Film Funding

  • Eyes of a Thief

    Spring Grant 2013 - Post-Production Stage

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

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

  • 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

  • Fevers

    Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    Benjamin is a child in war against the world. He has known violence and social care homes. One…

    Hicham Ayouch / France, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Footprints on the Moon

    Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    The Philippines, 2050. Franz, a young executive and aspiring writer, finds a sketchbook at a co…

    Jan Xavier Pacle / Qatar, Philippines / Feature Narrative

  • 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

  • The Garbage Helicopter

    Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    Somewhere in Sweden, a gigantic dumpster breaks loose from the heavy chain suspending it from a…

    Jonas Selberg Augustsén / Sweden, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • A Gaza Weekend

    Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    The UN imposes an embargo on Israel following the outbreak of a deadly virus. However, due to i…

    Basil Khalil / Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Ghadi

    Spring Grant 2013 - Post-Production Stage

    In a small neighbourhood of a traditional Lebanese coastal town, Leba, a music instructor, marr…

    Amin Dora / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Ghetto Child

    Spring Grant 2013 - Post-Production Stage

    In a juvenile detention centre, Madi and his younger brother Bright try to fight the daily inju…

    Guillaume Tordjman / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Girl Made Of Dust

    Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    In a village of the Lebanese Chouf, ten-year-old Ruba lives in a dream world filled with witche…

    Hiam Abbass / Palestine, Lebanon, France, Germany, Denmark, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Go Home

    Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    Nada is going home. Or at least she wants to. When she returns to Lebanon, she realises she's a…

    Jihane Chouaib / Lebanon, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • HEAdbANG Lullaby

    Spring Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

    Casablanca, June 11, 1986 – the day of the World Cup. After yet another blunder, embittered cop…

    Hicham Lasri / Morocco, France, Lebanon, 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

  • Haifa Street

    Fall Grant 2015 -

    Haifa Street, one of the most dangerous locations during the civil war in Baghdad, in 2006. Tar…

    Mohanad Hayal / Iraq, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Happy Holidays

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    A student's involvement in a minor accident sets off a chain reaction of events that leads to t…

    Scandar Copti / Palestine / Feature Narrative

  • Harvest

    Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    A young woman walks out of the Beirut airport alone and makes her way back home to her parents’…

    Ely Dagher / Lebanon, France, Belgium, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Hawi

    Fall Grant 2010 - Post-Production Stage

    Shot in Alexandria using non-professional actors and a volunteer crew, Ibrahim El Batout's thir…

    Ibrahim El Batout / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Healer

    Fall Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

    16-year old teenager Abdou lives on the outskirts of Khouribga, a mining town exploiting phosph…

    Mohamed Zineddaine / Morocco, Italy, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Hedi

    Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    Hedi is a simple young man. He is not very talkative or reactive and does not expect much from…

    Mohamed Ben Attia / Tunisia, Belgium, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Her Mother's Daughter

    Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

    Tamara, sexy and sparkling, is a professor of biology at the American University of Beirut. She…

    Dima El-Horr / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative


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