Previously, Palmer served as Executive Director of the Doha Film Institute (DFI) based in Doha, Qatar. Palmer developed and executed the strategic vision on behalf of Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to incubate a filmmaking and film-appreciation culture and organically support the growth of the local film ...

Palmer served as the Executive Director of Doha Film Institute (DFI), an organisation she set up on behalf of Qatar's Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, as well as running the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) from 2009 to 2012.

Palmer oversees the strategic and creative mandate for DFI; the delivery of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF); and development of DFI’s film financing division, which has thus far supported 60 regional films and Qatar’s first international co-production – “Black Gold”.

In 2009 she became the founding Executive Director of the Doha Film Institute (DFI) based in Doha, Qatar in 2010 and spearheaded a cultural partnership with Robert De Niro's Tribeca Festival to deliver three annual Doha Tribeca Film Festivals in Qatar (2009-2012).

2009年7月29日 · Amanda Palmer, head of entertainment for Al Jazeera English, has been named executive director of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which will run from Oct. 29-Nov. 1 in Doha, Qatar. She will...

Amanda Palmer, the executive director of the Doha International Film Festival, talks about how TV journalism led to her new role.

2012年7月18日 · Amanda Palmer, who since 2009 has been the most visible figure in Qatar’s effort to develop a film industry, has stepped down from her role as the executive director of the Doha Film...

2012年7月5日 · LONDON — Doha Film Institute executive director Amanda Palmer is stepping down from her role to launch her own talent agency and film transmedia production entity in the region. Palmer is...