• In The Middle

  Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  In a rarely seen perspective of war, we follow Ali—a Yemeni soldier on tour in the temporary ca…

  

  Mariam Al-Dhubhani / Yemen, Qatar / Short Documentary

• The Lebanese Rocket Society

  Fall Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  When filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige inadvertently discovered that their native…

  

  Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Load

  Fall Grants 2017 -

  Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporti…

  

  Ognjen Glavonić / Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 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

• Men in the Sun

  Fall Grant 2013 - Development Stage

  Chatila, Fatah and Abu-Love, three Palestinian refugees, dream of escaping Athens after seven y…

  

  Mahdi Fleifel / Palestine, Greece, United Kingdom, Denmark, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• My Uncle the "Terrorist"

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  When I was a child, there was a portrait of a man in our house. I never knew who he was; nobody…

  

  Elias Moubarak / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Opening Doors

  Fall Grant 2014 - Development Stage

  ‘Opening Doors’ tells the true story of Amna Mahmoud who, from her early childhood, dreamed of…

  

  Nora Al-Subai / Qatar, Canada / Short Narrative

• Our Dark 70s

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  ‘Our Dark 70s’ is an archival footage project that uncovers the artistic creativity of Morocco’…

  

  Ali Essafi / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Prisoner and Jailer

  Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  The story of two contrasting Libyans, one a key official in the former regime, the other one of…

  

  Mohannad Ahmed Muhammad Alamin / Libya, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Queen of the Hoggar (working title)

  Spring Grant 2015 - Development Stage

  Kella, a young princess, and her elder sister are forced to leave their home because of war. Th…

  

  Mohannad Ahmed Muhammad Alamin / Libya, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Rey

  Fall Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  In 1860, a 35-year-old Frenchman explores Araucania, an autonomous region of southern Chile. Th…

  

  Niles Atallah / Chile, France, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Rumors

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Souad and her neighbours’ hearts go out to the people who live around the block, victims of the…

  

  Azza El-Hassan / Jordan, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Searching For Kikhia (working Title)

  Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Director Jihan Kikhia was only six years old when her father was abducted. Widely considered on…

  

  Jihan Kikhia / Libya, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Severed Head

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Two young shepherds, Nizar (16), and his cousin Achraf (14) are grazing their goats on a…

  

  Lotfi Achour / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• TV Society

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  The airing of the Arabic version of an international dating TV show, that offers a panel of wom…

  

  Robert Cremona / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Tadmor

  Fall Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Raymond. Youssef. Ali. Saad. Moussa. Rashid. Mahmoud. Elias. Individuals. Together. The Lebanes…

  

  Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Tariq

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  A story of a relationship between a teenager and his mother. Tariq decides to test his manhood…

  

  Alaa Abdel Razek Mosbah / Egypt, Qatar / Short Narrative

• To Live To Sing

  Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Zhao Li is the manager of a small Sichuan Opera troupe of 11 members living and performing toge…

  

  Johnny Ma / China, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Tshweesh

  Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  Beirut, the day of the World Cup. A woman walks through the relatively quiet streets – people a…

  

  Feyrouz Serhal / Lebanon, Germany, Spain, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Very Big Shot

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  In this clever take on the caper film, three brothers find themselves inextricably bound up in…

  

  Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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