Film Funding

  • Until Tomorrow

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    Fereshteh is a young mother facing a serious dilemma. On the surface, she is relatively happy,…

    Ali Asgari / Iran, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Until the Birds Return

    Fall Grant 2015 -

    Mourad, a businessman, rose to success in Algeria in the 2000s. Now a new man, he wants to stay…

    Karim Moussaoui / Algeria, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Valley

    Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    Following a car accident on a lone mountain road, a middle-aged man loses his memory. Drenched…

    Ghassan Salhab / Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative

  • Vanishing

    Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    In modern-day Beirut, single mother Rita juggles her work as an investigative journalist with t…

    Lucien Bourjeily / Lebanon, 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

  • Volubilis

    Fall Grants 2016 -

    Abdelkader is a security guard and Malika is a domestic employee. Recently married, they are ma…

    Faouzi Bensaïdi / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Waiting Room

    Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    We are all aware of the various differences among cultures – language and tradition being the m…

    Hend Fakhroo / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • 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

  • The Wake

    Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    In the midst of night, Samaa, an old woman and her pubescent son Sari are at odds on the approp…

    Zahed Bata / Jordan, Qatar / Short 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

  • Wear & Tear

    Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    Ayda has been an operator at a call centre for several years. She is in her forties and lives b…

    Sarra Abidi / Tunisia, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Weldi

    Spring Grants 2017 -

    A Tunisian couple are nearing retirement age, but times are hard, and money is tight. The life…

    Mohamed Ben Attia / Tunisia, France, Belgium, 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

  • When We're Born

    Spring Grant 2011 -

    A revolution has shaped the nation, and the dreamscapes of three Egyptians are interconnected i…

    Tamer Ezzat / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Where Did I Leave My Face?

    Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

    Ali, originally from Jerusalem, lives in Paris with his girlfriend, Julie. He is constantly tra…

    Ramzi Maqdisi / Palestine, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • 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

  • Whether the Weather is Fine

    Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    ‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ follows Miguel after he wakes up in the chaos of Typhoon Haiyan,…

    Carlo Francisco Manatad / Philippines, France, Singapore, Germany, Indonesia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • White Sun

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    When his father dies, anti-regime partisan Chandra must travel to his remote mountain village a…

    Deepak Rauniyar / Nepal, United States of America, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Who Do I Belong To

    Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    Aicha lives a quiet, secluded life with her husband and youngest son in a remote village in nor…

    Meryam Joobeur / Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Wind Blew On

    Fall Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

    “Perhaps I’m already dead?” says the child, and no one will confirm if this is true or false. H…

    Katrín Ólafsdóttir / Iceland, Qatar, Spain, France, Chile / Feature Narrative