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Summary The festival launched in 2009 in the tiny Gulf Arab state.
The Arab Spring of pro-democracy uprisings features prominently both directly and more subtly in the selections at the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, kicking off in the Qatari capital this week. The festival, launched in 2009 in the tiny Gulf Arab state, seeks to showcase the work of Arab filmmakers who this year were able to draw on the momentous political changes in their own countries for artistic inspiration.Highlights include Rouge Parole, set in the tumult of revolutionary Tunisia, which charts the expulsion of its president and the countrys first steps toward democracy.Sherif El Bendarys On the Road to Downtown, set in Cairos Tahrir Square, follows the lives and hopes of six people connected in different ways to the citys downtown core.
