Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All films

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  • Taxi Tehran

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    With ‘Taxi Tehran’, celebrated Iranian director Jafar Panahi places himself in the driver’s sea…

    Jafar Panahi / Iran / Feature Narrative

  • That Day in September

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    A seamstress bonds with a client over her son, who was kidnapped during the Lebanese Civil War.

    Karim Jaafar / Lebanon / Short Narrative

  • The Apple Day

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2022

    ‘A’ is ‘Apple’, or more appropriately in Farsi—’S’ is for Seeb. Young Mahdi is learning the alp…

    Mahmoud Ghaffari / Iran / Feature Narrative

  • The Black Veil

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    Unfortunately, many women around the world are currently suffering under oppression and despera…

    A.J. Al-Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Farewell

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    In this darkly-comedic, yet uplifting tale, Chinese-born, American-raised Billi (Awkwafina) fin…

    Lulu Wang / United States of America, China / Feature Narrative

  • The Helmet

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    Osama is a creative inventor from Yemen, full of dreams as well as ideas for transforming those…

    Osama Khaled / Yemen / Short Narrative

  • The Kite

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    A heartfelt and charmingly animated tale about life and remembering those who are no longer wit…

    Martin Smatana / Czech Republic, The, Slovak Republic, The, Poland / Short Narrative