• Housekeeping

  Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  Farida, a strong-willed Egyptian woman in her 50s, is a cleaning lady who works and lives in an…

  

  Mazen Khaled / Lebanon, Egypt, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Hunting Season

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  After his mother dies, 17-year-old Nahuel is shipped from Buenos Aires to the south of Argentin…

  

  Natalia Garagiola / Argentina, France, Germany, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Khartoum

  Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  Four Sudanese filmmakers mix observational documentary and innovative graphics, archives and an…

  

  Ibrahim Ahmad, Rawia Alhag, Anas Saeed, Timmea Ahmed / Sudan, United Kingdom, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Les Enfants Terribles

  Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

  In Keskincik, a village situated near the Syrian border of Turkey, a young man, Mahmut wishes t…

  

  Ahmet Necdet Cupur / France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Machtat

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Fatma and her two daughters Najeh and Waffeh, live in the neighbourhood of Bir Beranek in Mahdi…

  

  Sonia Ben Slama / Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Made in Qatar at D’reesha Programme 1 & 4 - Kashta

  Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Out in the quiet desert, a father teaches his sons how to hunt, but a careless struggle between…

  

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

• The Man Behind the Microphone

  Fall Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Hedi Jouini is the most popular musical star in Tunisian history, known as the “Frank Sinatra o…

  

  Claire Belhassine / Tunisia, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Marriage Project

  Fall Grants 2018 -

  Encourage the patients from a mental hospital to form relationships with each other, get marrie…

  

  Atieh Attarzadeh, Hesam Eslami / Iran, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Midnight Traveler

  Spring Grants 2018 -

  When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee wi…

  

  Hassan Fazili / Afghanistan, United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Mornings in Jenin

  Fall Grants 2020 - Development Stage

  Philadelphia 2001. Amal lives an unremarkable life with her daughter, Sara, but mother and daug…

  

  Annemarie Jacir / Palestine, United States of America, United Kingdom, Qatar / TV Series

• My Father and Qaddafi

  Spring Grants 2019 -

  When Jihan was six years old, her father flew to Cairo and never returned. Mansur Rashid Kikhia…

  

  Jihan / Libya, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Myth of Mahmoud (Working Title)

  Spring Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage

  In this reflexive and creative documentary, Mayar, 23, picks up the camera to capture the intri…

  

  Mayar Hamdan, Shaima Tamimi / Palestine, Lebanon, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Playtime

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  Matthew lives with his mother, an army secretary, in Ahmadi, Kuwait. One night, she leaves him…

  

  Hamad Al-Tourah / Kuwait, Qatar / Short Narrative

• ROCK, PAPER, SEA

  Fall Grants 2024 - Development Stage

  " ‘Rock, Paper, Sea’ is a coming-of-age story set by the Egyptian Mediterranean in the summer o…

  

  Randa Ali / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Reverence for Spiders

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  New York-based imam Omar Metwally develops an unlikely friendship with the homeless teenager wh…

  

  Faiza Ambah / Saudi Arabia, United States of America, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Speed Sisters

  Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Meet Marah, Mona, Betty, Noor and Maysoon – the first all-woman rally-racing team in the Middle…

  

  Amber Fares / Palestine, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Streams

  Fall Grants 2016 -

  Amel works in a factory in Tunis. She lives with her alcoholic husband Tahar, a former local fo…

  

  Mehdi Hmili / Tunisia, France, Luxembourg, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Bath

  Fall Grants 2018 -

  When his wife leaves on a business trip, Imed must take care of his 5-year-old son, Hedi, for t…

  

  Anissa Daoud / Tunisia, France, 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

• Two or Three things I don't know about her

  Spring Grants 2021 - Production Stage

  Lila is an 18-year-old girl living in Brest, France. She recently decided to wear a veil, to th…

  

  Sabrina Idiri Chemloul / France, Qatar / Short Narrative

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