Community screenings at Doha Film Festival 2026
<p>Doha, Qatar: Doha Film Festival (DFF), presented by Doha Film Institute (DFI), is expanding the magical power of movies with a specially curated programme designed to celebrate film heritage and make the cinema experience more accessible for audiences of all ages and abilities.</p> <p>A major highlight this year is the launch of DFF Classics, a new programme celebrating the enduring artistic…
Doha Film Festival (DFF) is enhancing cinematic experiences through its DFF Classics programme, showcasing historically significant films restored with support from the World Cinema Foundation and Doha Film Institute. The inaugural edition of DFF Classics highlights two landmark films: Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (1966) and Shadi Abdel Salam's The Night of Counting the Years (1969).
These screenings will feature accessibility options such as audio description, sign-language interpretation, and enhanced subtitles.
Presented in partnership with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, the Inclusive Screening will feature Hassan Hadi's The President's Cake. This film tells the story of a young girl's journey across Iraq in the 1990s to gather ingredients for a presidential birthday cake. The DFF Classics programme aims to celebrate film heritage and make cinema accessible to audiences of all ages and abilities.
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