(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Doha Film Institute (DFI) has unveiled highlights of its industry programme as part of its third annual Ajyal Youth Film Festival line-up.
A series of panels and masterclasses, industry workshops and networking sessions form part of the third Doha Giffoni Youth Media Summit, which will take place during the industry programme scheduled from November 30 to December 2 at Katara € the Cultural Village.
One of the main highlights of the sessions will be a panel titled "Children in Conflict Areas: Empowering Youth to Share their Stories", a ticketed event open to the public.
The session will focus on how young people's lives around the world have been disrupted by socio-political conflict, illness and poverty, and highlight the importance of film and media as tools to help children share their stories.
Panelists include photojournalist Matthew Cassel; Charlotte Giese, the Danish Film Institute's specialist adviser for youth and children; Mohamed Abu Asaker, public information officer from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Middle East and North Africa Bureau; Essa al-Mannai, executive director of Reach Out to Asia; and Farooq Burney, director of Education Above All's Al Fakhoora programme.
The third instalment of the summit, which takes place alternately in Doha and Giffoni (Italy), will welcome more than 40 delegates from 31 countries around the world to participate.
Sharing a common goal to engage and enrich the lives of young people, summit delegates will discuss ideas and share knowledge and experience in a forum focused on tackling the challenges of the rapidly changing media sphere, and help guide the next generation of creative minds in the way they experience the world.
The Doha Giffoni Youth Media Summit workshops will focus on neuro-communication € how to harness the brain's decision-making processes, and digital communication through a panel, "The Digital World: How to Speak the Language of Youth", with speakers such as social media expert and Entube brand ambassador Yuri Drabent and entrepreneur and celebrity Instagrammer Max Stanton.
Fatma al-Remaihi, CEO of DFI and Ajyal Youth Film Festival director, said: "Our diverse industry programme this year tackles a variety of timely and relevant subjects. We are particularly proud to be hosting an important session on how film and media can empower children affected by conflict."
Giffoni Experience director Claudio Gubitosi added: "I would like to thank Fatma al-Remaihi and her team who have worked with great passion to make this event possible."
The third annual Ajyal Youth Film Festival will be held from November 29 to December 5 at Katara.
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