• MICA

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  12-year-old Saïd (Mica) sells grocery bags in souks. He lives with his mother and ailing father…

  

  Ismaël Ferroukhi / France, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Machtat

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Mahdia, Tunisia. In the neighbourhood of Bir Beranek, everybody knows each other. Fatma, her tw…

  

  Sonia Ben Slama / France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Madame Courage

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Omar, an unstable and lonely teenager, lives in a slum in the suburbs of the Algerian port city…

  

  Merzak Allouache / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Madmen's Fort

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  In 1860, the Algerian Sahara is coveted by the colonial powers of the time, who dream of it as…

  

  Narimane Mari / Algeria, France, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Maghrebim

  Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  The director returns to the roots of his family’s history, starting from footage his parents fi…

  

  Ivan Boccara / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• T​he Maiden’s Pond

  Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  ‘The Maiden’s Pond’ tells the story of two women trying to maintain and negotiate their lives w…

  

  Bassem Breche / Lebanon, Germany, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Mama, Where Are You?

  Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

  Abbas is a 37-year-old bachelor who still lives with his parents in Kuwait. Passive, immature,…

  

  Meqdad Al-Kout / Kuwait, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Man Behind the Microphone

  Fall Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Hedi Jouini is the most popular musical star in Tunisian history, known as the “Frank Sinatra o…

  

  Claire Belhassine / Tunisia, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Man Who Stole Banksy

  Fall Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  In 2007, anonymous street artist and activist Banksy painted a number of politically divisive a…

  

  Marco Proserpio / United Kingdom, Italy, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Man Without a Cellphone

  Fall Grant 2010 - Post-Production Stage

  A humorous, sharp take on the social milieu of a Palestinian village inside Israel. Jawdat just…

  

  Sameh Zoabi / Belgium, France, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Man of Honor

  Fall Grant 2010 - Post-Production Stage

  Set in Lebanon and Jordan, ‘A Man of Honor’ is a story of passion, betrayal and the many facets…

  

  Jean-Claude Codsi / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Man on Fire

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  The story of a man who was born and raised in a modest environment and aspired to be a superher…

  

  Ibrahim Harb / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Maqloubeh

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  Five young art students awake to the sound of gunfire and bombardment. As the electricity has b…

  

  Nicolas Damuni / Palestine, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Mariam

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Ever since she attended the Hajj with her grandmother, Mariam has covered her head, but when Fr…

  

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

• Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf

  Fall Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Marjoun is 17 years old and an outsider in her home of Little Rock, Arkansas. While her father…

  

  Susan Youssef / Lebanon, Netherlands, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Marriage Project

  Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  In southern Tehran, Ehsan House is an institute funded by private donators that has taken care…

  

  Atieh Attarzadeh, Hesam Eslami / Iran, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Matoub Lounès: The Story of a Legend

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  In the Berber-speaking world, Kabyle singer Matoub Lounès is a legend. Assassinated in 1998, he…

  

  Régine Abadia / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Me Myself and Murdoch

  Fall Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Ahmad is a 22-year-old Palestinian from a conservative Muslim family in Hebron. With his friend…

  

  Yahya Alabdallah / Palestine, Jordan, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Me, Myself And A.I.

  Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  Mashael, a 17-year-old girl who sees food as her primary source of happiness, is completely exh…

  

  Maha Al Jefairi / Qatar / Short Narrative

• Mediterranea

  Fall Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  As ‘Mediterranea’ opens in Algeria, Ayiva and his friend Abas climb onto a truck packed to burs…

  

  Jonas Carpignano / Italy, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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