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![Sheikha Mayassa and De Niro signed the agreement at Qatar's newly opened Museum of Islamic Arts [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Culture/1/2/3/4/De-Niro.jpg "Sheikha Mayassa and De Niro signed the agreement at Qatar's newly opened Museum of Islamic Arts [AFP]") | | Sheikha Mayassa and De Niro signed the agreement at Qatar's newly opened Museum of Islamic Arts [AFP] |
Robert De Niro, an award winning US film actor, has signed an agreement in Qatar to launch a Doha international film festival.
The deal was signed on Saturday by De Niro and Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani, the president of the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA). The first Tribeca Film Festival Doha, featuring 40 films, is to run from November 10-14, 2009, at the Museum of Islamic Arts, which was opened on Saturday before a VIP audience of regional leaders and international celebrities. "We hope that film will ... play a role in bridging cultures closer together. By learning each other's stories, we can see how much we share in common as well as explore and better understand our differences," De Niro said. Craig Hatkoff, a Tribeca co-founder, said: "This initiative underscores the enormous potential of the entertainment market in the Middle East and the strategic importance of the region to the future of the film industry." The Tribeca Film Festival, which is going into its eighth year, aims at revitalising cultural life in the Manhattan district of New York after the heavy loss of life with the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
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