Film Funding

  • Amparo

    Spring Grants 2020 -

    After a long night’s shift, Amparo, a single mother of two, returns home to find her children a…

    Simon Mesa Soto / Colombia, Sweden, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Amussu

    Fall Grants 2018 -

    Imider, southeastern Morocco. A rapacious silver mine has syphoned aquifer water for decades, d…

    Nadir Bouhmouch / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • An Unusual Summer

    Fall Grants 2019 -

    My father installed a surveillance camera and recorded the scenes in front of the house, contin…

    Kamal Aljafari / Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

  • Animalia

    Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

    Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan upper-mi…

    Sofia Alaoui / France, Morocco / Feature Narrative

  • Another Spring

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    Smallpox is the deadliest disease in human history, and its eradication is one of the greatest…

    Mladen Kovacevic / Serbia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Apprentice

    Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

    Aiman, a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer, lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modes…

    Junfeng Boo / Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Arabic Interpreter

    Spring Grants 2018 -

    After living a relatively normal life as a student studying in Berlin, Hassan reluctantly accep…

    Ali Kareem Obaid / Iraq, Italy, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Arkala Gilgamesh's Dream

    Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    Chum-Chum, a nine-year-old dreamy street kid with diabetes, and his best friend, Moody, a tough…

    Mohamed Al-daradji / Iraq, United Arab Emirates, France, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Art and Movement

    Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    The aftermath of political unrest, social change and economic growth (and collapse) greatly inf…

    Marwa Mohamed Ahmed / Qatar / Web Series

  • As I Want

    Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    Cairo, January 25, 2013, the second anniversary of the revolution, under then-president Mohamed…

    Samaher Alqadi / Palestine, Norway, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Ashkal

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    In the gardens of Carthage, a new district where modern buildings are juxtaposed with abandoned…

    Youssef Chebbi / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Asphalt

    Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    'Asphalt' delves into the lives of two truck drivers on the road, crossing borders, towns and c…

    Ali Hammoud / Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Atlantide

    Spring Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    In Venice between the gondolas, canals and palaces, tourists pour in as residents head out. Loc…

    Yuri Ancarani / Italy, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Autobiography

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    When his father is imprisoned, and his brother migrates, Rakib (18) is left alone to housekeep…

    Makbul Mubarak / Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Poland, Germany, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Autumn

    Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    'Autumn' is a conceptual romantic narrative of the captivity of the intellectual class in the t…

    Aisha Al-Jaidah / Iran, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Autumn

    Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    'Autumn' is a conceptual romantic narrative of the captivity of the intellectual class in the t…

    Aisha Al-Jaidah / Qatar, Iran / Short Narrative

  • Ava

    Spring Grants 2017 -

    Ava’s first visit to the gynaecologist with her mother is a traumatic experience for the young…

    Sadaf Foroughi / Iran, Canada, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Awdah

    Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    Amal Jawadat believes she’s finally getting the happy ending she’s always dreamed of. A Palesti…

    Ihab Jadallah / Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Aya

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    Seven-year-old Aya lives in an inner-city neighbourhood of Marseille. Intelligent and obsessed…

    Moufida Fedhila / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Ayouni

    Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known pr…

    Yasmin Fedda / Lebanon, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary