Film Funding

  • The Black Veil

    Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    Many women around the world suffer under oppression and dream of escaping it. ‘The Black Veil’…

    A.J. Al Johara Al Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Black Veil

    Fall Grants 2017 -

    Reem is a young Iraqi girl living in ISIS occupied Mosul. Her husband, an ISIS sympathizer, has…

    A.J. Al Johara Al Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Blessed

    Spring Grants 2017 -

    Algiers, a few years after the Civil War. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their 20th w…

    Sofia Djama / Algeria, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Blue Bicycle

    Fall Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

    Twelve-year-old Ali lives with his mother and sister. When not at school, he works at a tyre re…

    Ümit Köreken / Turkey, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Blue Wedding

    Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    It all begins in the 1980s in Wattrelos, in northern France. Ghalia is an 18-year-old Algerian…

    Samia Dzaïr / Algeria, France, Qatar / TV Series

  • 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

  • Brotherhood

    Spring Grants 2018 -

    Malik, an eighteen-year-old with flaming red hair, returns to his small village in Tunisia afte…

    Meryam Joobeur / Canada, Tunisia, Qatar, Sweden / Short 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

  • 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

  • Celebration

    Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    Mijo lives with his family in a poor village in the rural part of Croatia. By witnessing a crue…

    Bruno Anković / Croatia, 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