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  • Ander

    Ajyal Competition, Made in Qatar - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    Ander is an energetic five-year-old-boy who—despite a severe dairy allergy that often isolates…

    Alina Mustafina / Kazakhstan, Qatar / Short Documentary

  • The Artist: Yacoub Missi

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    In this short documentary, we join Syrian painter and sculptor, Yacoub Missi, as he recalls the…

    Tony El Ghazal / Qatar / Short Documentary

  • As My Father Was

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2018

    The story of Ali, a 12-year-old "Fili" Kurd who lives in Baghdad. After the fall of Saddam Huss…

    Muslim Habeeb / Iraq / Short Documentary

  • As Time Passes

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2022

    'As Time Passes' is a poetic series of captivating vignettes tracing the filmmaker's family roo…

    Jamil McGinnis / United States of America / Short Documentary

  • As You Can See

    Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    Can the lines in a hand hold stories? What memories do the grooves store? Ghada invites her mot…

    Ghada Fikri / Egypt / Short Documentary

  • Atlal (Remnants)

    Made in Qatar, Ajyal at Vox, Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

    A wistful Palestinian man embarks on a trip down memory lane to the pivotal locations of his li…

    Balkees Al-Jaafari, Tony El Ghazal / Qatar / Short Documentary

  • Bachir in Wonderland

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2018

    This absorbing documentary records a few weeks in the life of the stateless 10-year-old Saharan…

    Els Duran, Evelien Vehof / Netherlands / Short Documentary

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