• Rouge Parole

  Fall Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  The Arab Spring erupted in a country where few would have expected, starting a political earthq…

  

  Elyes Baccar / Tunisia, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Saffron's Land

  Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

  In the Atlas Mountains lies Safrana, an isolated village that was repeatedly attacked by the Fr…

  

  Yassine El Idrissi / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Scenes from a Revolt Sustained

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Examining the culture and history of Tunisia and how it has been mediated or ignored by the Wes…

  

  Kays Mejri, Matt Peterson / France, Tunisia, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• School Of Hope

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Climate change and overgrazing have brought poverty to the old nomad tribes of the High Plateau…

  

  Mohamed El Aboudi / Morocco, Finland, France, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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

• Speed Sisters

  Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Meet Marah, Mona, Betty, Noor and Maysoon – the first all-woman rally-racing team in the Middle…

  

  Amber Fares / Palestine, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Standstill

  Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Arihote is a Kanienkehaka photographer whose life is at a standstill. When he witnesses the mur…

  

  Majdi El-Omari / Canada, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Still Recording

  Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

  Two young artists, Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub become embroiled in the events of the besieg…

  

  Saeed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub / Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Stronger than a Bullet

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, war propaganda has been Iran’s largest industry. In the n…

  

  Maryam Ebrahimi / Iran, Sweden, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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

• The Dragon Blood Island

  Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  ‘The Dragon Blood Island’ is a short documentary that focuses on the beauty of what has been de…

  

  Sufian Abulohom / Yemen, United States of America, Qatar / Short Documentary

• The Voice Of The Wild

  Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  In the heart of the Sahara live Abreybone and his pals Kiki, Akalaï, Diara, Japonais, and Abin-…

  

  Dalel Ziour / Algeria, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Though I Know the River Is Dry

  Fall Grant 2012 - Post-Production Stage

  Alaa has just returned to Palestine after years spent in Detroit. Following the Arab uprisings,…

  

  Omar Hamilton / Egypt, Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Translator

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  After getting into trouble with the Syrian government, Sami has been living for years as a poli…

  

  Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf / Syria, Jordan, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Unremember

  Spring Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  Joana is a 15-year-old who feeds her soul with literature and rock. She lives in Paris with her…

  

  Flavia Castro / Brazil, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Wajib

  Spring Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  Shadi returns to his hometown to help his father hand-deliver his sister’s wedding invitations.…

  

  Annemarie Jacir / Palestine, United Arab Emirates, France, Switzerland, Norway, Colombia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Walou

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  I hate the bled! When I was young, every summer, going to Algeria, I couldn’t do anything witho…

  

  Hassiba Belhadj / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Watch Before Deletion

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  An episode of a radio show revisiting the life of an Arab music icon takes an unexpected turn w…

  

  Mohammad Shawky Hassan / Egypt, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Waves

  Fall Grant 2012 - Post-Production Stage

  Before he came to power, a fortune teller told Hosni Mubarak that he would reach a powerful pos…

  

  Ahmed Nour / Egypt, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• We Have Never Been Kids

  Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Since 2003, Mahmood Soliman has tracked the subjects of his​ ​2003 documentary ‘Living Among Us…

  

  Mahmood Soliman / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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