Film Funding

  • The Wall

    Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    In this engaging and endearing short, director Odette Makhlouf Mouarkech locates a seemingly im…

    Odette Makhlouf Mouarkech / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • 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 '98

    Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    The complex relationship of contemporary Beirutis to their troubled home city is beautifully im…

    Ely Dagher / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • We Are Inside

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    Being away for a decade, Farah returns to her father’s place in her hometown Tripoli, Lebanon.…

    Farah Kassem / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • West of May

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    In 'West of May', I want to describe Lebanon through the portrait of the Alayli family. This fa…

    Sarah Srage / Lebanon, France, 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

  • 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

  • Why Did the Bluesman Cross the Road?

    Fall Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    At a car dealership in Santa Monica, California, Ernesto and Jamal are hardworking mechanics by…

    Meedo Taha / United States of America, Lebanon, Qatar / TV Series

  • Wooden Rifle

    Fall Grant 2012 - Development Stage

    During the Syrian revolution, 21-year-old Noor tries to escape with his mother to Europe to liv…

    Alfouz Tanjour / Syria, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Yalla, Baba!

    Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    In 1980, 32-year-old Mansour travelled to Belgium with his friends, bought cars, and set off on…

    Angie Obeid / Belgium, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • 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

  • Zaineb Hates the Snow

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    2009. Tunisian Nine-year-old Zaineb lost her father. Her mother will rebuild her life with a ma…

    Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Zanj Revolution

    Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    While covering community clashes in southern Algeria, Ibn Battuta, a journalist, finds himself…

    Tariq Teguia / Algeria, France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Zyara

    Fall Grants 2018 -

    'Zyara' presents an innovative and deeply personal approach to storytelling. It offers an insig…

    Muriel Aboulrouss / Lebanon, Qatar / Web Series

  • Zyara - Season Five

    Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    An award-winning web series created by Muriel Aboulrouss and Denise Jabbour, produced by Home o…

    Muriel Aboulrouss / Lebanon, Qatar / Web Series