Film Funding

  • Talking About Trees

    Fall Grants 2018 -

    Ibrahim, Suleiman, Manar and Altayeb are founding members of the ‘Sudanese Film Group’. Friends…

    Suhaib Gasmelbari / France, Sudan, Germany, Chad, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Targuia

    Fall Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    'Targuia' is the story of Tab, a 16-year-old nomadic girl living in the Sahara in southern Alge…

    Leïla Artese Benhadj / Algeria, France, Italy, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • This Rain Will Never Stop

    Fall Grants 2019 -

    ‘This Rain Will Never Stop’ takes audiences on a powerful, visually arresting journey through h…

    Alina Gorlova / Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • To All Naked Men

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    The war in Syria is drawing to an end, and the first reliable election stands on the ruins of t…

    Bassam Chekhes / Syria, Netherlands, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Two or Three things I don't know about her

    Spring Grants 2021 - Production Stage

    Lila is an 18-year-old girl living in Brest, France. She recently decided to wear a veil, to th…

    Sabrina Idiri Chemloul / France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Under Construction

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    Tarek, a 30-year-old Syrian, joins a construction site set in the middle of a forest. Immediate…

    Nadim Tabet / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Underdown

    Fall Grants 2017 -

    Moving to Beirut’s anarchic rhythm, ‘Underdown’ follows the struggles of a Palestinian cab driv…

    Sarah Kaskas / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Unremember

    Spring Grants 2018 -

    Joana is a 15-year-old who feeds her soul with literature and rock. She lives in Paris with her…

    Flavia Castro / Brazil, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Virgin, the Copts and Me

    Fall Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

    Namir is a French filmmaker of Egyptian origin. One day he watches a videotape of the Virgin Ma…

    Namir Abdel Messeeh / France, Qatar, Egypt / Feature Documentary

  • Wajib

    Spring Grants 2017 -

    Shadi returns to his hometown to help his father hand-deliver his sister’s wedding invitations.…

    Annemarie Jacir / Palestine, France, Colombia, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Norway / Feature Narrative

  • Walls and People

    Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    This film is a cry from the heart of the Medina of Casablanca for its inhabitants and their mem…

    Dalila Ennadre / Morocco, Algeria, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Walou

    Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    I hate the bled! When I was young, every summer, going to Algeria, I couldn’t do anything witho…

    Hassiba Belhadj / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Waves '98

    Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    The complex relationship of contemporary Beirutis to their troubled home city is beautifully im…

    Ely Dagher / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • A Way Home

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    After years of separation, the filmmaker renews her relationship with her mother, Aïcha, who is…

    Karima Saidi / Morocco, Belgium, France, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

  • We Are Inside

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    Being away for a decade, Farah returns to her father’s place in her hometown Tripoli, Lebanon.…

    Farah Kassem / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • We Could Be Heroes

    Fall Grant 2015 -

    In the run-up to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Azzedine Nouiri, the world champion in seated s…

    Hind Bensari / Denmark, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • What We Left Unfinished

    Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

    'What We Left Unfinished' tells the incredible and mostly true story of five unfinished feature…

    Mariam Ghani / Afghanistan, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • What's Your Story? Part I

    Fall Grant 2011 - Production/Post-Production Stage

    Jamal, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, meets five young Israelis with differing ideological pe…

    Jamal Khalaile, Pauline Carbonnier / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

  • Whispering Sands

    Spring Grants 2016 -

    A Canadian woman of Arab descent undertakes a trip and hires a guide to help her find a specifi…

    Nacer Khemir / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Yalla Parkour

    Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    Now that his return is unattainable, Ahmad reflects on his undetermined journey out. Despite th…

    Areeb Zuaiter / Sweden, Jordan / Feature Documentary