Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All films

All Countries

  • The Law of the Jungle

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    A red monkey, a green baboon and a big purple gorilla demonstrate why there’s more to being top…

    Pascale Hecquet / Belgium / Short Narrative

  • Layla

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    A late-in-life, coming-of-age drama, ‘Layla’ is an examination of migrant culture in the UK.

    Celine Cotran / United Kingdom / Short Narrative

  • Leaf

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    A rugged sailor’s sensitive side is revealed when he is given an autumn leaf that reminds him o…

    Aliona Baranova / Belarus, Czech Republic, The / Short Narrative

  • Leave No Trace

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2018

    A father and daughter live an isolated and reclusive life in Forest Park, an idyllic nature res…

    Debra Granik / United States of America / Feature Narrative

  • Left Foot

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    A modest shoeshine envies one of his rich customer’s material wealth, until he makes a startlin…

    Falah Al-Baghdadi / Iraq / Short Narrative

  • A Letter

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    A man writes on the wall of his prison cell: “Peace. My love. Home.” ‘A Letter’ evokes a univer…

    Marcelle Aleid / Syria / 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