• '81

  Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  When tasked by officials to pursue entry into the ‘81 FIFA Youth World Championships in Austral…

  

  Dawood Anwari, Ali Al-Anssari / Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 1982

  Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  As the academic year draws to a close at a school high in the mountains of Lebanon, eleven-ye…

  

  Oualid Mouaness / Lebanon, United States of America, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 2 Rooms and a Parlor

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Khalil Suleiman has always preferred to stay away from other people, but after his wife’s death…

  

  Sherif El Bendary / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 200 Meters

  Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, b…

  

  Ameen Nayfeh / Palestine, Jordan, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 3000 Nights

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Falsely accused of being involved in terrorist activity, Layal is arrested, interrogated and in…

  

  Mai Masri / Palestine, France, Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 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

• Adam

  Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-ye…

  

  Maryam Touzani / Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Alam, The Flag

  Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Palestinian student Tamer doesn’t meddle in politics; at the same time, the memory of his uncle…

  

  Firas Khoury / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Algiers by Night

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  The sun sets over the Bay of Algiers. The city walls start to lose their shiny white, making ro…

  

  Yanis Koussim / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  Ali loves a goat called Nada. Ibrahim, a depressed sound engineer who hears voices he cannot de…

  

  Sherif El Bendary / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• All this Victory

  Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  In a small village in the south of Lebanon, during the last days of the July War, five people t…

  

  Ahmad Ghossein / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Another Day In Baghdad

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Sara and her neighbours open the doors of their everyday lives for us, in a middle-class distri…

  

  Maysoon Pachachi / United Kingdom, France, Germany, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Apprentice

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Aiman, a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer, lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modes…

  

  Junfeng Boo / Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Ava

  Spring Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  Ava’s first visit to the gynaecologist with her mother is a traumatic experience for the young…

  

  Sadaf Foroughi / Iran, Canada, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Aïcha Bonheur

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  Aïcha, a young long-distance runner, is pursuing her Olympic dream. Her brother Omar, a decent…

  

  Hakim Belabbes / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Barzakh (Working Title)

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Mariam and Noura find their old father dead in his house on the outskirts of the city of Ramall…

  

  Laila Abbas / Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Bastardo

  Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  ‘Bastardo’ is the story of Mohsen, ‘the bastard’, whose origins and history are unknown. He was…

  

  Nejib Belkadhi / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Beauty and the Dogs

  Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

  Mariam wants to have a nice night out, so she takes to the dancefloor at the benefit she has or…

  

  Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Behind Closed Doors

  Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Six-year-old Leila and her mother, Sara, have a close relationship. They live in a comfortable…

  

  Hend Fakhroo / Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Behind Closed Doors

  Spring Grants 2018 - Development Stage

  Six-year-old Leila and her mother, Sara, have a close relationship. They live a comfortable lif…

  

  Hend Fakhroo / Qatar / Feature Narrative

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