Robert DeNiro takes the Stage at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival October 31st, 2009

October 31, 4:15 PMBoston Cultural Events ExaminerWinchin Chala

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Robert DeNiro/Credit John Filo Courtesy DOHATribeca Film Festival

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As Robert DeNiro Co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival stepped up to Honour the Winners of the first Doha Tribeca Film Festival he said: “The turnout for DTFF’s opening night was amazing. I hope the community comes out to celebrate the Festival’s closing night with me.” This was clearly heartfelt. The whole concept of the festival is an incredible political statement by DeNiro as a dyed in the wool New Yorker who called the Big Apple home before and after September 11th. It means a great deal that this hand of recognition to our creative brothers and sisters is being extended, that an effort is being made to find common ground among people on earth.

If anything it can be said that the DTFF is truly an international event. There are 31 films, 11 with roots from the Middle East, 7 with Arab roots. Twenty three countries represented in all:
Algeria; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; Egypt; France; Hungary; India; Iran; Iraq; Italy; Lebanon; Mexico; Netherlands; Palestine; Qatar; Switzerland; Tunisia; UAE; UK and our own USA. The Film Slate, or Roster of Films is listed below, and some of the titles may surprise you.

Amanda Palmer, DTFF’s Executive Director announced with regard to the film “Cairo Time”-“We hope that by welcoming Doha’s film enthusiasts to our awards ceremony and closing night film Cairo Time outdoors, we can demonstrate to the entire community in Qatar just how much we appreciate all of the support that DTFF has received.”

There is a great deal of buzz about this film and this is the reason DTFF organizers chose to show it on the closing night of the festival. The purpose-built screen enables up to 3000 of the Festival’s supporters to view the cross-cultural love story. These are the stars:  Actress Patricia Clarkson, actor Alexander Siddig and writer/director Ruba Nadda.

Film Slate/Film Roster:

About Elly (Darbareye Elly)
Dir: Asghar Farhadi
Iran
Qatar Premiere
In Persian with English and Arabic subtitles
2009

Amelia
Dir: Mira Nair
USA
Special Screening
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

Assila
Dir: Thamer Al Zedi
Hungary/UAE/Lebanon/Egypt
World Premiere
In Arabic with English subtitles
2009

Big River Man
Dir: John Maringouin
USA/UK
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic Subtitles
2009

Bright Star
Dir: Jane Campion
UK/Australia
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

Buried Secrets (Dowaha)
Dir: Raja Amari
Tunisia/Switzerland/France
Qatar Premiere
In Arabic with English subtitles
2009

Cairo Time
Dir: Ruba Nadda
Canada/Ireland
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

Capitalism – A Love Story
Dir: Michael Moore
USA
Qatar Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel)
Dir: Anne Fontaine
France
Middle Eastern Premiere
In French with English and Arabic subtitles
2009

An Education
Dir: Lone Scherfig
UK
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

The Greatest
Dir: Shana Feste
USA
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

Harry Brown
Dir: Daniel Barber
UK
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

The Informant!
Dir: Steven Soderbergh
USA
Qatar Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

Kobe Doin’ Work
Dir: Spike Lee
USA
International Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

London River
Dir: Rachid Bouchareb
UK/France/Algeria
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English, French and Arabic with English and Arabic subtitles
2009

The Mummy (Al-Momia)
Dir: Shadi Abdel Salam
Egypt
Qatar Premiere
In Arabic with English subtitles
1969

No One Knows About Persian Cats (Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh)
Dir: Bahman Ghobadi
Iran
Qatar Premiere
In Persian with English and Arabic subtitles
2009

Only When I Dance
Dir: Beadie Finzi
Brazil/UK
Middle Eastern Premiere
In Portugese, English and French with English and Arabic subtitles
2008

Pomegranates and Myrrh (Al Mor wa al Rumman)
Dir: Najwa Najjar
Palestine
Qatar Premiere
In Arabic, English and Hebrew with English subtitles
2009

Racing Dreams
Dir: Marshall Curry
USA
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

Road, Movie
Dir: Dev Benegal
India/USA
Middle Eastern Premiere
In Hindi with English and Arabic subtitles
2009

Samson and Delilah
Dir: Warwick Thornton
Australia
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English and Warlpiri with Arabic subtitles
2009

Scheherazade Tell Me A Story (Ehky ya Scheherazade)
Dir: Yousry Nasrallah
Egypt
In Arabic with English subtitles
2009

The September Issue
Dir: RJ Cutler
USA
Qatar Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

A Serious Man
Dir: Coen Brothers
USA
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

Sin Nombre
Dir: Cary Jôji Fukunaga
USA/Mexico
Middle Eastern Premiere
In Spanish with English and Arabic subtitles
2009

South of the Border
Dir: Oliver Stone
USA
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English, Spanish and Portugese with English and Arabic subtitles
2009

Team Qatar
Dir: Liz Mermin
UK
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009

The Time That Remains
Dir: Elia Suleiman
France/Belgium/Italy/UK
Qatar Premiere
In Hebrew and Arabic with English and Arabic subtitles
2009

Turtle: An Incredible Journey
Dir: Nick Stringer
UK/Austria/Germany
Middle Eastern Premiere
In English with Arabic subtitles
2009