Film Funding

  • Kawkabani

    Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    'Kawkabani' is an entertaining animation series that tells stories from Qatar's local culture t…

    Hossein Heydar / Qatar / Web Series

  • Kendila

    Fall Grants 2020 -

    The story depicts a neo-apocalyptic world told through the landscape of the polluted village of…

    Nadia Rais / Tunisia, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Key

    Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

    Fathi Moftah, a child refugee, is obsessed with collecting keys. One day, while he is working a…

    Ghassan Jaradat / Jordan, Germany, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Khartoum

    Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    Four Sudanese filmmakers mix observational documentary and innovative graphics, archives and an…

    Ibrahim Ahmad, Rawia Alhag, Anas Saeed, Timmea Ahmed / Sudan, United Kingdom, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Language

    Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    Used to reading and printing Braille, a blind man in Baghdad becomes a giant and finds he can “…

    Mortada Gzar / Iraq, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Liyana

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    Liyana is a young, fictional girl created by several young orphans in Swaziland, where the scou…

    Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp / Swaziland, Qatar, United States of America / Feature Documentary

  • Made in Qatar at D’reesha Programme 1 & 2 - The Unlucky Hamster

    Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

    The hilarious misadventures of Fluffy—a cute hamster in a pet shop dreaming of a new home. But…

    Abdulaziz Khashabi / Qatar, Indonesia / Short Narrative

  • Memory Hotel

    Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

    Germany, 1945. World War II is nearing its climactic end. Five-year-old Sophie and her parents…

    Heinrich Sabl / Germany, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Miss Camel

    Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    Melwah, a teenage camel, lives under the strict supervision of her father, and hangs out with h…

    Haifaa Al Mansour / Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Most Pretty Dudes

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    ‘The Most Pretty Dudes’ is based on an audio recording of negotiations between two groups, one…

    Mohammad Dibo / Syria, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • The Mute

    Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

    In 1960s Qatar, Mama Looloo lives alone as she builds a spaceship in the middle of her living r…

    Thamer Al-Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • My Friend Gadhgadhi

    Fall Grants 2016 - Development Stage

    A few days after the assassination of left-wing Tunisian militant Chokri Belaïd in early 2013,…

    Rafik Omrani / Tunisia, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Night

    Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    While searching for sleepless souls, a storyteller finds a woman standing in front of her door,…

    Ahmad Saleh / Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Queen of the Hoggar (working title)

    Spring Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    Kella, a young princess, and her elder sister are forced to leave their home because of war. Th…

    Muhannad Lamin / Libya, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Rest In Piece

    Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    Amidst a cacophony of shelling, Midyan is forced to flee his war-torn home. Packing only a suit…

    Antoine Antabi / Germany, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Revenge Knows Nothing

    Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    Unfortunately, we live in a world filled with injustice and selfish human actions. 'Revenge Kno…

    Abdulaziz Khashabi, Abdulla Al Janahi / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Revenge Knows Nothing

    Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    Unfortunately, we live in a world filled with injustice and selfish human actions. 'Revenge Kno…

    Abdulaziz Khashabi, Abdulla Al Janahi / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Rise of the Mad Cat

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    In a wasteland, Chimbir the stray cat walks through garbage-filled alleyways, one of many hungr…

    Meshaal Alabdulla, Ibrahim Alabdulla / Qatar / Web Series

  • The Search for the Star Pearl

    Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    Ali ibn Hamad, a brave, 17-year-old Qatari boy, sails the unknown seas with his friends, the fu…

    Hafiz Ali Ali / Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Seven Mountains and Seven Seas

    Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    Tamar, an old man, lies sick in bed in his neat European apartment. He struggles to liberate hi…

    Noel Keserwany / France, Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative