BeIN Media Group will broadcast the ceremonies and awards of the film festival on beIN Movies HD1 Premiere channel and beIN Movies Youtube channel.
BeIN Media Group has been announced as a new official media sponsor of the Doha Film Institute’s (DFI) eighth Ajyal Film Festival. BeIN will broadcast the opening and the closing celebration and the award ceremony live from Katara Cultural Village in Qatar. The festival kicked off yesterday and will go on till November 23.
For the festival, beIN’s entertainment presenters Marwa Khamis, Marianne Azzi and Nicky Crosby will cover the event throughout the week, with the ceremonies and awards broadcast on beIN Movies HD1 Premiere channel and beIN Movies Youtube channel.
BeIN will also provide glimpses of the Ajyal Film Festival through daily snippets across all of its seven entertainment channels and social media platforms. In addition, beIN’s “Festival Week” initiative will also treat film lovers to Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA-nominated/awarded movies like Joker, Knives Out and 1917 during the festival.
The festival will conclude with the Made in Qatar awards ceremony and the Ajyal Competition Awards, whose winning titles will be determined by the Ajyal jury – an internationally acclaimed programme open to youth aged 8 to 25 on November 23.
The festival will also screen the SundanceTV Shorts competition winners online and the films will be available exclusively on SundanceTV channel 75 on the beIN network across the MENA region.
Commenting on the announcement, Mohammad Al-Subaie, Acting CEO of beIN MENA, said: “As we pursue partnerships with the best-in-class organisations across entertainment – both in MENA and around the world – it is an honour to partner with DFI’s eighth Ajyal Film Festival as an official media sponsor. Our partnership with DFI demonstrates our focus on bringing world-class content to our viewers, but also our pride in celebrating the amazing creative talent that exists across MENA.”
Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Festival Director and CEO at DFI, remarked: “We are delighted to have beIN join the Ajyal family. Forging ahead together as partners in spreading the Ajyal spirit and amplifying unheard voices to a more expansive audience, we are proud to work with one of the foremost media organisations to showcase the creative community in Qatar to the world. As we continue to unite to triumph over the trials of separation and isolation of this year, we look forward to finding new ways to discover opportunities for innovation and inspire creativity in each and every audience member.”
