Film Funding

  • Light Sounds

    Fall Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

    Inseparable, if not by choice, two Sri Lankans work as cleaners at a mosque in Qatar. Lazy and…

    Karem Kamel / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Maqloubeh

    Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    Five young art students awake to the sound of gunfire and bombardment. As the electricity has b…

    Nicolas Damuni / Palestine, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Mariam

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    Ever since she attended the Hajj with her grandmother, Mariam has covered her head, but when Fr…

    Faiza Ambah / France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia / Short Narrative

  • Me, Myself And A.I.

    Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

    Mashael, a 17-year-old girl who sees food as her primary source of happiness, is completely exh…

    Maha Al Jefairi / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Mute

    Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

    In 1960s Qatar, Mama Looloo lives alone as she builds a spaceship in the middle of her living r…

    Thamer Al-Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Night

    Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    While searching for sleepless souls, a storyteller finds a woman standing in front of her door,…

    Ahmad Saleh / Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Omé

    Spring Grants 2016 - Production Stage

    Following the death of his mother, 9-year-old Elias goes to extreme lengths to naively bring he…

    Wassim Geagea / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • One of Them

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    During Friday prayers, Khalid notices that the khutbah does not start as early as usual. His fr…

    Fahad Al Kuwari / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Opening Doors

    Fall Grant 2014 - Development Stage

    ‘Opening Doors’ tells the true story of Amna Mahmoud who, from her early childhood, dreamed of…

    Nora Al-Subai / Qatar, Canada / Short Narrative

  • Playtime

    Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    Matthew lives with his mother, an army secretary, in Ahmadi, Kuwait. One night, she leaves him…

    Hamad Al-Tourah / Kuwait, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The President's Visit

    Spring Grants 2016 - Production Stage

    In a small fishing town, Nino sells soap at his Sultan of Soap shop. When he received a highly…

    Cyril Aris / Lebanon, United States of America, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Prisoner and Jailer

    Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    The story of two contrasting Libyans, one a key official in the former regime, the other one of…

    Mohannad Ahmed Muhammad Alamin / Libya, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Rest In Piece

    Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    Shelling forces the 40-year-old Midyan to flee his homeland. He takes with him only his dearest…

    Antoine Antabi / Syria, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Rumors

    Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    Souad and her neighbours’ hearts go out to the people who live around the block, victims of the…

    Azza El-Hassan / Jordan, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Selma

    Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    After the accidental death of her taxi-driver husband, Selma decides to become master of her ow…

    Mohamed Ben Attia / Tunisia, Germany, Qatar / Short 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

  • Sixteen

    Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    In order to say his last goodbye, Adam (16) hides behind a Burqa and goes out into the streets…

    Sameh Morsy / Egypt, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Soaring Over Mayhem

    Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    In the brutal lands of northern Syria, 10- year-old bird enthusiast Rami struggles to survive a…

    Abdullah Al-Wazzan / Kuwait, Qatar / Short 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

  • Survival Visa

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    When disaster strikes, the NASA (National Agency Survival & Arabic) publishes a call for applic…

    Nadia Rais / Tunisia, Qatar / Short Narrative


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