Ajyal Film Festival 2023

Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • Listen

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    A veiled Muslim woman pleads for protection from her violent husband, but language barriers, cu…

    Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni / Denmark, Finland / Short Narrative

  • The Magic Shoes

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Omid, who has recently moved to the United States from Iran, thinks wearing Air Jordan sneakers…

    Sahand Nikoukar / United States of America / Short Narrative

  • Meantime

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    When a young man comes across a car accident, time seems suspended as he cares for the badly in…

    Christian van Duuren / Netherlands / Short Narrative