• My Dream To Fly

  Fall Grants 2021 - Development Stage

  Ali, Salama, and Helewa live in a slum in Qalyoub Sanafir, Cairo. They also share the same pass…

  

  Asmaa Gamal / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• My Father's Scent

  Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

  A father returns home after a long absence due to his sudden illness and treatment. His teenage…

  

  Mohamed Siam / Egypt, Sweden, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Nawara

  Spring Grant 2013 - Development Stage

  Nawara, a woman in her 20s, works as a housemaid in the home of Ossama Bey and his family, who…

  

  Hala Khalil / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• On The Road To Downtown

  Fall Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  Through the lives of the characters and their simple daily details, we discover together the do…

  

  Sherif El Bendary / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• On Trials

  Spring Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  The enacted. The robe. The absurd. Failed precedents. ‘On Trials’ is a film about realms of law…

  

  Jasmina Metwaly, Philip Rizk / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Out on the Streets

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Nine men gather for a workshop on a rooftop. There they perform confrontations of everyday life…

  

  Jasmina Metwaly, Philip Rizk / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Perfumed With Mint

  Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

  Lurking through their city’s remains, a band of old friends reunites in a nightmare. Mint sprou…

  

  Muhammed Mahmoud Hamdy / Egypt, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Poisonous Roses

  Fall Grant 2015 -

  Twenty-eight-year-old Taheya works as a washroom cleaner, and lives with her 22-year-old brothe…

  

  Fawzi Saleh / Egypt, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Shelter

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Ahmad struggles to survive in the ghettos of Beirut. He cannot remember his past or where he ca…

  

  Kasem Kharsa / Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt / Feature Narrative

• Spyke To The Core

  Fall Grants 2016 - Development Stage

  Emotionless Bahtan meets hyperactive Felfella and together they discover the secrets behind Bah…

  

  Nermeen Salem / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Tariq

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  A story of a relationship between a teenager and his mother. Tariq decides to test his manhood…

  

  Alaa Abdel Razek Mosbah / Egypt, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Air And The Worlds

  Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  A contemplative journey of three parts that follow a mute poet named "This Person". In a dreamy…

  

  Rana Ashraf / Egypt, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

• The Alleys

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production, Production Stage

  In a claustrophobic East Amman neighbourhood, where life is dictated by gossip and violence, Al…

  

  Bassel Ghandour / Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Though I Know the River Is Dry

  Fall Grant 2012 - Post-Production Stage

  Alaa has just returned to Palestine after years spent in Detroit. Following the Arab uprisings,…

  

  Omar Hamilton / Egypt, Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Virgin, the Copts and Me

  Fall Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  Namir is a French filmmaker of Egyptian origin. One day he watches a videotape of the Virgin Ma…

  

  Namir Abdel Messeeh / France, Qatar, Egypt / Feature Documentary

• Watch Before Deletion

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  An episode of a radio show revisiting the life of an Arab music icon takes an unexpected turn w…

  

  Mohammad Shawky Hassan / Egypt, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Waves

  Fall Grant 2012 -

  Before he came to power, a fortune teller told Hosni Mubarak that he would reach a powerful pos…

  

  Ahmed Nour / Egypt, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• We Have Never Been Kids

  Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Since 2003, Mahmood Soliman has tracked the subjects of his​ ​2003 documentary ‘Living Among Us…

  

  Mahmood Soliman / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• What Comes Around

  Fall Grant 2012 -

  In Rod El Farag, one of the poorest residential areas in Cairo, obtaining meat, fruit and daily…

  

  Reem Saleh / Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Slovenia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• When We're Born

  Spring Grant 2011 -

  A revolution has shaped the nation, and the dreamscapes of three Egyptians are interconnected i…

  

  Tamer Ezzat / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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