Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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  • Man of the House

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    A teenager becomes the man of his house after his parents mysteriously leave. But one of his si…

    Khalifa AlMarri / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Offer

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Sami, a Swiss man of Algerian descent, is vying for a job with the defence department, but his…

    Moïra Pitteloud / Switzerland / Short Narrative

  • Olayan

    Ajyal Competition, Made in Qatar, Ajyal at Vox, Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

    A Bedouin boy named Hamad forms a bond with a newborn camel, who he calls Olayan. When Olayan i…

    Khalifa Al-Marri / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • A Picture

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    When Abdullah’s father gives him a new camera, he is thrilled. But while he is out and about ta…

    Dawood Shuail / Kuwait / Short Narrative

  • The Raid

    Special Screening - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2011

    An elite SWAT team is tasked with raiding a derelict apartment building inhabited by gangsters…

    Gareth Huw Evans / Indonesia / Feature Narrative

  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    Special Screening - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    Based on Mohsin Hamid’s best-selling novel, Mira Nair’s timely new film is a gripping thriller…

    Mira Nair / India, Pakistan, United States of America / Feature Narrative

  • Shackled

    Bader - ages 18+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    Emilia Clarke (‘Game of Thrones’) stars in this tale of a woman’s plan to flee with her husband…

    Nour Wazzi / United Kingdom / Short Narrative

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