Film Funding

  • East of Noon

    Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    In the ruins of an industrial complex outside time, Shawky (70), an eccentric showman, rules wi…

    Hala Elkoussy / Netherlands, Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Ebb & Flow

    Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

    ‘Ebb & Flow’ is a coming-of-age short film set in Beirut, Lebanon, in the early 2000s. It is th…

    Nay Tabbara / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Egypt's Modern Pharaohs

    Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    On January 25, 1952, downtown Cairo was burnt down: angry mobs demanded the departure of Britis…

    Jihan El Tahri / Egypt, France, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Egyptian Jeanne d'Arc

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    ‘Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc’ is a creative documentary that explores issues of female emancipation i…

    Iman Kamel / Kuwait, Egypt, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • El Bastardiya (Once Upon A Time In Tripoli)

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Murad, a young jobless engineer, works instead as a salesman. His father, a truck driver for an…

    Abdullah Al-Ghaly / Libya, Egypt, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • El Gran Movimiento

    Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    After a seven-day walk with his companions, young Elder arrives in the big city seeking to be r…

    Kiro Russo / Bolivia, France, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Eldorado, The Taste Of The South

    Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    A group of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa arrives to the north of Morocco in order to cross t…

    Alaa Eddine Aljem / Morocco, France, Italy, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Embers

    Spring Grant 2012 - Post-Production Stage

    A dialogue between two generations is represented by Tamara, the grandchild of an older Tamara…

    Tamara Stepanyan / Armenia, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Even Donkeys Have Remorse

    Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    Inside a crumbling old house, Omar spends his days terrified of the outside, while Reem is pass…

    Shirin Abu Shaqra / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Everything That Has a Future

    Spring Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    Cairo, June 2015, 6:00 AM. An explosion shatters a window, knocking Lola, a 40-year old-Egyptia…

    Laila Hotait Salas / Lebanon, Spain, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Exam

    Spring Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    Rojin is about to sit her university entrance exam. If she fails, her father will force her to…

    Shawkat Amin Korki / Iraq, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Exchange

    Fall Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    Kuwait. 1988. In two years, the country will be invaded by Iraq, but Farida is currently embroi…

    Nadia Ahmad / Kuwait, Qatar / TV Series

  • Excursion

    Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    IMAN (15) and her class are planning their end of primary school excursion. While their parents…

    Una Gunjak / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Experiment

    Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    Rashid, a 30-year-old researcher, is placed in a prison to conduct his final project. His missi…

    Abdulla Alhor / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Experimental Summer

    Spring Grants 2016 -

    Both Mahmoud and Zeinab join in the search for the original version of an Egyptian film that wa…

    Mahmoud Lotfy / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

  • Eyes of a Thief

    Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    Inspired by real events, ‘Eyes of a Thief’ is a rare glimpse into Palestinian society from the…

    Najwa Najjar / Palestine, Qatar, Algeria, France, Iceland, Jordan / Feature Narrative

  • Eyes of a Thief

    Spring Grant 2013 - Post-Production Stage

    Inspired by real events, ‘Eyes of a Thief’ is a rare glimpse into Palestinian society from the…

    Najwa Najjar / Palestine, Algeria, France, Iceland, Jordan, Qatar / Feature Narrative