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All set for a glittering closing ceremony Saturday, 30 October 2010 04:41
Doha: Filmmaker Justin Chadwick’s The First Grader, the inspirational story about an elderly farmer’s struggle for an education, will close this year’s Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) at a public and free open air screening at Katara Cultural Village.
The First Grader
Certified Copy, starring Juliette Binoche and William Shimell; Vibeke L¯kkerberg’s emotionally compelling Tears of Gaza; inspiring Congolese music documentary Benda Bilili!; and Meek’s Cutoff, director Kelly Reichert’s luminous interpretation of the settlement of the American West.
In addition to the final selections of the festival, the well attended Doha Talks series will also conclude with sessions from film legend Robert De Niro (with his Little Fockers session about the global film franchise) and internationally renowned composer and music producer Nitin Sawhney discussing his music and inspiration behind the original score for
The Throw of Dice.
THE PENINSULa
will screen Saturday night immediately after the Festival’s closing night awards ceremony where audiences, festival attendees and filmmakers will find out who has won the DTFF’s inaugural Arab competitionñ including awards for best Arab film, best Arab filmmaker, audience awards for best narrative film, best documentary film and best Arab short film.The festival’s eclectic programme of over 51 films from 35 countries will also see audiences flock to final day screenings of Abbas Kiarostami’s beguiling