DFI’s “Cinema under the Stars” to begin on January 22

‘Cinema Under the Stars’ organized by the Doha Film Institute Kicks off on January 22, which offers pop-up cinema for everybody. 

The Doha Film Institute celebrates the 25th anniversary of Walt Disney’s animated classic Beauty and the Beast which will be screened on that day at 7.30pm in MIA Park. 

An arrogant young prince and his castle’s servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. 

The spirited, headstrong village girl Belle enters the Beast’s castle after he imprisons her father Maurice. With the help of his enchanted servants, Belle begins to draw the cold-hearted Beast out of his isolation. 

Gary Trousdale is an American film director best known for directing movies such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Trousdale had planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at the California Institute of the Art, where he studied for three years. 

Trousdale was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1985 and moved to DreamWorks Animation in 2003. He gained true prominence in his field with the success of his animated film directorial debut Beauty and the Beast, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won an LAFCA Award. [Gulf Times]