Qatar ’s Doha Film Festival has announced the International Feature Film Competition lineup for its inaugural edition in November.

It is the main competition of the new event, spearheaded by the Doha Film Institute , which will mete out awards worth than $300,000.

The selection features 13 world cinema titles exploring contemporary themes from ecological crisis to war displacement, with titles including Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director winner Once Upon a Time in Gaza ; Iraqi 2026 Oscar entry The President’s Cake , and Qatar-based director Suzannah Mirghani’s Cotton Queen , which premiered recently in Venice. (Scroll down for full list).

“These powerful artistic expressions represent the creativity and resilience of humanity and demonstrate the capability of film to shap

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