The Doha Tribeca Film Festival has announced that the  first Festival will be launched in Doha, Qatar October 29 - November 1, 2009.  Through extensive collaboration between the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) and the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA), the Doha Tribeca Film Festival will showcase the best of the local Qatari community as well as the broader Arab culture.  The festival will welcome the community, diverse audiences and the global filmmaking industry with a highly curated program as well as family friendly events that will help to build, inspire and infuse film focused educational initiatives in Qatar.

Over the long-term, The Doha Tribeca Film Festival will serve to foster, support and motivate new filmmakers and provide a platform for future year-round educational and mentoring film activities  and investment in Qatar.

The Doha Tribeca Film Festival was formed through a cultural partnership by Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and the Tribeca Film Festival Founders, Jane Rosenthal, Craig Hatkoff, and Robert De Niro. The Festival was announced in November of 2008 and the first edition will be hosted at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.