Film Funding

  • The Great Family

    Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    ‘The Great Family’ follows the story of Marlene, a 43-year-old woman who was adopted from Leban…

    Eliane Raheb / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Green Eyes

    Spring Grants 2016 - Production Stage

    A blue-eyed coma patient swims from the end of a pier to the deepest point of the ocean of hims…

    Abdullah Al-Mulla / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Green Line

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    “In my country, they call me “The Cat”, because like cat I died seven times, and seven times I…

    Sylvie Ballyot / France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Grey Glow

    Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    Nayla, 55, holds a supervising position at a factory in a Beirut suburb. She struggles to ensur…

    Michèle Tyan / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Guapo'y

    Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    Surrounded by sounds from a jungle-like garden, a woman inhabits the gloom of her bedroom, cove…

    Sofia Paoli Thorne / Paraguay, Argentina, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Guardian Of The Worlds

    Spring Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    Hassan recalls the first night that Jellaz became his shelter. After burying his parents and tw…

    Léïla Chaïbi / France, Tunisia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Gubgub

    Spring Grants 2018 -

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

    Nouf Al Sulaiti / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • HEAdbANG Lullaby

    Spring Grants 2016 -

    Casablanca, June 11, 1986 – the day of the World Cup. After yet another blunder, embittered cop…

    Hicham Lasri / Morocco, France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • HOPE

    Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    Facing challenges from life and human pollution, Aqua sets off on a life-changing journey to hi…

    Abdulla Al Jananhi / Indonesia, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Habibi and I in Eden

    Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    On a foggy dark night where Sara’s family believes she is at her friend’s baby reception, and w…

    Sara Mesfer / Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Haifa Street

    Spring Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

    It’s 2006 and Baghdad is ravaged by sectarian violence. Haifa Street is the epicentre of the co…

    Mohanad Hayal / Iraq, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Haifa Street

    Fall Grant 2015 -

    Haifa Street, one of the most dangerous locations during the civil war in Baghdad, in 2006. Tar…

    Mohanad Hayal / Iraq, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Halaa'

    Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    An anthology series of Middle Eastern crime stories exploring the complex moral ironies surroun…

    Amal Al-Muftah / Lebanon, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Qatar / TV Series

  • Hamlet From the Slums

    Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

    Ahmed, an 18-year-old from a slum in Cairo, buries his father—the king of horse-driven carriage…

    Ahmed Fawzi Saleh / Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Handala, the Boy Without a Face

    Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    Handala, the Palestinian refugee child, appeared in thousands of political caricatures to shed…

    Mahmoud Kaabour / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Haneen

    Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    Haneen, a woman in her mid-60s, lives alone in a Palestinian city, estranged from her husband a…

    Ossama Bawardi / Palestine, Jordan, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Happy Holidays

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    A student's involvement in a minor accident sets off a chain reaction of events that leads to t…

    Scandar Copti / Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Harakat!

    Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Aalia (14) and Haya (14) are two cool kids who spend their endless afternoons at the skatepark.…

    Nadia Al-Khater / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Harka

    Spring Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    Tunisia, North Africa. Ali, a young man in his twenties, makes a precarious living selling cont…

    Lotfy Nathan / France, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, United States of America, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Hawa

    Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    Filmed over five years, this documentary is the chronicle of an Afghan family and, more particu…

    Najiba Noori, Ali Rasul Noori / Iran, France, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Qatar / Feature Documentary