Film Funding

  • The Present

    Spring Grants 2019 -

    Yusef is a family man from the West Bank, battling enormous queues at dawn to get to work every…

    Farah Nabulsi / Palestine, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Return Of The Jerboas

    Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    Algeria, 2000. Hakim, a young doctor, arrives in the desert. He moves in with Ammar's family wh…

    Amira Géhanne Khalfallah / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Theeb

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    Arabia, 1916. Theeb [Wolf] lives with his Bedouin tribe in a forgotten corner of the Ottoman Em…

    Naji Abu Nowar / Jordan, United Kingdom, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative

  • They

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ‘They” and lives with their parents in the suburbs of C…

    Anahita Ghazvinizadeh / Iran, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • This Is Not A Drill

    Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

    In the wake of a radioactive blast, a young and pregnant couple Maya and Malik follow instructi…

    Nadia Al-Khater / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Though I Know the River Is Dry

    Fall Grant 2012 - Post-Production Stage

    Alaa has just returned to Palestine after years spent in Detroit. Following the Arab uprisings,…

    Omar Hamilton / Egypt, Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Timbuktu

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    Timbuktu, a historic and multicultural city in the West African nation of Mali, is taken over b…

    Abderrahmane Sissako / France, Mauritania, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Tlamess

    Spring Grants 2018 -

    Following the death of his mother, "S", a young Tunisian soldier, returns home. He deserts the…

    Ala Eddine Slim / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • To All Naked Men

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    The war in Syria is drawing to an end, and the first reliable election stands on the ruins of t…

    Bassam Chekhes / Syria, Netherlands, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • To Live To Sing

    Spring Grants 2019 -

    Zhao Li is the manager of a small Sichuan Opera troupe of 11 members living and performing toge…

    Johnny Ma / China, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Too Late to Die Young

    Fall Grants 2017 -

    The summer of 1990 in Chile. A small group of families lives in an isolated community right bel…

    Dominga Sotomayor / Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Tramontane

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    Young Rabih is well-liked by family, friends and the community of the Lebanese village he calls…

    Vatche Boulghourjian / Lebanon, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Translator

    Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    Having gotten into trouble with the Syrian government, Sami has been living for years as a poli…

    Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf / Syria, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Tropic of violence

    Spring Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    Mary is a nurse in Mayotte. One night on the beach, a young woman rescued from a "kwassa" (a cl…

    Manuel Schapira / France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Tug of War

    Spring Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    Set in 1950s colonial-era Zanzibar, ‘Tug of War’ follows a pair of star-crossed lovers Denge, a…

    Amil Shivji / Tanzania, South Africa, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • 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

  • The Tunnel

    Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    A couple mourns the tragic loss of a child. Isolated in the harsh conditions of the desert land…

    Karim Souaki / Tunisia, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Under Construction

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    Tarek, a 30-year-old Syrian, joins a construction site set in the middle of a forest. Immediate…

    Nadim Tabet / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Under Her Skin

    Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    Oran, Algeria. When her mother forbids her from biting her nails, Sarah must now abide by rules…

    Meriem Mesraoua / Qatar, Algeria, France / Short Narrative

  • Under Her Skin

    Spring Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    When her mother forbids her from biting her nails, Sarah must now abide by rules she does not f…

    Meriem Mesraoua / Qatar, Algeria, France / Short Narrative