DOHA: The final day of the festival will feature the screenings of award-winning films that present uplifting tales of youth, as well as movies for children from the age of four.
Eleven films under Bariq, aimed at young audiences, will be screened at 3pm at Katara 12 Theatre A.
They include Big Mouth, The Candy Tree, Daddy ABC, Marcopolis, Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She was Extinct, Notebook Babies: Smile, Recently in the Woods, Shame and Glasses, Snap, Two and Yum Yum Yummy.
Among other key screenings is Flying Paper (US-Palestine, 2013), the winner of the Award of Excellence for Best Documentary Feature at the International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality and Kauwboy (The Netherlands, 2012), a coming-of-age drama and an emotional character study about a boy, who lives with his emotionally detached father.
A discussion on ‘Media Violence & Our Children: How Much is Too Much?’ will be held at 1.45pm at Katara Drama Theatre.
Several experts will present views on how content can be controlled and rules of access applied more effectively.
