Mediadante

Mediadante is an award-winning independent production company based in Doha, Qatar and London telling the stories of the Middle East and North Africa to a global audience.  They make films that make a difference. Their network of award-winning film makers based across the region have the access, understanding, experience and creativity needed to make documentaries, news and innovative content about the complex societies with whom they live, love and work. In 2014 Mediadante won the cine golden eagle award for documentary making for their series following the first Saudi woman, Raha Moharrak, the first Qatari man, Sheikh Moe Al Thani and the first Palestinian man, Raed Zidan, up Everest.  They can confidently say that almost nowhere is off limits for their team. In 2013 mediadante produced the urban solutions series, secrets of an arab city, filmed in 38 cities across the world – from Saudi Arabia to Baghdad and San’aa, and every single country in the MENA region (barring Syria). Mediadante has established a solid reputation for producing ambitious and adventurous documentary series across the Middle East Region. They are also bringing documentary style branded storytelling to the region and have made commercials and corporate films for dozens of ngos, government organisations, businesses and individuals across the middle east and in the uk; including the United Nations, Coca Cola, the British Council, FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Qatar museums, and Qatar Foundation. They have become the go-to production company in qatar for the international news media, working with CNN, BBC, CBS and a dozen other global networks on breaking stories and features; they are a unique resource with access to stories others cannot reach and the capability to produce quality reports and lives to newsroom deadlines.