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  • The Invention

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013

    Twelve-year-old Danny and Andrès are mystified by girls. Can learning the complicated principle…

    Giovanni Granada / Colombia / Short Narrative

  • Ismail

    Arab Short Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    A young Palestinian living in a refugee camp in 1949 struggles to escape imminent death when he…

    Nora Alsharif / Jordan, Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Khurshid

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2017

    A goldsmith, Khurshid spends his days creating and repairing jewellery using timeworn tools, se…

    Mazen Shafea, Mohamed Elamin / Qatar / Short Documentary

  • Killing Hope

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2018

    At the heart of a war-torn Aleppo, in the midst of the civil war, twenty-four-year-old Al-Basha…

    Natacha Grangeon, Julia Retali / France / Short Narrative

  • The Lebanese Rocket Society

    Arab Feature Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    In the 60s, Lebanon launched the Middle East’s first rocket, and the nation celebrated its invo…

    Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • 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

  • Made in Dagenham

    World Panorama - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    Mixing documentary footage with drama, this populist workers saga starring Sally Hawkins and Bo…

    Nigel Cole / U.K. / Feature Narrative

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