Doha Film Institute-funded films awarded at Cannes
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Three movies co-financed by the Doha Film Institute have been awarded honors at the 69th Cannes Film Festival this week.
The Salesman won Best Actor (Shahab Hosseini) and Best Screenplay; Divines won Camera d’or (a first for Arab cinema); and Mimosas won the Grand Prize at Critics’ Week.
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