Doha Film Festival to Kick Off With Yemeni Drama 'The Station

WHO:

Variety - Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq is the director of "The Station."

WHAT:

Variety - "The Station" will open the revamped Doha Film Festival.

Deadline - "The Station" is a female-focused drama set against the backdrop of a women-only petrol station in war-torn Yemen.

Deadline - The film world premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week in May.

WHERE:

Variety - The Doha Film Festival will take place in the Qatari capital, Doha.

WHEN:

Variety - The Doha Film Festival will run from Nov. 19–27.

WHY:

Variety - The film centers on Layal, who runs a women-only gas station in Yemen, which serves as a safe haven during the country's civil war.

HOW:

Deadline - The film is the first fiction feature of Sara Ishaq.

(UPDATED September 23, 2026 09:59 UTC)

Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq is set to debut her first fiction feature, "The Station," which will open the revamped Doha Film Festival in the Qatari capital. This female-focused drama, which world premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week in May, is set against the backdrop of a women-only petrol station in war-torn Yemen, highlighting the story of Layal, who runs the station as a safe haven during the country's civil war. The festival will take place from November 19 to 27.