Saturday, November 24, 2012

2012 Doha Film Festival Winner

Best of the Fest
Film lovers in Doha voted for the Chinese feature film Full Circle, the story of a group of irrepressible senior citizens who decide to enter a reality show on television, and Searching for Sugar Man,a documentary on the life of enigmatic musician Rodriguez, as the ‘Best of the Fest’.
Both films received $50,000 each as prize money and DTFF will screen the films again.
The fourth edition of the festival closes on Saturday (Nov 24).

Narrative Feature winners

Best Narrative Feature Film
The Repentant (Algeria, France), directed by Merzak Allouache
Best Narrative Filmmaker
Nabil Ayouch for Horses of God (Morocco)
Best Performance
Winner
: Ahmed Hafiane for Professor (Tunisia, France, Qatar)
Special Mention:
Goodbye Morocco (France, Belgium), directed by Nadir Moknèche

Documentary Narrative winners

Best Documentary Feature Film 
Lebanese Rocket Society (Lebanon, France, Qatar), directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
Best Documentary Filmmaker
Hanan Abdalla for In The Shadow of a Man (Egypt)
Special Mention
Damien Ounouri for Fidai

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