Nadine Labaki
Palmer led this endeavour, with the festival attracting 5,000 people on opening night. Shortly after, Palmer spearhead the building of Qatar’s first international independent cultural organization dedicated to film, the Doha Film Institute (DFI) founded and chaired by Sheikha Al Mayassa, which was officially launched in May 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival alongside an ambitious commitment to fund Arab films, which included regional grants for award-winning Middle Eastern films: "Hawi" (Ibrahim El Batout), "A Man of Honour" (Jean Claude Codsi) and "Where Do We Go Now?" (Nadine Labaki).