Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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  • Enclave

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Young Nenad lives in a UN-protected Serbian enclave in Kosovo, where he is taken to school ever…

    Goran Radovanović / Germany, Serbia / Feature Narrative

  • Encountering Samir

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    In a war zone, Farah and her brother make friends with an enemy counterpart—turning the barren…

    Rand Beiruty / Jordan, Germany / Short Narrative

  • Fidai

    Arab Feature Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    The struggle for Algeria’s independence was fought by unnamed fighters whose selfless acts thre…

    Damien Ounouri / Algeria, France, United Kingdom, Kuwait, China, Qatar, Germany / Feature Documentary

  • The Fifth Column

    Arab Short Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    This half-hour slice of cinema, set in the Armenian quarter of Beirut, involves a son who steal…

    Vatche Boulghourjian / Lebanon, U.S.A. / Short Narrative

  • Have a Nice Dog!

    Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

    Trapped in war-surrounded Damascus, a lonely man becomes increasingly lost in his fantasies of…

    Jalal Maghout / Germany, Syria / Short Narrative

  • Here Comes the Rain

    World Panorama - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    In this study of a kidnapped man returning to his loved ones after decades in detention, filmma…

    Bahij Hojeij / Lebanon / Feature Narrative

  • In The Middle

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    Forced to pick up arms, young soldiers are stuck in the middle of the ongoing war in Yemen.

    Mariam Al-Dhubhani / Yemen, Qatar / Short Documentary

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