• Abou Leila

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  Algeria, 1994. Terrorist attacks have ravaged the north of the country for the past two years.…

  

  Amin Sidi-Boumédiène / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Baby Mine

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  When a Middle Eastern man kidnaps his sickly daughter, her mother recruits a dubious neighbour…

  

  Nour Wazzi / Lebanon, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Beretta

  Fall Grant 2013 - Development Stage

  Suad, a mute Egyptian woman, is constantly harassed by the old men of Cairo and one day decides…

  

  Sophia Al-Maria / Qatar, Egypt, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative

• Daoud's Winter

  Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  Iraq, winter 1988. Daoud, a young man from Baghdad, is drafted into the war with Iran. At the f…

  

  Koutaiba Al-Janabi / Iraq, Lebanon, Netherlands, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Days of Tyranny

  Fall Grant 2011 -

  In a border town set in an unnamed Arab country ruled by a ruthless dictatorship, Hana, a mothe…

  

  Katia Jarjoura / Canada, France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Days of Tyranny

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  In a border town set in an unnamed Arab country ruled by a ruthless dictatorship, Hana, a mothe…

  

  Katia Jarjoura / Lebanon, France, Canada, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Dogs

  Spring Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

  Young Roman gets a whole lot more than he bargained for when he inherits a large tract of land…

  

  Bogdan Florian Mirica / Romania, France, Bulgaria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Don't Tell a Soul

  Spring Grants 2017 - Development Stage

  Faris, a Lebanese Muslim living in the US, awakens to discover the dead body of his wife’s ex-h…

  

  Nour Wazzi / Lebanon, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Even Donkeys Have Remorse

  Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  Inside a crumbling old house, Omar spends his days terrified of the outside, while Reem is pass…

  

  Shirin Abu Shaqra / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Faraya

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Located in the mountains of northern Lebanon, Faraya is a posh ski resort that was built in the…

  

  Nadim Tabet, Mounia Akl / Lebanon, Qatar / TV Series

• Frenzy

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Kadir is released after a 15-year prison term and goes in search of his younger brother Ahmet.…

  

  Emin Alper / Turkey, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Haifa Street

  Spring Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  It’s 2006 and Baghdad is ravaged by sectarian violence. Haifa Street is the epicentre of the co…

  

  Mohanad Hayal / Iraq, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Houston, We Have a Problem!

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  In 1948, a space programme was established in Yugoslavia, based on the diaries and technical pl…

  

  Žiga Virc / Slovenia, Germany, Croatia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Kashta

  Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

  Out in the beautiful quiet of the windswept dunes, a man teaches his young sons the traditional…

  

  A.J. Al-Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

• Motherhood

  Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Salha, the matriarch of a farming family in the remote north of Tunisia, is overjoyed when her…

  

  Meryam Joobeur / Tunisia, Canada, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Road to Damascus

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Gunshots ring out. A bus from Beirut to Damascus crashes. The only witness is a young botanist…

  

  Meedo Taha / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Servants

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Nabil is the guard of an old villa located by the mouth of a river. Sayed Walid, an influential…

  

  Marwan Khneisser / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• A Son

  Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Tunisia, Summer 2011. Fares, Meriem, and their 10-year-old son Aziz are a modern and happy Tuni…

  

  Mehdi Barsaoui / Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Split-Screen

  Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

  Two men, 'A' and 'B', are drinking coffee. They receive anonymous texts telling them their drin…

  

  Fahad Al Khater, Nadia Al Khater / Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Unlucky Hamster

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Fluffy is a cute little hamster who just can't catch a break! Every day he patiently waits in h…

  

  Abdulaziz Khashabi / Qatar, Indonesia / Short Narrative

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