Doha Film Institute Announces New Grants, With Nearly Half for Female-Directed Projects
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Doha Film Institute, which is a leading incubator for quality Arab fare, has announced the 39 projects receiving its Spring grants — roughly half of which are directed by women.Several of the nearly completed works that made the cut are likely to surface on the international festival circuit, starting with Venice in September.These include “Gaza My Love,” a buzzed-about comedy about the disruptive effect of the discovery of an ancient Greek statue at the bottom of the Gaza sea, co-directed by Palestinian twin brothers Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser, whose Gaza hairdressers-set drama “Degradé” made a splash in 2015; “The Gravedigger” by promising Somalia-born director Khadar Ahmed that tells the