Fall Grant 2013
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Sarajevo has gone through historical stages that parallel those of Beirut: the old town, the he…
Nicolas Khoury / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay
Suad, a mute Egyptian woman, is constantly harassed by the old men of Cairo and one day decides…
Sophia Al-Maria / Qatar, Egypt, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative
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’ tells the interwoven stories of several characters: a film director a…
Anocha Suwichakornpong / Thailand, France, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Hedi is a simple young man. He is not very talkative or reactive and does not expect much from…
Mohamed Ben Attia / Tunisia, Belgium, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Pola spends his days trimming grass and taking care of a football court in a gated community in…
Benjamin Naishtat / Argentina, Uruguay, Germany, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Tapdig has what seems like a perfectly straightforward wish – to obtain a cow from Europe – for…
Imamaddin Hasanov / Azerbaijan, Germany, Romania, Qatar / Feature Documentary
‘House Without Roof’ tells the journey of Alan, Jan and Liya, three siblings born in the Kurdis…
Soleen Yusef / Iraq, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative
On the night of 20 December, 1989, the USA launched a massive invasion of otherwise peaceful Pa…
Abner Benaim / Panama, Argentina, Qatar / Feature Documentary
As ‘Lamb’ opens, nine-year-old Ephraïm (an affecting As ‘Lamb’ opens, nine-year-old Ephraïm (an…
Yared Zeleke / France, Ethiopia, Germany, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative
The Denetclaws are a Native American family who live on the Prairie Wolf Indian Reservation. Ne…
Babak Jalali / United Kingdom, Italy, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Between 1954 and 1989, Paraguay suffered one of the longest dictatorships in Latin America: 35…
Paz Encina / Paraguay, Argentina, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Chatila, Fatah and Abu-Love, three Palestinian refugees, dream of escaping Athens after seven y…
Mahdi Fleifel / Palestine, Greece, United Kingdom, Denmark, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Day breaks on the eighth floor in a suburban neighbourhood of Lisbon and 14-year-old David’s gr…
João Salaviza / Portugal, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative
What is left today from the Palestinian revolution are some images and sounds, pieces of film s…
Mohanad Yaqubi / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay
I always liked smugglers because they are playing with borders. But, I soon realized that the o…
Mohamed Ouzine / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Nabil is the guard of an old villa located by the mouth of a river. Sayed Walid, an influential…
Marwan Khneisser / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative
Through the eyes of former workers at the once-famous cotton factory in Burkina Faso, ‘The Sire…
Michel K. Zongo / Burkina Faso, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary
In the wake of fierce battles of the Syrian Civil War, old Mustafa crosses the border, and retu…
Ehab Tarabieh / Syria, United States of America, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative
In a small commercial harbour in the south of France, two Moroccan sailors are watching over fe…
Laurent Aït Benalla / Morocco, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary