• Kohl & Cardamom

  Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

  In a small Egyptian town in the late 1980s, Abdullah (14 years old) leads what seems to be a ca…

  

  Fady Atallah / Egypt, Sweden, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Lust

  Spring Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  Umm Shooq has run away from her wealthy family to marry the man she loves and has settled into…

  

  Khaled El Hagar / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Meskoun

  Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  While attempting to enter Europe, Lotfi Meskini drowns with seven other unfortunate illegal imm…

  

  Hicham Lasri / Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Qatar / TV Series

• Mnemosyne

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  On a quest to remember, Shaza returns to her hometown of Alexandria, a decision triggered by th…

  

  Shaza Moharam / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Mohammad Saved from the Waters

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  After six years of dialysis and because he refused to accept a transplant, my brother Mohammad…

  

  Safaa Fathy / Egypt, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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, Norway, Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• My Mother & I

  Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

  A woman in her seventies defies societal expectations and clings to her isolated life alongside…

  

  Dilpak Majeed / Iraq, Egypt, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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

  Alaa is a 30-year-old doctor. One day, he receives in his clinic a visit from Mahdy, an old fri…

  

  Muhammed Hamdy / Egypt, France, Tunisia, 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

• Rabet

  Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

  ‘Rabet’ (Ties) is a unique anthology series that transcends cultural stereotypes to present eig…

  

  Aya Al Blouchi, Basel Owies / Qatar, Tunisia, Jordan, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon / TV Series

• The Return Of The Prodigal Son

  Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  Cairo 2009. Back from the army, Salem, 25, joins his family in Cairo’s rag-picking district, ho…

  

  Rani Massalha / Egypt, Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Settlement

  Spring Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage

  In present-day Alexandria, a factory worker, Sayed el-Deeb, dies on the job. The only compensat…

  

  Mohamed Rashad / Egypt, France, Germany, 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

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