• The 67th Summer

  Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  In 1967 Ali Ragheb, a young man from Cairo, receives a letter from an Austrian girl named Liz—a…

  

  Abu Bakr Shawky / France, Egypt, Austria, Germany / Feature Narrative

• Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim

  Fall Grant 2012 -

  Ali loves a goat called Nada. Ibrahim, a depressed sound engineer who hears voices he cannot de…

  

  Sherif El Bendary / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Challat of Tunis

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Tunis, 2003. A man on a mo-ped, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets. He’s on a mission: to…

  

  Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Chikha

  Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  Fatine, a 17-year-old girl, lives in Azemmour, Morocco, with her mother Nadia, and grandfather.…

  

  Ayoub Layoussifi, Zahoua RAJI / Morocco, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy

  Spring Grants 2016 -

  A gripping chronicle of a revolution and war, experienced by Syrian actor Fares Helou. As one o…

  

  Rami Farah / Syria, Denmark, Qatar, France, Norway / Feature Documentary

• Control

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  In the state TV control room, the technical team is preparing for what is arguably the most imp…

  

  Mohamed Adeeb / Egypt, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Costa Brava, Lebanon

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  In ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’, the free-spirited Badri family escape the overwhelming pollution and…

  

  Mounia Akl / Lebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Dégradé

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  A hot summer's day in the Gaza Strip. Today the electricity is on. Christine’s beauty salon is…

  

  Mohammed (Arab) Abunasser, Ahmad (Tarazan) Abunasser / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Gaza Mon Amour

  Spring Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

  Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as…

  

  Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser / Palestine, France, Germany, Portugal, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Gaza Weekend

  Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  The UN imposes an embargo on Israel following the outbreak of a deadly virus. However, due to i…

  

  Basil Khalil / Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Ghadi

  Spring Grant 2013 - Post-Production Stage

  In a small neighbourhood of a traditional Lebanese coastal town, Leba, a music instructor, marr…

  

  Amin Dora / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Grandma

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Sarah, a teenager, lives with Marta – her grandmother – and her younger sister in Byblos. The f…

  

  Merva Faddoul / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• HEAdbANG Lullaby

  Spring Grants 2016 -

  Casablanca, June 11, 1986 – the day of the World Cup. After yet another blunder, embittered cop…

  

  Hicham Lasri / Morocco, France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• HOPE

  Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Facing challenges from life and human pollution, Aqua sets off on a life-changing journey to hi…

  

  Abdulla Al Jananhi / Indonesia, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Hajj Quichotte

  Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

  Hajj Quichotte—a dusty old cart driver—is forced to drive a three-wheeled vehicle when the auth…

  

  Hicham Lasri / Morocco, Qatar / TV Series

• Her Mother's Daughter

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Tamara, sexy and sparkling, is a professor of biology at the American University of Beirut. She…

  

  Dima El-Horr / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Hope

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  The short film ‘Hope’ is about a newborn baby sea turtle named Aqua, born with a disability of…

  

  Abdulla Al Jananhi / Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Kiss

  Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Meriem and Reda are two young Algerian lovers, who have still not managed to exchange their fir…

  

  Azedine KASRI / France, Algeria, Qatar / Short Narrative

• LABAN: The False Prophets of Johann Sebastian Bach

  Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  The French take Lebanon over from the Ottoman Empire and decide to flood a village in order to…

  

  Daniel Joseph / Lebanon, France, Georgia, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Man Without a Cellphone

  Fall Grant 2010 - Post-Production Stage

  A humorous, sharp take on the social milieu of a Palestinian village inside Israel. Jawdat just…

  

  Sameh Zoabi / Belgium, France, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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