Ajyal Film Festival 2019

Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

  • Listen to the Silence

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Nine-year-old Luka lives in a boarding school for deaf children. Somewhat hyperactive, the youn…

    Mariam Chachia / Georgia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Mariam

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    When France passes a law that bans Muslim women from wearing headscarves in public institutions…

    Faiza Ambah / France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia / Short Narrative

  • The Silence

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    A young Kurdish refugee accompanies her mother on a visit to the hospital, but is terrified tha…

    Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi / Italy, France / Short Narrative

  • Sonita

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    In Tehran, where it is illegal for women to sing, 18-year-old Afghan refugee Sonita dreams of b…

    Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami / Iran, Germany, Switzerland / Feature Documentary

  • Tangency

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Young Hikmat barely makes ends meet by collecting recyclables from dumpsters. When he has a run…

    Bashi Kasawneh / Jordan / Short Narrative

  • Twice Upon a Time

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Behind the headlines about the Syrian conflict are children waking up each day as refugees, far…

    Niam Itani / Lebanon / Feature Documentary

  • Waves '98

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    The complex relationship of contemporary Beirutis to their troubled home city is beautifully im…

    Ely Dagher / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative


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