Ajyal Film Festival 2019

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All Sections Ajyal Competition Ajyal Competition, Made in Qatar Ajyal Competition, Special Screening Arab Feature Competition Arab Feature Film Competition Arab Film Competition Arab Short Film Competition Award Winners Showcase Bader - ages 18+ Bariq - ages 4+ Closing Night Closing Night Gala Contemporary World Cinema DFI Cinema Under the Stars Hilal - ages 13+ Made in Kuwait Made in Qatar Mohaq - ages 8+ Opening Night Opening Night Gala Special Event Special Screening Tribute to Algerian Cinema World Panorama

  • Fidai

    Arab Feature Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    The struggle for Algeria’s independence was fought by unnamed fighters whose selfless acts thre…

    Damien Ounouri / Algeria, France, United Kingdom, Kuwait, China, Qatar, Germany / Feature Documentary

  • The Fifth Column

    Arab Short Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    This half-hour slice of cinema, set in the Armenian quarter of Beirut, involves a son who steal…

    Vatche Boulghourjian / Lebanon, U.S.A. / Short Narrative

  • Here Comes the Rain

    World Panorama - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    In this study of a kidnapped man returning to his loved ones after decades in detention, filmma…

    Bahij Hojeij / Lebanon / Feature Narrative

  • In The Middle

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    Forced to pick up arms, young soldiers are stuck in the middle of the ongoing war in Yemen.

    Mariam Al-Dhubhani / Yemen, Qatar / Short Documentary

  • In the Distance

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    This gorgeously animated, deceptively simple tale demonstrates that wars, no matter how distant…

    Florian Grolig / Germany / Short Narrative

  • Ithaca

    Special Screening - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Celebrated actor Meg Ryan proves herself to be a consummate storyteller in her directorial debu…

    Meg Ryan / United States of America / Feature Narrative

  • Keys of Heaven

    Bader - ages 18+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    During the Iran-Iraq war, 15-year-old Majid is forced into a terrible situation in order to do…

    Hamy Ramezan / Finland, Turkey / Short Narrative

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