Qatar- The Palm Tree wins best documentary award

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12/4/2015 9:49:54 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Winning director Jassim Al Rumaihi

DOHA: A documentary on the ‘life story’ of a palm tree and a short narrative that mixes live action and animation won top honours at last night’s awards ceremony for the ‘Made in Qatar’ programme of the third Ajyal Youth Film Festival.

Seventeen films were part of the ‘Made in Qatar’ showcase presented with the support of Tarsheed. They were evaluated by a jury comprising Saudi actor and filmmaker Ahd award-winning Lebanese journalist Marcel Ghanem and Qatari film producer Bassam Al Ibrahim.

The Palm Tree edited and directed by Jassim Al Rumaihi won the Best Documentary FIlm award.

Announcing the awards the jury said The Palm Tree was chosen as the Best Documentary for its “ability to create a tie between nature man and technology in a charming cinematic model and for its high quality of treatment and cinematography along with the director’s proficiency in delivering the idea with no dialogue.”

Al Rumaihi said that it was not winning that mattered but participating in the programme. In 2010 a film he co-directed had won in the ‘Made in Qatar’ programme. The Palm Tree was supported by the Doha Film Institute and he says it is a tribute to the ubiquitous tree that is integral to the Arab world yet somehow seemed to be not as celebrated as it should be.

Heart of the House written and directed by Gabrielle Sol won the Jury Award while The Notebook with script cinematography and direction by Amna Al-Binali won the Special Mention for the documentary category.

Asfoora written and directed by Mayar Hamdan was named Best Narrative Film and Man of the House with script cinematography editing music production and direction by Khalifa Al Marri won the Jury Award for the narrative category.

The winners of the Best Documentary and Best Narrative Film each received $5000 through the Ajyal Film Fund while Jury Award winners received $3000 each.

The Peninsula

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