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Algeria, 1994. Terrorist attacks have ravaged the north of the country for the past two years.…
Amin Sidi-Boumédiène / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Amal, an angry teenager, comes of age in a post-revolution Egypt that is undergoing tremendous…
Mohamed Siam / Egypt, Lebanon, France, Germany, Denmark, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Ava’s first visit to the gynaecologist with her mother is a traumatic experience for the young…
Sadaf Foroughi / Iran, Canada, Qatar / Feature Narrative
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
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
A young Syrian man is faced with a dilemma: he has only a few days to leave Beirut to go abroad…
Saleh Nass / Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative
In an Iranian culture that operates within strict social mores, Sara, a university student, and…
Ali Asgari / Iran, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Faris, a Lebanese Muslim living in the US, awakens to discover the dead body of his wife’s ex-h…
Nour Wazzi / Lebanon, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Surviving in Algeria is a constant challenge that leaves the nation’s population without hope.…
Meriem Achour Bouakkaz / Algeria, Canada, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Basketball, one of the oldest and most popular games among Somali women, is now an endangered s…
Hana Mire / Somalia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Sweden, Congo, Republic of, Qatar / Feature Documentary
A young Egyptian girl living with a conservative group that follows communal acts and practices…
Halla Tarek / Egypt, Germany, Qatar / Short Narrative
Tangier topography is in turmoil. Pharaonic real estate projects surround the Mansouria, a land…
Leila Kilani / Morocco, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative
A 12- year-old boy has just moved to Doha with his parents. To avoid dealing with the changes t…
Noor Al-Nasr / Qatar / Short Narrative
The story of a man who was born and raised in a modest environment and aspired to be a superher…
Ibrahim Harb / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary
On a quest to remember, Shaza returns to her hometown of Alexandria, a decision triggered by th…
Shaza Moharam / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay
While searching for sleepless souls, a storyteller finds a woman standing in front of her door,…
Ahmad Saleh / Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Qatar / Short Narrative
About a hundred kilometres away from Kabul, Salim Shaheen, the most popular and prolific actor-…
Sonia Kronlund / France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary
In June of 1978, Tunisia entered the international football scene as the first African team eve…
Sami Tlili / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Lucy is hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital in Mozambique. She dreams about her little son,…
João Viana / Portugal, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Algeria, 1990s—Nedjma is a free-spirited and independent young student. She refuses to allow th…
Mounia Meddour / Algeria, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative