Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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  • Gubgub

    Ajyal Competition, Made in Qatar - Ajyal Film Festival 2018

    After getting her first catch of the day while crab-hunting with her father and brother, bright…

    Nouf Al Sulaiti / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Haneen

    Arab Short Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2011

    Haneen lives alone in a Palestinian city. She befriends Salem, a new boy in the neighborhood wh…

    Ossama Bawardi / Palestine, Qatar, Jordan / Short Narrative

  • The Help

    Special Screening - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2011

    1960s Mississippi. Southern society girl, Skeeter, returns from college determined to become a…

    Tate Taylor / United States of America / Feature Narrative

  • Hijabi Girls

    Bader - ages 18+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    Convinced that ‘hijabi girls love fashion’, designer Barjis Chohan has launched a line of cloth…

    Nada Al-Hudaid / United Kingdom / Short Documentary

  • Hind's Dream

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    Hind, a young bedouin woman, spends weeks alone while her husband is away. Their tent is her en…

    Suzannah Mirghani / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • In Case You Forgot

    Bader - ages 18+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013

    The codes of UAE society tell men and women how they ought to behave. What happens when young p…

    Fatima Helal Al Baloushi / United Arab Emirates / Short Narrative

  • The Lady

    Special Screening - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2011

    The true story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the woman at the core of Burma’s democracy movement, and he…

    Luc Besson / France, United Kingdom / Feature Narrative