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  • Fire at Sea

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Over the past 20 years, the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa has been the first stop on the mig…

    Gianfranco Rosi / Italy, France / Feature Documentary

  • Fire in Our Hearts

    Special Screening - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    Until the late 1970s, illegal slavery affected many tribespeople in India. Activism secured the…

    Jayshree Janu Kharpade / India, United States of America / Short Documentary

  • The Fishermen

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2017

    Every night, three fishermen escape from the lights, traffic and towering buildings of Doha out…

    Obada Jarbi / Qatar / Short Documentary

  • The Fishermen

    Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    In the light-filled and tower-drilled crowded city of Doha, three fishermen escape to the sea.…

    Obada Yousef Jarbi / Qatar / Unknown

  • For Sama

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s…

    Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts / Syria, United Kingdom / Feature Documentary

  • Freedom Fields

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2018

    At the new dawn of a nation once cut off from the world, a dynamic group of women from fracture…

    Naziha Arebi / Libya, United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States of America, Qatar, Lebanon, Canada / Feature Documentary

  • Gaurav and the Kites

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Twelve-year-old Gaurav’s life is consumed by designing and making kites. This film explores the…

    André Hörmann / Germany / Short Documentary

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