Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All films

All Countries

  • The 180° Rule

    Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    Sara is preparing for a wedding in northern Iran with her daughter and husband, Hamed. But when…

    Farnoosh Samadi / Iran / Feature Narrative

  • 1982

    Special Screening, Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

    Working in partnership with the Translation and Interpreting Institute of the College of Humani…

    Oualid Mouaness / Lebanon, United States of America, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • 1982

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    As the academic year draws to a close at a school high in the mountains of Lebanon, eleven-year…

    Oualid Mouaness / Lebanon, United States of America, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • 200 Meters

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    Mustafa (Ali Suliman) and his wife Salwa live a mere 200 metres apart in two Palestinian villag…

    Ameen Nayfeh / Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden / Feature Narrative

  • 3 Faces

    Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2018

    Well-known actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught when she comes across a provincial girl’s plea f…

    Jafar Panahi / Iran / Feature Narrative

  • A Hero

    Special Screening, Ajyal at Vox, Ajyal at Katara, Opening Night - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

    Rahim finds himself in jail for incurring a business debt he is unable to repay. While on a two…

    Asghar Farhadi / Iran, France / Feature Narrative

  • About Dry Grasses

    Qumra Screenings - Ajyal Film Festival 2020

    A profound portrait centred around a young teacher named Samet, working in rural eastern Anatol…

    Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden / Feature Narrative