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Qatar Museums, supported by Media City Qatar, Present Exhibition “Your Ghosts Are Mine” at Mathaf, Showcasing 40 Creative Voices from the Global South

Qatar Museums, supported by Media City Qatar, presented the regional debut of “Your Ghosts Are Mine: Expanded Cinemas, Amplified Voices” on 18 April at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, where the exhibition will run until 9 August 2025.

As Presenting Partner, Media City Qatar played a key role in bringing the exhibition featuring works by more than 40 content creators and video artists to Doha, continuing its mission to spotlight voices from the Global South. Originally shown at the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, “Your Ghosts Are Mine” was produced by Qatar Museums and supported by Media City Qatar. Its Doha debut invites audiences to explore themes of identity, memory, and displacement through moving image.

To mark the opening in the country, Media City Qatar reactivated “The Bridge,” a sculptural installation by Qatari artist Fatma Al Shebani and Italian artist Nicolò Galasso. First revealed in September 2024 at a special event in Venice, Italy, the piece symbolizes the fusion of the traditional Venetian ‘carnival’ mask and the Qatari ‘battoulah’, reflecting the universal power of media, film, and art.

The exhibition, also co-organised by the Doha Film Institute, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, and the forthcoming Art Mill Museum, in collaboration with ACP Art Capital Partners, showcased genres include documentary, fiction, memoir, and animation.

This initiative joins a series of Media City Qatar’s recent efforts to support content creators, including its partnership with the Doha Film Institute for the 2024 Ajyal Film Festival, its participation in Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days in Sarajevo, and its role in enabling the production of Season 2 of The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition in Qatar.