Ajyal Film Festival 2022


Ajyal Catalogue

All Ajyal 2022 films are exclusively for participating jurors only. There are no public events for this edition of Ajyal.


  • A Story for 2 Trumpets

    Ajyal Competition

    An enchanting and beautifully crafted animated short, ‘A Story for 2 Trumpets’ tells the tale o…

    Amandine Meyer / France / 2021 / Short Animation

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  • After Yang

    Ajyal Competition

    Based on a short story by Alexander Weinstein, ‘After Yang’ is a compelling drama set in the al…

    Kogonada / United States of America / 2022 / Feature Narrative

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  • An Invisible Apprentice

    Ajyal Competition

    Despite the shimmering lights, upbeat music and assumed fun of her roller disco class—something…

    Emilia Herbst / Argentina / 2021 / Short Narrative

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  • As Time Passes

    Ajyal Competition

    'As Time Passes' is a poetic series of captivating vignettes tracing the filmmaker's family roo…

    Jamil McGinnis / United States of America / 2022 / Short Documentary

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  • Bigman

    Ajyal Competition

    Dylan and his best friend Youssef share the same dream of becoming professional footballers aft…

    Camiel Schouwenaar / Netherlands, Germany / 2022 / Feature Narrative

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  • Burros

    Ajyal Competition

    In southern Arizona, twenty miles from the Mexico border, a young Indigenous girl discovers a H…

    Jefferson Stein / United States of America / 2021 / Short Narrative

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  • Canary

    Ajyal Competition

    Canary birds are highly sensitive to their environments. Because of this, they were often used…

    Pierre-Hugues Dallaire, Benoit Therriault / Canada / 2022 / Short Animation

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  • Comedy Queen

    Ajyal Competition

    Sasha is 13 years old and wants nothing more than to become a stand-up comedian. She wants to m…

    Sanna Lenken / Sweden / 2021 / Feature Narrative

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  • Dounia & The Princess of Aleppo

    Ajyal Competition

    Six-year-old Dounia loves to play, learn and discover new recipes. She lives with her grandpare…

    Marya Zarif, André Kadi / Canada, France / 2022 / Feature Narrative

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  • Dragon Princess

    Ajyal Competition

    Bristle is a young girl with a very unusual childhood—she is being raised by a dragon! A little…

    Jean-Jacques Denis, Anthony Roux / France / 2021 / Feature Narrative

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  • The Eternal Melody

    Ajyal Competition

    When an elderly woman living high in the mountains with her grown son is visited in a dream by…

    Niranjan Raj Bhetwal / Nepal / 2021 / Short Narrative

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  • Fairplay

    Ajyal Competition

    A shy teenager in search of recognition, a man ready to do anything to win a car, and a senior…

    Zoel Aeschbacher / Switzerland, France / 2022 / Short Narrative

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  • Farrucas

    Ajyal Competition

    Hadoum, Fatema, Sheima and Sokayna are four teenagers from El Puche, a marginalised suburb in t…

    Ian de la Rosa / Spain, United States of America / 2021 / Short Narrative

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  • Five Stars

    Ajyal Competition

    Carlos and Toñi live in a tiny apartment in a marginalised neighbourhood in Portugal. They have…

    Roberto Jiménez Bozada / Spain / 2021 / Short Narrative

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  • Hafreiat

    Ajyal Competition

    Abo Dya is a fugitive from Amman who lives in Gneyya, a small village in northern Jordan. He re…

    Alex Sardà / Spain, Qatar, Jordan / 2022 / Feature Documentary

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  • Happy New Year, Jim

    Ajyal Competition

    It’s New Year’s Eve. Friends Jim and Morten are playing online video games all night long, like…

    Andrea Gatopoulos / Italy / 2022 / Short Narrative

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  • The Headhunters Daughter

    Ajyal Competition

    Lynn leaves her family behind to traverse the harrowing roads of the Cordilleran highlands in t…

    Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan / Philippines / 2021 / Short Narrative

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  • Ice Merchants

    Ajyal Competition

    Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their house attached to a cliff high…

    João Gonzalez / Portugal, United Kingdom, France / 2022 / Short Animation

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  • InBetween Home

    Ajyal Competition

    In her efforts to obtain accommodation and, therefore, a residence permit in Austria, Marinela—…

    Brigitta Kanyaro / Austria, Romania / 2022 / Short Narrative

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  • It Feels Personal

    Ajyal Competition

    Digital creator Hugh discovers that his video has been stolen, re-contextualised, and turned in…

    Hugh Clegg / United Kingdom / 2021 / Short Documentary

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  • It's Nice In Here

    Ajyal Competition

    A fragmented portrait of a boy nicknamed Crimson, seen through the eyes of the police officer t…

    Robert-Jonathan Koeyers / Netherlands / 2022 / Short Animation

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  • Kash Kash - Without Feathers We Can't Live

    Ajyal Competition

    The filmmaker’s hometown, Beirut, is torn apart by a corrupt political elite, anti-government p…

    Lea Najjar / Germany, Lebanon, Qatar / 2022 / Feature Documentary

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  • Mkawda

    Ajyal Competition

    Using the metaphor of a doctor listening to an ailing patient’s beating heart, visual artist So…

    Souad Douibi / Algeria / 2021 / Short Documentary

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  • The Most Boring Granny In The Whole World

    Ajyal Competition

    Young Greta thinks she might have the most boring grandma in the whole world. She never lets he…

    Damaris Zielke / Germany / 2022 / Short Animation

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  • Nasser & the Ticket

    Ajyal Competition

    Almost 50 years ago this year, the legendary Pelé played a match in Doha Sports Stadium. On tha…

    Tony El Ghazal / Qatar / 2022 / Short Narrative

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  • On The Surface

    Ajyal Competition

    ‘On the Surface' is a short contemplative animation about a young Black woman who goes swimming…

    Fan Sissoko / Iceland, United States of America, Mali / 2021 / Short Narrative

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  • Paradiso, XXXI, 108

    Ajyal Competition

    “Nothing can be heard anymore; the roar of our plane absorbs every other sound. We are heading…

    Kamal Aljafari / Palestine, Germany / 2022 / Short Experimental or Essay

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  • Rest In Piece

    Ajyal Competition

    Amidst a cacophony of shelling, Midyan is forced to flee his war-torn home. Packing only a suit…

    Antoine Antabi / Germany, France, Qatar / 2021 / Short Narrative

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  • Same Old

    Ajyal Competition

    Lu is a Chinese immigrant living day to day on tips from his job as a delivery worker. He suppo…

    Lloyd Lee Choi / United States of America, Canada / 2022 / Short Narrative

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  • Suzie in the Garden

    Ajyal Competition

    Suzie is an inquisitive little girl who frequently visits an allotment outside the city with he…

    Lucie Sunková / Czech Republic / 2022 / Short Animation

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  • The Apple Day

    Ajyal Competition

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

    Mahmoud Ghaffari / Iran / 2022 / Feature Narrative

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  • The Territory

    Ajyal Competition

    ‘The Territory’ follows the vital, inspiring fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people of B…

    Alex Pritz / Brazil, Denmark, United States of America / 2022 / Feature Documentary

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  • Tremor

    Ajyal Competition

    During water therapy for his chronic spasms, Leon is involved in a shocking incident with his p…

    Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard / Germany / 2022 / Short Narrative

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  • Walking from Paris to Brest

    Ajyal Competition

    In 1927, filmmaker Oskar Fischinger travelled for three weeks along the side roads between Muni…

    Vincent Le Port / France / 2021 / Short Documentary

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