"After The Game" explores powerful photographic and film responses to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. From stadiums to streets, the exhibition captures the passion, emotion, and cultural impact of football—featuring works by local artists and short films from the Doha Film Institute’s “Made in Qatar” program.
As soon as the referee blows the whistle, the match begins — and with it, the crowd comes alive, shaping a global sporting moment. It’s a moment charged with energy and chants, anticipation and caution, joy and heartbreak — a rich blend of emotions shared between victory and defeat.
This exhibition highlights the engagement of photographers and filmmakers with the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, showcasing diverse artistic perspectives that reflect each creator’s unique vision and emotional response to the unfolding events — both inside the stadium and beyond, among fans, around the clock, and across every corner of Qatar.
The exhibition also features a selection of short films about football, produced through the “Made in Qatar” program by the Doha Film Institute, which aims to discover and support passionate local filmmakers.
Participating Artists:
Abdulhalim Saad Albader
Asmaa Al Abdulla
Iyed Ibrahim.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Photo (c) Jackielyn Acabo Martinez
Qatari photographer Khalifa Al Obaidly originally studied marine biology at the University of Qatar and MBA at HEC Paris, Underwater photography was one of his earliest formative experiences with the medium.Since 2002 Al Obaidly has concentrated on Qatari tradition and culture through the twin themes of Desert and Sea, seeking to convey through his photography the importance of the traditional wooden boats, called Dhows, as reflections of Qatari history and bearers of the spirits of Qatari culture and the soul of the pearl divers. In addition to his own photography work, Al Obaidly has worked at a number
of science and art museums, including the Aquarium at the Qatar National Museum, working on a project to construct a museum of photography and build a collection of work and serving as an assistant director at the Islamic Art Museum (project) through the Qatari National Council for Culture, Art and Heritage.
Al Obaidly is also involved with many Qatari heritage programs and initiatives, as well as leading the Msheireb Art Centre an old girls’ school in heart of Doha has converted to Art center and established “Found Objects Project” (Echo Memory or Sadda AL Thekraiat) which seeks to create art from found objects for Heart of Doha Project. As he worked on the four Museums of Msheireb, Jalmod House, Radwani House, Mohammed Bin Jassem House and The Company House.
Khalifa leaded Firestation (Artist in Resident program) for seven years and developed the artist in resident program with many other programs to support. The local artist and connect them to international art seen. Director of Photo Festival is the new department Al Obaidly creating under QM to celebrate the young artists in the region and support their voice and thoughts in the photography and Art field in WANA region.
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Image Courtesy of Qatar Museums
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