Cannes Film Festival 2024; Doha Film Institute unveiled the recipients of its 2024 Spring Grants cycle

The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has reiterated its commitment to supporting up-and-coming voices in international film at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, by revealing the winners of its 2024 Spring Grants cycle. This round of the Middle East region's enduring film development program has selected 44 films from 17 different nations. To date, the program has supported over 850 distinct projects from 75 countries. 

The longest-running film support program in the region, the Institute Grants program finds and develops first- and second-time filmmakers worldwide and is awarded in two cycles: spring and fall. 

Apart from Qatar, the recipients of the Spring Grants include, among others, first-time grantees from Malta, South Korea, and Tajikistan, as well as film projects from Algeria, China, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia. Twenty-five female filmmakers, fourteen grantees who are returning, and six projects from talent located in Qatar are among the recipients.