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

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  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

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  '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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  ‘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

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  “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

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  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

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  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

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  ‘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

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  ‘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

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  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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