Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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  • 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

  • Li.Li.Ta.Al

    Special Screening - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    ‘Li.Li.Ta.Al’ is a short animated film that depicts a meaningless poem that has been forged acc…

    Akihito Izuhara / Japan / 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

  • Light

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Overwhelmed by grief and far from the comforts of family, Omar must face performing the Islamic…

    Yassmina Karajah / Canada, Jordan, Lebanon / Short Narrative

  • Light Fingers

    Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

    In an attempt to run away from the problems of their old neighbourhood, Omar and Sahar move hou…

    Carina Ashkar / Lebanon / Short Narrative

  • Light Sounds

    Special Screening - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2017

    This gentle tale of workers at a mosque reminds us that every face might hide an unrecognised t…

    Karem Kamel / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Light Sounds

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    This gentle tale of workers at a mosque reminds us that every face might hide an unrecognised t…

    Karem Kamel / Qatar / Short Narrative