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In the fictitious city of Beirut lives Viola, a musician and the leader of an underground movem…
Feyrouz Serhal / Lebanon, Spain, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative
An unfinished interview with my father, Tayeb Kessas, in February 2019, just before his death,…
Safia Kessas / Algeria, Belgium, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Through her relationship with her musician father, Hend tries to discover the history of her pe…
Hend Bakr / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Documentary
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
'La Nuit a Peine' is conceived as a triptych—on either side of the central stage, the film came…
Wiame Haddad / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay
The film is a short experimental essay that wanders the streets of Beirut in 2024, five years a…
Rita Mahfouz / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay
Taipei, June 2019 - one of the hottest summers on record and an election year. Yet, despite the…
KEFF / Taiwan, United States of America, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative
A woman in her seventies defies societal expectations and clings to her isolated life alongside…
Dilpak Majeed / Iraq, Egypt, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Set around two sisters in Riyadh, the series explores their contrasting lives. Mariam, the elde…
Zaid Abu Hamdan, Lucy Der Tavitian / Saudi Arabia, Qatar / TV Series
‘Naseem, Fight With Grace’ resurrects the captivating story of British-Yemeni featherweight bo…
Ana Naomi De Sousa / United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Beyond the ambient chaos of the city of Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, and the crisis that the c…
Aurelia Makdessi / Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary
‘Not Dead But Sleeping’ is a film about two women whose worlds collide as they confront grief a…
Arwa Aburawa, Turab Shah / Jordan, Sweden, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative
It’s April 26, 1991. Today is “draw day,” which means that schools across Iraq will select stud…
Hasan Hadi / Iraq, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative
‘Rabbat El Bait’ is a story of Mariam, a widowed mother’s life and struggles. From raising her…
Fatima Abuhaliqa / Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay
Cairo 2009. Back from the army, Salem, 25, joins his family in Cairo’s rag-picking district, ho…
Rani Massalha / Egypt, Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative
On 1 February 2021, a military coup in Myanmar overthrew the democratically elected government.…
Min Min Hein / Myanmar, Qatar / Feature Documentary
In the heart of Nepalese Himalayas, Pema, a spirited woman, embraces a polyandrous marriage wit…
Min Bahadur Bham / Nepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, Turkey, Taiwan, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative
A young boy is strolling with his parents on a bustling street but manages to slip away from th…
Malek Hebiri / Tunisia, Qatar / Short Narrative
Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, Rufaida, Khattab. They are Sudanese in their twenties, politically acti…
Hind Meddeb / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernisation has finally arrived. Bhutan became the last country in t…
Pawo Choyning Dorji / Bhutan, Taiwan, United States of America, France, Qatar / Unknown