Qatar UK Festival 2023

A photography competition will be released on social media platforms where participants are encouraged to capture photos that showcase sustainability and communities. Whether you're a child with a passion for photography or an adult with a seasoned eye, we invite everyone to be a part of See Things Differently: Lens on a Sustainable World photography competition. Together, let's see the world through Great lenses and inspire positive change where we can see a picture of a greener tomorrow. Be creative, think outside the box, and share with us your most exceptional and extraordinary photos. 

British Council and Festival partners will select three winners from each category (children and adults’ categories). 

A socially engaged project promoting textile recycling and the power of reinvention. “Cut from the same cloth” will be a collaboration which joins up existing local clothing recycling with a pilot to mechanically recycle clothing into fibre from which new textiles will be produced.  During the festival, the audience will be able to drop off clothes at  M7,Msheireb Downtown and British Council Qatar offices and help themselves to clothing if they commit to using it. Throughout and after the festival, attendees can aid in preparing clothing for mechanical recycling, which will be shipped to a factory in Bangladesh and local charities.

A family UK day will be organised at the British Council and launched by the UK Ambassador and British Council Country Director attended by British Council customers, families, and staff through a cultural family event featuring revealing a mural conducted by a Qatari Artist and students, Live Art workshop, a Comic Art workshop delivered by the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF),musical show, and concluded by announcing photography competition winners. 

An engaging family day where a Comic/Art workshop will be delivered by Qatari and UK Artists LICAF about Sustainability. Audiences will witness a fashion show around using recycle material which will be environmentally friendly, making it an eco-conscious experience for young audiences.