Tennis or Films. A Busy Week in Doha

This week is a busy week for events here in Doha. They’ve already started the WTA Sony Ericsson Year-ending tennis event yesterday at Khalifa Stadium and would last till Sundays’ Finals. However, it seems that the organizers of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival also wanted a share of the limelight so they decided that their event should coincide with the WTA event. I don’t think that this is a good move on their part as from previous experience, the Khalifa Stadium get filled to the brim when they have these events. Instead of getting more people to watch the films, they tend to get divided. In our case, we’ve decided to watch Tennis on Thursday instead of attending the Opening of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.

We actually got our tickets 3 days after they announced that they were already tickets available for the tournament. We were supposed to get the Lower Box Seats but we were told that on the same day that it was announced, the tickets for the lower box were already sold out. Bummer! We were left with the middle section instead. Even if I have a 200mm lens, it would not capture the tennis stars that close. So I’ve decided, well, forced, to watch and enjoy the game more than taking photos.

We are still going to the Tribeca Film Festival Though. We bought tickets to the documentary "Turtle" for Sunday. I hope Xiane likes the film. But other than that, the films we wanted to watch were playing on the same time as "Turtle" or they were meant to be viewed by adults. I wish they would have scheduled this Film Festival when there were no other major events in Doha. Doha would basically be quiet again next week so why did they not schedule it for next week? I really don’t get it.

Anyway, I’m sure you’re either going to the WTA event or the Film Festival this week. If you’re not going to any, that’s one car less on the road!