Ajyal Film Festival 2023

Ajyal Film Festival 2020

  • An Unusual Summer

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    Following an act of vandalism, Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari’s father decides to install…

    Kamal Aljafari / Palestine, Germany / Feature Documentary

  • Gevar's Land

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    Newly settled with his partner and son in a suburb of Reims, Gevar—who has arrived from Syria,…

    Qutaiba Barhamji / France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • I Am Greta

    Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never before s…

    Nathan Grossman / Sweden / Feature Documentary

  • Microplastic Madness

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    Go-getting fifth grade students from Brooklyn, USA become citizen scientists, community leaders…

    Atsuko Quirk, Debby Lee Cohen / United States of America / Feature Documentary

  • My Favorite War

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    A personal, animated documentary about the director’s (Ilze Burkovska) life growing up in Latvi…

    Ilze Burkovska - Jacobsen / Latvia, Norway / Feature Documentary

  • The Reason I Jump

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, ‘The Reason I Jump’ is an immersive cinemati…

    Jerry Rothwell / United Kingdom, United States of America / Feature Documentary

  • Their Algeria

    Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    After 62 years of living together, Lina’s grandparents, Aïcha and Mabrouk, have decided to sepa…

    Lina Soualem / France, Algeria, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Documentary