Film Funding

  • The Dragon Blood Island

    Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    ‘The Dragon Blood Island’ is a short documentary that focuses on the beauty of what has been de…

    Sufian Abulohom / Yemen, United States of America, Qatar / Short Documentary

  • Theft of Fire

    Fall Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    A failing museum and a career hampered by the Israeli Occupation push Naji, a struggling Palest…

    Amer Shomali / Palestine, Canada, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Their Algeria

    Fall Grants 2019 -

    After 62 years of living together, Aïcha and Mabrouk, my grandparents, are separating. They now…

    Lina Soualem / France, Algeria, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • This Is Congo

    Spring Grants 2016 -

    'This Is Congo’ is an unblinking, unfiltered look into one of the world’s longest-standing ongo…

    Daniel McCabe / United States of America, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Canada, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • This Rain Will Never Stop

    Fall Grants 2019 -

    ‘This Rain Will Never Stop’ takes audiences on a powerful, visually arresting journey through h…

    Alina Gorlova / Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Those Who Watch Over

    Fall Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    An immigrant ceases to be a traveller when they decide to be buried in their host land. In the…

    Karima Saidi / Belgium, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Those from the Shore

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    Marseille, 2014. Dozens of Armenian asylum seekers try to survive while waiting for their appli…

    Tamara Stepanyan / Lebanon, Armenia, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Trophy

    Fall Grants 2016 -

    ‘Trophy’ takes an in-depth look at the multi-billion dollar industry behind big-game hunting, a…

    Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz / United States of America, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Underdown

    Fall Grants 2017 -

    Moving to Beirut’s anarchic rhythm, ‘Underdown’ follows the struggles of a Palestinian cab driv…

    Sarah Kaskas / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Wake Up On Mars

    Fall Grants 2019 -

    Furkan, the youngest member of a Roma family living in Sweden, attempts to come to terms with t…

    Dea Gjinovci / Switzerland, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Waves

    Fall Grant 2012 -

    Before he came to power, a fortune teller told Hosni Mubarak that he would reach a powerful pos…

    Ahmed Nour / Egypt, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • A Way Home

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    After years of separation, the filmmaker renews her relationship with her mother, Aïcha, who is…

    Karima Saidi / Morocco, Belgium, France, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

  • We Could Be Heroes

    Fall Grant 2015 -

    In the run-up to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Azzedine Nouiri, the world champion in seated s…

    Hind Bensari / Denmark, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • We Have Never Been Kids

    Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

    Since 2003, Mahmood Soliman has tracked the subjects of his​ ​2003 documentary ‘Living Among Us…

    Mahmood Soliman / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • What We Left Unfinished

    Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

    'What We Left Unfinished' tells the incredible and mostly true story of five unfinished feature…

    Mariam Ghani / Afghanistan, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Yalla Parkour

    Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    Now that his return is unattainable, Ahmad reflects on his undetermined journey out. Despite th…

    Areeb Zuaiter / Sweden, Jordan / Feature Documentary

  • 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

  • A Year Of Endless Days

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    ‘A Year of Endless Days’ follows two men from a Croatian village—Tomislav and Joso. They are in…

    Renata Lucic / Croatia, 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

  • You Don't Die Two Times

    Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

    Jenny and Gift, two sisters respectively 22 and 28 years old, are in North Niger, waiting to tr…

    Ager Oueslati / Algeria, Qatar / Feature Documentary