Virgin on the screen – while he sees nothing. Skeptical about this videotape, Namir travels back to Egypt, to make a film about these apparitions.

Boxing With Her 
(Latifa Robbana Doghri)

A look at the world of female boxing and how the presence of a female body in the pugilistic arena is still awkward and even taboo in Arab society

On the Road to Downtown 
(Sherif El Bendary)

Down Town in Cairo is a neighborhood full of diversity, contradictions and different personalities. The film looks at the world and its complexities through the daily lives of characters from the neighborhood.



Bon festival !