Sandy Powell and Bennett Miller named as masters at Doha’s Qumra event

They join Zvyagintsev, Weerasethakul and Rosi for event, which runs March 9-14.Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell and Us director Bennett Miller have been named as the final two masters at the Doha Film Institute’s talent and project event Qumra, running March 9-14.Organisers the Doha Film Institute also unveiled details of the 34 projects from 25 countries – in various stages of production – that have been selected to attend the event.They include Weldi, the upcoming feature by Tunisian director Mohamed Ben Attia, whose picture Hedi won best first feature at the Berlinale in 2016, as well as Palestinian-British director Basil Khalil’s A Gaza Weekend, his feature debut feature after Oscar-nominated short Ave Maria.Powell and Miller join previously announced masters Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, Thai filmmaker Apitchatpong Weerasethakul and Italian documentarian Gianfranco Rosi who will mentor participants attending the bespoke meeting aimed at first and second time filmmakers.The five masters will attend the event unfolding in and

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