It is strange to me that for 360 days of the year, movies in Qatar are heavily censored, and most mainstream western movies aren't shown at all, because of their 'sensitive' scenes.
Then Tribeca comes along and for less than a week, Qatar tries to tell the world how open and modern it is. And then straight after, things go back to normal.
Tribeca seems to exist ONLY to promote the idea of showing movies that go against Qatar's conservative stance.
It is strange to me that for 360 days of the year, movies in Qatar are heavily censored, and most mainstream western movies aren't shown at all, because of their 'sensitive' scenes.
Then Tribeca comes along and for less than a week, Qatar tries to tell the world how open and modern it is. And then straight after, things go back to normal.
Tribeca seems to exist ONLY to promote the idea of showing movies that go against Qatar's conservative stance.