Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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  • Bachir in Wonderland

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2018

    This absorbing documentary records a few weeks in the life of the stateless 10-year-old Saharan…

    Els Duran, Evelien Vehof / Netherlands / Short Documentary

  • Banned Bodies

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2017

    In danger at home, unwelcome on the European continent, not permitted to travel to the UK, refu…

    Jérémie Reichenbach / France / Short Documentary

  • Batch 10

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    ‘Batch 10’ is an enlightening and humanizing look at the mandatory military service in Qatar.

    Sana Al-Ansari / Qatar / Short Documentary

  • Before Darkness

    Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    An Afghan woman hides her child because she does not have enough money to take them both across…

    Mosayeb Hanaei / Iran, Afghanistan / Short Narrative

  • Benda Bilili!

    World Panorama - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    Popping with potent rhythms and set against a bleak backdrop of near hopeless despair, this doc…

    Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye / Democratic Republic of the Congo, France / Feature Documentary

  • Beyond Boundaries

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    For some avid fans, cricket is not so much a sport, but a way of life. In 'Beyond Boundaries' w…

    Hemanth Madupu / Qatar, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan / Short Documentary

  • Beyond Broken Walls

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    An artist's internal struggle with self-expression leads him to rediscover himself in the most…

    Hissa G. Al-Mannai / Qatar / Short Documentary