Last month the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival took over the Katara Cultural Village in Qatar, showcasing the best in Arab and international cinema.

The festival opened with the world premiere of Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic Black Gold, an adaptation of Hans Ruesch’s classic novel ‘The Great Thirst’ and its stars were out in force to champion this film which opens here in the UK on the 24th of February next year.

Our good friends over at Cinémoi have produced this video compilation of premiere interviews and festival highlights including Mark Strong and Jean-Jacques Annuad discussing Black Gold, Antonio Banderas waxing lyrical about the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots and Michelle Yeoh and Luc Besson (sporting a magnificently unsubtle t-shirt) talking about The Lady.

You can find out more about the festival and see the award winners here at the festival’s homepage.

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