Film Funding

  • TO LEAVE OR TO STAY

    Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    Dali, a thirty-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, joins his parents in his native village i…

    Azedine Kasri / France, Algeria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • TV Society

    Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

    The airing of the Arabic version of an international dating TV show, that offers a panel of wom…

    Robert Cremona / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Thank You for Banking with Us!

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    The father of the poor and bickering sisters Mariam and Noura dies and unexpectedly leaves a la…

    Laila Abbas / Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Monk and the Gun

    Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernisation has finally arrived. Bhutan became the last country in t…

    Pawo Choyning Dorji / Bhutan, Taiwan, United States of America, France, Qatar / Unknown

  • Tunis-Djerba

    Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    Since her father’s death, Alyssa (19) has become the caretaker of her depressed mother and litt…

    Amel Guellaty / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Under the Hat

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    ‘Under the Hat’ tells the story of Sheikh Abdul Kareem, an Egyptian mosque prayer caller on the…

    Amal Al-Agroobi / United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Unknown Saint

    Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    In this brilliantly comedic modern fable, debut feature director Alaa Eddine Aljem takes audien…

    Alaa Eddine Aljem / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Very Big Shot

    Spring Grant 2015 -

    In this clever take on the caper film, three brothers find themselves inextricably bound up in…

    Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature 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

  • Wajib

    Spring Grants 2017 -

    Shadi returns to his hometown to help his father hand-deliver his sister’s wedding invitations.…

    Annemarie Jacir / Palestine, France, Colombia, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Norway / Feature Narrative

  • Wallay

    Fall Grants 2016 -

    When 13-year-old Ady gets himself into trouble in a French suburb, his father decides to send h…

    Berni Goldblat / France, Burkina Faso, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • 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

  • 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