After the film was initially released in Qatar, it received social media backlash from local film-goers for what they deemed culturally unacceptable content. This led the Culture Ministry to announce the ban a few days later.

Directed by prominent British director Tom Hooper, "The Danish Girl" stars Academy Award-winning British actor Eddie Redmayne as Danish painter Einar Wegener, who is believed to be the first person in history to have undergone gender-reassignment surgery.

Based on this true story, the film follows Wegener as he becomes a transgender woman named Lili Elbe in the 1930s.