Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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  • Kingdom of Garbage

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Steeped in realism, ‘Kingdom of Garbage’ gives voice to the children displaced by the ongoing c…

    Yasir Kareem / Iraq, Netherlands, United States of America, United Kingdom / Short Narrative

  • Life, Animated

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Diagnosed with autism at the age of three, Owen Suskind learned to understand the world around…

    Roger Ross Williams / United States of America, France / Feature Documentary

  • Light

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Overwhelmed by grief and far from the comforts of family, Omar must face performing the Islamic…

    Yassmina Karajah / Canada, Jordan, Lebanon / Short Narrative

  • Little Matryoshka

    Bariq - ages 4+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    Every family has a rebel who refuses to play by the rules, and Little Matryoshka, the smallest…

    Serin Inan, Tolga Yildiz / Turkey / Short Narrative

  • Lonely Blue Night

    Special Screening, Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

    An awkward family reunion at a business dinner leads a Chinese mother to realize the consequenc…

    Johnson Cheng / United States of America / Short Narrative

  • The Magic Shoes

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Omid, who has recently moved to the United States from Iran, thinks wearing Air Jordan sneakers…

    Sahand Nikoukar / United States of America / Short Narrative

  • Man of the House

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    A teenager becomes the man of his house after his parents mysteriously leave. But one of his si…

    Khalifa AlMarri / Qatar / Short Narrative

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