Film Funding

  • 19B

    Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    An abandoned villa, deserted by its owners since the 60s, is only inhabited by its guard, who r…

    Ahmad Abdalla / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Abu Fanoos

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    Nineteen-year-old Khaled drives up to a small, isolated farm in 1980s Qatar where his reclusive…

    Horia El Hadad, Amira Abujbara / Qatar, Morocco / 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

  • 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

  • Chibayish 2023

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    'In Lieu of What Is' (Chibayish) examines how nature in southern Iraq has been viewed as a harb…

    Alia Farid / Kuwait, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • Cinema Kawakeb

    Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    After the pandemic lockdown was lifted in 2022, Youssef and Ali were relieved that they could n…

    Mahmoud Massad / Jordan, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Civilization of Equality

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    'Civilization of Equality' is a short, stop-motion animated musical that reflects the beauty of…

    Ibrahim Albuainain / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Closet Sessions

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    Initiated by Immortal Entertainment as the official production company in 2018, 'The Closet Ses…

    Ahmad Ibrahim / Jordan, Qatar / Web Series

  • Déserts

    Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    Set in the vast, unforgiving landscapes of southern Morocco, ‘Déserts’ tells the tale of two pe…

    Faouzi Bensaïdi / Morocco, France, Germany, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • El Bastardiya (Once Upon A Time In Tripoli)

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Murad, a young jobless engineer, works instead as a salesman. His father, a truck driver for an…

    Abdullah Al-Ghaly / Libya, Egypt, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Fruit of the Untouched Palm

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    With the garden deteriorating in her father's absence, Noor, a young Qatari woman, realizes tha…

    Nadia Al-Khater / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Guapo'y

    Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    Surrounded by sounds from a jungle-like garden, a woman inhabits the gloom of her bedroom, cove…

    Sofia Paoli Thorne / Paraguay, Argentina, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • I Can Hear Your Voice... Still

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    One night in a small seaside town in Egypt the sound of a whale keeps coming from the sea but n…

    Sameh Alaa / Egypt / Feature Narrative

  • IALU: The Field of Dreams

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    Living in Phantasma, one can barely see outside beyond its massive walls. Gates seem empty, wit…

    Mostafa Youssef / Egypt, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • If Only I Could Hibernate

    Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    A poor but prideful teenager, Ulzii, lives in the yurt area of Ulaanbaatar with his mother and…

    Zoljargal Purevdash / Mongolia, France, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Let the Earth Burn

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Despite getting excellent results, recent police academy graduate Kenza is posted to a remote s…

    Sofia Alaoui / France, Qatar / TV Series

  • Machtat

    Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    In the small town of Mahdia, Tunisia, live Fatma and her two daughters, Najeh and Waffeh. They…

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

  • Mama 'Oda

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Hassan and Noura notice the effort their grandmother gives to the family and the house, so they…

    Yousif Al Hamadi / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Miara

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Miara and her father, Ahar, are outcasts by choice, living in the hostile lands of 7th-century…

    Talal Selhami / Morocco, Qatar / TV Series

  • Monisme

    Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

    Repressed by state-sponsored violence, a mystic is determined to remain on his land in the foot…

    Riar Rizaldi / Indonesia, Qatar / Feature Documentary or Essay