As the Doha Film Festival launches its inaugural edition, the event marks its debut with a bold gesture: a sweeping Spotlight on Sudan that centers a country whose cultural output has often been overshadowed by political upheaval. Among the program’s most urgent titles is “ Khartoum ,” an inventive hybrid documentary crafted by a five-person directing team: Brahim “Snoopy” Ahmad, Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, and British filmmaker Philip Cox. The film follows a civil servant, a