• Body and Soul

  Spring Grants 2020 - Development Stage

  Fahd, a 23-year-old Qatari man, sees no meaning for his life. He is always pessimistic and has…

  

  Ali Al-Sulaiti / Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Boss

  Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Five boys from a small village lose their football field and swimming pool to the Tigers, a gan…

  

  Rzgar Huseein Ahmed / Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Brief History of a Family

  Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

  An incident on the playground brings two high school boys who are worlds apart together—the out…

  

  Jianjie Lin / China, Denmark, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Brighter Tomorrow

  Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Mehdi, Thibault and M’Barek are three thugs based in Aubervilliers. Mehdi, 30, lives alone with…

  

  Yassine Qnia / France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Bull Shark

  Spring Grants 2016 - Development Stage

  ‘Bull Shark’ is inspired by real events that took place during the second wave of economic grow…

  

  Mohammed Al Ibrahim / Qatar, Bahrain, United States of America / Feature Narrative

• Burning Birds

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  1989. A small village in eastern Sri Lanka. After her husband is abducted, tortured and murdere…

  

  Sanjeewa Pushpakumara / Sri Lanka, France, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• By the Time It Gets Dark

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  By the Time It Gets Dark’ tells the interwoven stories of several characters: a film director a…

  

  Anocha Suwichakornpong / Thailand, France, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Bye Bye Tiberias

  Spring Grants 2021 - Production Stage

  Thirty years ago, Hiam left her native Palestinian village Deir Hanna in Galilee—where she grew…

  

  Lina Soualem / France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Bystander

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production, Production, Production Stage

  On a sunny July day in Beirut, Roger, a beloved basketball coach, is on his way to work, proudl…

  

  Rachel Aoun / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Cactus Flower

  Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Aida, a struggling actress, came to Cairo from the Delta as a university student; like many oth…

  

  Hala Elkoussy / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Chasing the Dazzling Light

  Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

  In a small town in central Sweden, Yaser embarks on a journey searching for inspiration to make…

  

  Yaser Kassab / Syria, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Chasing the Dazzling Light

  Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

  A Syrian filmmaker who lives in Sweden searches for inspiration to make a film related to his n…

  

  Yaser Kassab / Syria, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Chikha

  Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  Fatine, a 17-year-old girl, lives in Azemmour, Morocco, with her mother Nadia, and grandfather.…

  

  Ayoub Layoussifi, Zahoua RAJI / Morocco, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• City of Wind

  Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

  Ze is a timid 17-year-old shaman. He studies hard at school to succeed in the cold, callous soc…

  

  Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir / France, Mongolia, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Clouds

  Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  Set in the South of Oman in 1978 after the Dhofar Rebellion. A story of a man called Ghafali…

  

  Muzna Al-Musafer / Oman, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Cocote

  Fall Grants 2016 -

  Alberto, a gardener who works in the city, travels to his hometown to attend the funeral of his…

  

  Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias / Dominican Republic, Argentina, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Control

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  In the state TV control room, the technical team is preparing for what is arguably the most imp…

  

  Mohamed Adeeb / Egypt, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Costa Brava, Lebanon

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  In ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’, the free-spirited Badri family escape the overwhelming pollution and…

  

  Mounia Akl / Lebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Cotton Queen

  Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa lives a simple life, picking cotton wi…

  

  Suzannah Mirghani / Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Crown of Olives

  Fall Grants 2020 - Development Stage

  Reem leaves her small Moroccan village where producing olive oil is their only means of making…

  

  Muzna Almusafer / Oman, Italy, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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