Doha Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup With Accent on Female Filmmakers and Middle East Fare

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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The upcoming Doha Film Festival has unveiled its 15-title competition lineup made up mostly of Middle East premieres of movies from the region, seven of which directed by women.

As previously announced, Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq’s timely drama “The Station,” which looks at the impact of Yemen’s civil war on the country, is set as opener of the revamped event’s second edition, which will run Nov. 19-27 in the Qatari capital.

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