DTFF Its Way Into Being the Next Cannes?
The opening night selection of the recent Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar was the epic $55 million adventure Black Gold, which centers on the Arabian Peninsula's twentieth-century oil boom. It was ostensibly picked to underscore the fest’s goals of spotlighting Arab talent, jump-starting a local film industry, and strengthening the cultural exchange between the Middle East and the rest of the world. And yet the movie itself seemed a parody of those very ideals: Not only was it rife with Arab stereotypes, it was curiously devoid of actual Arabic talent. Freida Pinto (Indian) starred as the just-married princess slinking around the harem in a belly-baring “Bedouin girl” getup; Antonio Banderas (Spanish) was the unctuous, oil-greedy emir, all cocked eyebrows and despicable schemes; and Mark Strong (British) played the camel-riding stoic who dispenses pithy aphorisms to his teen son, Tahar Rahim (French). The film was directed by the French Jean-Jacques Annaud (Seven Years in Tibet), shot by similarly French Jean-Marie Dreujou (Two Brothers), and scored by American composer James Horner (Titanic and Avatar). The only major contributor from the Arab-speaking world was Tunisian producer Tarak Ben-Ammar. For a festival that's raison d'etre is to encourage Arab cinema, spotlighting Black Gold was like an Indian film festival giving Fisher Stevens an honorary award for his work in Short Circuit.
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I meant exactly the same.....it is pompous, posh, extravagant affair....
does it really enhance the viewers taste of quality of good films ?.....I doubt
I was highlighting the above cause of Indian film festival, not because of I am INDIAN, but anyone who does sincere efforts / better knowledgeable groups should be congratulated.
but they are downtrodden, "poor cousins" of rich relatives, who never get any sponsorship or aid....but still offer good films FREE OF COST ....
Is it not to be congratulated ?
On a piece of paper make two columns. A column for DTFF and a column for Cannes. Now list influential people who attended each this year. I rest my case.
I am not going to debate DTFF, is it worth the money etc. etc. there are plenty of much better informed people who can do that. But it doesn't mater how much money you throw at it here, or indeed in any other country, nothing will ever replace Cannes. Thus I feel the statement "DTFF Its Way Into Being the Next Cannes?" is perhaps a bit on the optimistic side.
Oops ! so embarrassed and some people comment as fatherly slap ! What a public insult !
@ Typhoon hahahaha love the post
It will certainly not be like Cannes but have its own unique place where third rate egyptian actors like Omar Sharif will be seen more often strutting their stuff and slapping and shouting at the ladies.
The South of France v Doha....hmmmmmm.....no comparison!
@ wilsonp? read full article and take example of 2022 WC
at the same time of DTFF,, there was an Indian flim fetival in GULF CINEMA
It will never be a new Cannes, that is impossible - everyone that has ben in Cannes during th Festival would understand that.