• Concrete Dreams: Some Roads Lead Home

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  I want to tell a story of the evolving landscape of a nation that has been marred by images of …

  

  Saba Karim Khan / Pakistan, Qatar / Short Documentary

• Control

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  In the state TV control room, the technical team is preparing for what is arguably the most imp…

  

  Mohamed Adeeb / Egypt, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Costa Brava Lebanon

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Lebanon, 2028. The country is drowning in garbage, yet the Badri family leads an idyllic, isola…

  

  Mounia Akl / Lebanon, France, Sweden, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Dam

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  North Sudan, Merowe Dam. Abu Salma, a seasonal worker from Darfur, works in a traditional brick…

  

  Ali Cherri / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• 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

• 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

• Dead Dog (working title)

  Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  When Farid, a 60-year-old man who lives abroad, visits his wife in their Lebanese mountain home…

  

  Sarah Francis / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Dede

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Dina lives in a remote village high in the Georgian mountains, where traditions have remained t…

  

  Mariam Khatchvani / Georgia, Ireland, Netherlands, Croatia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Desert Fish

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  The southern desert of Morocco. The son wants to become a fisherman and is always dreaming of t…

  

  Alaa Eddine Aljem / Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous

  Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled, Ahmed, a Syrian refug…

  

  Wissam Charaf / France, Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Displaced in Heaven

  Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  The repetition of history and the passing on of collective and individual traumas from generati…

  

  Khaled Jarrar / Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Dr. Hamood Show

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Starring Mohammed Al Dosari and Qatari wrestler Ali Al Naimi, ‘Dr. Hamood Show’ is a 15-episode…

  

  Ali Al-Anssari / Qatar / Unknown

• Dégradé

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  A hot summer's day in the Gaza Strip. Today the electricity is on. Christine’s beauty salon is…

  

  Mohammed (Arab) Abunasser, Ahmad (Tarazan) Abunasser / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Egypt's Modern Pharaohs

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  On January 25, 1952, downtown Cairo was burnt down: angry mobs demanded the departure of Britis…

  

  Jihan El Tahri / Egypt, France, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Egyptian Jeanne d'Arc

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  ‘Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc’ is a creative documentary that explores issues of female emancipation i…

  

  Iman Kamel / Kuwait, Egypt, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Eyes of a Thief

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  Inspired by real events, ‘Eyes of a Thief’ is a rare glimpse into Palestinian society from the…

  

  Najwa Najjar / Palestine, Qatar, Algeria, France, Iceland, Jordan / Feature Narrative

• FIRE

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  Surviving in Algeria is a constant challenge that leaves the nation’s population without hope.…

  

  Meriem Achour Bouakkaz / Algeria, Canada, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Fahavalo, Madagascar 1947

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  After World War II, nearly 10,000 Malagasy soldiers travelled back to their island on a liner n…

  

  Marie Clemence Andriamonta Paes / Madagascar, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Fair Light of Dawn

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  'The Fair Light of Dawn’ offers a kaleidoscopic view of the lives of several citizens in Beirut…

  

  Hisham Bizri / Lebanon, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Fidaï

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  During the war in Algeria, El Hadi, the great uncle of filmmaker Damien Ounouri joined his sist…

  

  Damien Ounouri / Algeria, France, China, Germany, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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