Ajyal Film Festival 2023

Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

  • CodeGirl

    Special Screening - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Worldwide, only about four per cent of tech start-up companies are headed by women. Enter Techn…

    Lesley Chilcott / United States of America / Feature Documentary

  • Dunia

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Nine-year-old Dunia’s mother is on some kind of mission but won’t share the details – then, an…

    Amer Jamhour / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Mariam

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    When France passes a law that bans Muslim women from wearing headscarves in public institutions…

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

  • Sonita

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    In Tehran, where it is illegal for women to sing, 18-year-old Afghan refugee Sonita dreams of b…

    Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami / Iran, Germany, Switzerland / Feature Documentary

  • Under the Shadow

    Special Screening - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Against the distressing backdrop of the War of the Cities that came soon after the Iranian Revo…

    Babak Anvari / Iran, United Kingdom, Jordan, Qatar / Feature Narrative