SIIMA: a Shot in the Arm for Qatar Tourism
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16 Sunday, August 18, 2019 The Last Word SIIMA: A shot in the arm for Qatar tourism For the first time, Qatar hosted the popular south Indian film awards show that celebrates the best in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films RAHUL PREETH DOHA TOURISM in Qatar is not just about its sea, sand and sun. Art and culture play a prominent part too. That was on display in the past weekend when the Lusail Mul- tipurpose Hall rolled out a red carpet for some of the biggest names in the south In- dian film industry. Hosted for the first time in Qatar, the annual South Indian International Film Awards (SIIMA) has been repeatedly on televisions across ‘Sudani from Nigeria’, which tells the celebrating the best in Malayalam, South India in the coming story of a Nigerian football player who is Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films months and is likely to be one of comes to stay in Kerala, bagged the cov- since its launch in 2012. It has the most-watched programmes eted best-film award in Malayalam. Its been held thrice before in Dubai, in that region on YouTube. director, newcomer Zakaria Mohammed, as well as in Sharjah, Kaula Lum- The first night of SIIIMA 2019 also took home the award for the best deb- pur, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. on Thursday was dedicated for utant director in Malayalam. The show’s eighth edi- achievements of the Kannada In the same language category, Tovino tion in Doha was and Telugu films, while Thomas won the best actor’s award for hosted in associa- Friday saw those ‘Theevandi’ and Aishwarya Lekshmi for tion with the Qatar deemed best in the ‘Varathan’. Prithvi Raj and Trisha went National Tour- Malayalam and home with best actor (critics’ choice) ism Corporation the Tamil movie awards from ‘Koode’ and ‘Hey Jude’. and marks the industries being Sathyan Anthikkad was named the best “grand finale” awarded. director for his film ‘Njan Prakashan’. of the nation- Mohanlal, In Tamil, ‘Pariyerum Perumal’ from wide “Summer who was de- Neelam Productions won the best film in Qatar” pro- clared the most award. gramme, which popular actor Dhanush and Trisha were adjudged celebrates the in the Middle the best actors in Tamil for ‘Vada Chennai’ country’s fam- East, called for and ‘96’. Vada Chennai also bagged the ily, entertainment, support for the critic’s best film award. retail, travel and hos- flood-hit people In Telugu, Ram Charan’s role in ‘Ran- pitality offerings. in Kerala. Interest- gasthalam’ won him the best actor award. SIIMA 2019 drew ingly, he also took Keerthy Suresh, who recently won a Na- thousands of mostly home the award for tional Award for her portrayal of yester- Indian expatriates the best debutant ac- year actress Savitri, was adjudged as the in Qatar in a show tor in Malayalam — on best actress. Vijay Deverakonda won the of glitz and glamour behalf of his son, Pra- best actor (critics’ choice) award. amid a sea of celeb- nav, for his portrayal In the Kannada film category, ‘KGF: rities, including Mo- of a parkour-practising Chapter 1’ took home big awards, with hanlal and Chiranjeevi. youngster finding his way Yash and Prashant Neel winning the best It will be telecast out a peculiar predicament. actor and best director awards respectively. School children learn new skills at VCUarts College of Islamic Studies’ faculty Qatar’s summer art and design programme leads session on UNDGs in Turkey TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK fashion drawings and fashion TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA illustrators. DOHA “The summer programme VIRGINIA Commonwealth is always a surprising delight,” DR M Evren Tok, Assistant University School of the Arts said Yang Soon Ju, a fashion Dean of Hamad Bin Khalifa in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) in instructor, VCUarts Qatar University’s (HBKU) Col- Education City successfully alumna and faculty member of lege of Islamic Studies (CIS), concluded the 2019 edition of the university’s fashion design recently led a session on sus- its summer art and design pro- programme. “It is very inter- tainable learning of children gramme for children and high esting to meet diverse students and teenagers at an art studio school students. The classes who are very motivated. Their in Kocaeli, Turkey. started on June 29 and ran un- creative energy and interest During his time at the til early August. in art and design inspire me Atelier Fazilet art studio, Dr The classes were open to continue sharing what I know Evren Tok delivered a ses- children aged four years and about art and fashion design,” sion focused on the UN Sus- above, and ranged from fash- she added. tainable Development Goals ion design, interior design, app for students aged 10-13 years, “It is a very exciting way (SDGs), where he showcased design, video game design and student made their own short to meet some prospective stu- Qatar’s efforts to support the t-shirt design to painting, print- story and worked with music to dents who join VCUarts Qatar goals at a global level. making, collage making, fash- create a final short stop motion later,” she explained. “I believe The session was facilitated ticipants aged between 6 and integrate academic Islamic ion illustration and robots. animation video using props that growth of popularity in by Turkish artist Fazilet Er- 18 years. grounding with contemporary The summer programme made from paper, play-doh and summer program classes is a dem, who organised a series The sessions underscored social sciences. had 210 students, and out of different 3D objects. good sign of success, which is of workshops in tandem with the importance of SDGs and CIS will be organising them 155 were Qataris. In the ‘Fashion Illustration’ an outcome of whole team ef- Darica Municipality Public the urgent need for youth “Maker Majlis: Islam in a In the ‘Design and Print class for ages 10-14 years, stu- forts, including hard-working Education Center. Several lo- involvement and awareness Global World” from Septem- your own t-shirt’ course, stu- dents aged 15 years and above, dents worked with a variety of assistants.” cal artists, teachers and ex- in addressing global chal- ber 22 to 25 with the partici- dents aged from eight to 12 the participants explored basic media and techniques to cre- VCUarts Qatar offers a wide perts joined Erdem in host- lenges. The event showcased pation of 22 local and interna- years designed and printed pottery processes and tech- ate fashion illustrations with range of community classes ing various capacity building, the way CIS and its academic tional entities, fusing SDGs, their own t-shirts. In the ‘Intro- niques, while in the ‘Anima- different fashion fabrics. They throughout the year for people awareness, educational and programmes, such as Islam the Qatar National Vision duction to pottery’ class for stu- tion and Music Making’ class were also introduced to diverse of all ages and abilities. recreational activities for par- and Global Affairs, aim to 2030 and Islam..