Film Funding

  • After a Revolution

    Spring Grants 2019 -

    Filmed over six years, ‘After A Revolution’ is the challenging story of a brother and sister st…

    Giovanni Buccomino / Italy, United Kingdom, Libya, United States of America, Canada, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Behind Closed Doors

    Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    ‘Behind Closed Doors’ is a portrait of a farming family living in one of the most marginalised…

    Yakout Elhababi / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Behind the Wall

    Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    ‘Behind the Wall’ is the story of Nadia, an over-protected five-year-old girl who lives in a Ca…

    Karima Zoubir / Morocco, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Blue Bicycle

    Fall Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

    Twelve-year-old Ali lives with his mother and sister. When not at school, he works at a tyre re…

    Ümit Köreken / Turkey, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Boss

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    Five boys from a small village lose their football field and swimming pool to the Tigers, a gan…

    Rzgar Huseein Ahmed / Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Chitana

    Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    Eya and Sofia, two sisters of ten and twelve years old, are sent to the local grocery store by…

    Amel Guellaty / Tunisia, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Kashta

    Fall Grants 2016 -

    Out in the beautiful quiet of the windswept dunes, a man teaches his young sons the traditional…

    A.J. Al-Thani / 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

  • Lamb

    Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    As ‘Lamb’ opens, nine-year-old Ephraïm (an affecting As ‘Lamb’ opens, nine-year-old Ephraïm (an…

    Yared Zeleke / France, Ethiopia, Germany, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Last Day at Home

    Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    A 12- year-old boy has just moved to Doha with his parents. To avoid dealing with the changes t…

    Noor Al-Nasr / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Listen to the Silence

    Spring Grants 2016 -

    Nine years old and almost always smiling, Luka lives in a boarding school for deaf children, wh…

    Mariam Chachia / Georgia, Qatar / 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

  • Made in Qatar at D’reesha Programme 2 - Beit Byoot

    Fall Grants 2017 -

    Set in a dystopian dollhouse, little Jameela seeks the acceptance of two mean girls. But when s…

    Mayar Hamdan / Jordan, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Mama 'Oda

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Hassan and Noura notice the effort their grandmother gives to the family and the house, so they…

    Yousif Al Hamadi / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Neighbours

    Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    In a Syrian border village in the early 1980s, little Sero attends school for the first time. A…

    Mano Khalil / Syria, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Nezouh

    Fall Grants 2019 -

    During the Syrian conflict in Damascus, a missile destroys the ceiling of Zeina’s house. She is…

    Soudade Kaadan / Syria, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Noura's Dream

    Fall Grants 2017 -

    Noura meets the love of her life, Lassaad, while her husband, Sofiane, is in jail. She raises h…

    Hinde Boujemaa / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Orphanage

    Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

    'The Orphanage' is set in Kabul in the late 1980s. 15-year-old Qodrat lives on the streets and…

    Shahrbanoo Sadat / Afghanistan, Denmark, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Playtime

    Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    Matthew lives with his mother, an army secretary, in Ahmadi, Kuwait. One night, she leaves him…

    Hamad Al-Tourah / Kuwait, Qatar / Short 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