Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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  • Scarecrow

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Widowed, illiterate and terribly poor, Belyn lives with her three children in a rural town in t…

    Zig Madamba Dulay / Philippines / Feature Narrative

  • School of Hope

    Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

    In the vast expanse of desert, East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once…

    Mohamed El Aboudi / Finland, France, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Secure the Future

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    Through clever editing, this smart animated short forces us to consider important issues like w…

    Hadil Al Marzouki / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Shahada

    World Panorama - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    Set in modern Berlin, the fates of three young German-born Muslims collide as they struggle to…

    Burhan Qurbani / Germany / Feature Narrative

  • The Silence

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    A young Kurdish refugee accompanies her mother on a visit to the hospital, but is terrified tha…

    Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi / Italy, France / Short Narrative

  • Silence

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2017

    In a fanatical dictatorship, perpetual silence is mandatory – even the jangle of a bracelet can…

    Chadi Aoun / Lebanon / 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