Film Funding

  • The Arabic Interpreter

    Spring Grants 2018 -

    After living a relatively normal life as a student studying in Berlin, Hassan reluctantly accep…

    Ali Kareem Obaid / Iraq, Italy, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Autobiography

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    When his father is imprisoned, and his brother migrates, Rakib (18) is left alone to housekeep…

    Makbul Mubarak / Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Poland, Germany, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Ava

    Spring Grants 2017 -

    Ava’s first visit to the gynaecologist with her mother is a traumatic experience for the young…

    Sadaf Foroughi / Iran, Canada, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Awdah

    Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    Amal Jawadat believes she’s finally getting the happy ending she’s always dreamed of. A Palesti…

    Ihab Jadallah / Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Aya

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    Seven-year-old Aya lives in an inner-city neighbourhood of Marseille. Intelligent and obsessed…

    Moufida Fedhila / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Aïcha Bonheur

    Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    Aïcha, a young long-distance runner, is pursuing her Olympic dream. Her brother Omar, a decent…

    Hakim Belabbes / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Bab El Sahra

    Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    In the desert town of Bab El Sahra in North Africa, Gendarmerie Commander Hamid El Saber faces…

    Salem Brahimi / Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Back to Alexandria

    Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    After twenty years of absence, Sue must return to her native Egypt to see her mother, Fairouz,…

    Tamer Ruggli / Switzerland, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Banel & Adama

    Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young married couple lives in a remote village in nor…

    Ramata-Toulaye Sy / France, Senegal, Mali, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Bastardo

    Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    ‘Bastardo’ is the story of Mohsen, ‘the bastard’, whose origins and history are unknown. He was…

    Nejib Belkadhi / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Beauty and the Dogs

    Fall Grants 2016 -

    During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves…

    Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Qatar, Switzerland / Feature Narrative

  • Behind Closed Doors

    Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    Qatar. Six-year-old Leila wakes up one morning and finds out that her mother, Sara, is gone. Le…

    Hend Fakhroo / Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Behind the Wall

    Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    ‘Behind the Wall’ is the story of Nadia, an over-protected five-year-old girl who lives in a Ca…

    Karima Zoubir / Morocco, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Beirut 1931

    Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

    “K.” arrives in his native Jaffa after the disappearance of “M.” Like a lurking shadow, “M.” wo…

    Kamal Aljafari / Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Beirut Hold'em

    Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    Fresh out of prison, Ziko is ready to start a new life. Determined to win back Carole, the love…

    Michel Kammoun / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Beit Byoot

    Fall Grants 2017 -

    Set in a dystopian dollhouse, little Jameela seeks the acceptance of two mean girls. But when s…

    Mayar Hamdan / Jordan, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Beneath The Dunes

    Fall Grants 2017 -

    Khalifa and Nasser are two cousins who have one bonding ritual: they camp out every weekend at…

    Mohammed Al Ibrahim / Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Big Boys Don't Cry

    Spring Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    Yehia, a 35-year-old bodyguard, embodies a hyper-masculine image of power and violence. After h…

    Muhammad Mustapha / Egypt, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Birdshot

    Fall Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

    Fifteen-year-old Maya works with her father on an isolated farm in the Philippines. While ventu…

    Mikhail Red / Philippines, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Black Frost

    Fall Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

    The plantations in Entre Ríos are being devastated by a frost. At the Lell brothers’ farm, wher…

    Maximiliano Schonfeld / Argentina, Qatar / Feature Narrative