So we're in the home stretch now. Returning from London after filming on Escape to the Country was relatively different, to say the least and it's been all go ever since. Delivery and launch of Doha Tribeca Film Festival brand and collateral was a real eye-opener. They seemed very pleased with the result and I got invited to the VIP launch event and saw various celebrities and such. The movie "Amelia" was beautifully photographed, but not something I would pay to go and see. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience: meeting Robert de Niro, Ben Kinglsey, Josh Hartnett and most impressive of all, Sheikha Mayassa, daughter of the Emir, and oh so gracious.
Doha does that - it's a really surreal place, a city built from gas, where you can meet the most extraordinary people. People who in the real world, you would never get to meet or see and here they are, in front of you, beaming charismatically.
And then there's the magnificent Museum of Islamic Art, designed by I.M.Pei and magical venue for the Doha Tribeca VIP event and opening and closing ceremony.
And now it's party season; Qatar Philarmonic Classical Concert, German Cultural Week (excellent movie by Caroline Link (Nirgendwo in Afrika) -english:Nowhere in Africa),
Jazz concert, opening of Lava Nightclub at the Intercontinental, launch of art at Souq Waqif. 21st Century Leaders Gala dinner.... And the show goes on.
courtesy of Doha Tribeca Film Festival and Newsweek.
acknowledgments: Zimbio.com, www.digitalproductionme.com and naturally DTFF.
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