Kuwaiti film producer Talal Al-Muhanna has been invited by the Doha Film Institute in Qatar to participate in the Producers Network of the Cannes Film Festival from May 12-18, 2011.  The invitation follows a selection process during which DFI considered nominations for qualified Arab producers from across the MENA region to attend the festival and present their projects.  In total, five Arab producers from across the entire MENA region were selected to attend the prestigious film event under the auspices of DFI.  Al-Muhanna has been the only producer from the GCC to have been selected for this honor along with four other producers from Palestine, Tunisia and Algeria.

Doha Film Institute is Qatar’s first international organisation dedicated to film financing, production, education and the annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival.  DFI is dedicated to film appreciation, education, and building a dynamic film industry in Qatar that focuses on nurturing regional storytellers while being entirely global in its scope. With culture, community, education and entertainment at its foundation, DFI serves as an all-encompassing film hub in Doha, as well as a resource for the region and the rest of the world.

Talal Al-Muhanna is a Kuwait based film & TV producer who has specialized in producing documentaries about arts, culture and social issues.  Recently, he has produced programmes in Kuwait and Bahrain for Al Jazeera Documentary Channel and TV5 Monde and his films have been shown in film festivals in the Middle East, Europe, the United States, South America and Africa.  While at the Cannes film festival Al-Muhanna will present concepts for cinema projects to international producers interested in cooperating with filmmakers on Arab language cinema projects.

Tags: Cannes, Doha Film Institute