• The Search for the Star Pearl

  Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

  Ali ibn Hamad, a brave, 17-year-old Qatari boy, sails the unknown seas with his friends, the fu…

  

  Hafiz Ali Ali / Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Shadow of a Man

  Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  Ahmad, 26, is the best mechanic in the mountains of Lebanon. The only car he hasn’t had time an…

  

  Niam Itani / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Shelter

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Ahmad struggles to survive in the ghettos of Beirut. He cannot remember his past or where he ca…

  

  Kasem Kharsa / Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt / Feature Narrative

• Son of a Dog

  Spring Grant 2013 - Development Stage

  Set against the backdrop of a never-ending war, ‘Son of a Dog’ is the coming-of-age story of 17…

  

  Alain Sauma / 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

• Streams

  Fall Grants 2016 - Development Stage

  Amel works in a factory in Tunis. She lives with her alcoholic husband Tahar, a former local fo…

  

  Mehdi Hmili / Tunisia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• TCA186: The Tarmac Year

  Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

  Set in a reimagined timeline of the 1980s, Ahmad and Mourad, two Lebanese cousins, hijack a pla…

  

  Mohamed Berro / Lebanon, Qatar / TV Series

• Tangier Stories

  Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

  In contemporary Morocco, Hayat brings Soussen, her 12-year-old daughter, from their poor villag…

  

  Fyzal Boulifa / France, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Taste of Apples Is Red

  Fall Grant 2013 - Development Stage

  In the wake of fierce battles of the Syrian Civil War, old Mustafa crosses the border, and retu…

  

  Ehab Tarabieh / Syria, United States of America, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Body Of René

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  'The Body of René' is a love story interrupted by war and a black body snatched from the memory…

  

  Dani Abo Louh / France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Flower Men

  Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  ‘The Flower Men’ is an observational-investigative documentary film that explores the complex r…

  

  Yousra Ishaq / Yemen, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Return Of The Jerboas

  Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Algeria, 2000. Hakim, a young doctor, arrives in the desert. He moves in with Ammar's family wh…

  

  Amira Géhanne Khalfallah / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 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

• Vanishing

  Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  In modern-day Beirut, single mother Rita juggles her work as an investigative journalist and as…

  

  Lucien Bourjeily / Lebanon, 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

• Where Did I Leave My Face?

  Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

  Ali, originally from Jerusalem, lives in Paris with his girlfriend, Julie. He is constantly tra…

  

  Ramzi Maqdisi / Palestine, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Window

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  Baghdad under the American occupation. Iraq is in a power vacuum; anarchy is rife; curfews are…

  

  Koutaiba Al-Janabi / Iraq, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Wooden Rifle

  Fall Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  During the Syrian revolution, 21-year-old Noor tries to escape with his mother to Europe to liv…

  

  Alfouz Tanjour / Syria, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• X Kids

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  X kids are children born in Algeria out of wedlock, or as a result of terrorist marriages, ince…

  

  Safinez Bousbia / Algeria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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