• The Alleys

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production, 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

• Underneath The Fig Tree

  Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  The weekend before school starts in early September, a family of three, Protagonist Layla (13-1…

  

  Nada Bedair / Egypt, United States of America, 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

• Where Do We Go Now?

  Spring Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  As sectarian conflict looms over a village in the Lebanese countryside, women of different reli…

  

  Nadine Labaki / Lebanon, France, Italy, Egypt / Feature Narrative

• You Come from Far Away

  Spring Grants 2017 -

  The role of Arabs in the Spanish Civil War has only been associated with the Moroccan troops wh…

  

  Amal Ramsis / Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• You Will Die at Twenty

  Spring Grants 2016 -

  In a Sudanese village, a mother gives birth to Muzamel, a boy cursed by a Dervish prophecy that…

  

  Amjad Abu Alala / Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Zaynab's Sisters

  Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Sama, a 25-year-old woman of Egyptian origin raised in Italy, has just received her degree in p…

  

  Carolina Popolani / Egypt, Italy, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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