Film Funding

  • Odd town

    Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Khaled, a young man, starts his day with his usual morning routine. Before leaving, his father…

    Mohammed Fakhroo / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Oddity Tales From A Strange Land

    Spring Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    Set in the MENA region, ’Oddity Tales from a Strange Land’ is an episodic TV series, where huma…

    Ahmad Samara / Jordan, Qatar / TV Series

  • One Week Ago, Today

    Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

    Off the coast of a small fishing town in the south of Lebanon, a man in his 40s is found uncons…

    Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia / Lebanon, United States of America, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Opening Doors

    Fall Grant 2014 - Development Stage

    ‘Opening Doors’ tells the true story of Amna Mahmoud who, from her early childhood, dreamed of…

    Nora Al-Subai / Qatar, Canada / Short Narrative

  • The Other Wife (working title)

    Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    By adopting extreme measures to save the illusory refuge of her marriage, Salima is confronted…

    Meriem Mesraoua / France, Algeria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Out Of My Mind

    Fall Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    Mo is a Somali writer who grew up and still lives in Dubai. One day, Mo wakes up to find the el…

    Mo Yusuf / Qatar, Somalia, Djibouti, United Arab Emirates / TV Series

  • Out of Place

    Fall Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    Mohammed, a chubby adolescent, is dancing the Dabke with his teenage friends in the cultural ce…

    Mohammed Al-Madjalawi / Sweden, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Parijat

    Spring Grant 2014 - Development Stage

    'Parijat' is an enthralling drama that explores a Qatari woman's efforts to save her family's t…

    Hend Fakhroo / Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Photographer

    Fall Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    Maher, a photographer for the Syrian regime, takes photos of deceased military personnel. The r…

    Anas Khalaf / Syria, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Plum Season

    Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    Nouha, a 16-year-old teenager, lives in a close relationship with her mother. Her father reappe…

    Rim Mejdi / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Queen of the Hoggar (working title)

    Spring Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    Kella, a young princess, and her elder sister are forced to leave their home because of war. Th…

    Muhannad Lamin / Libya, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Queens of Shadow

    Fall Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    As a young law student, Houria dares to file a complaint against her rapist. She ends up in pri…

    Aida Senna / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Rabies

    Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    Julia (60) is an ageing History professor who was a fighter in the Lebanese war. A free soul, s…

    Sandra Tabet / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Red Olive Tree

    Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    The Belmakis, an upper-middle-class family in France, appear to lead a trouble-free life; all,…

    Karim Bensalah / Algeria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Red Valentine

    Fall Grant 2012 - Development Stage

    Jad is a 30-year-old socialite who thinks he’s a poet. His family is pressuring him to take ove…

    Amin Matalqa / Jordan, 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

  • A Road to Damascus

    Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    Based on Meedo’s novel of the same title. A bus carrying immigrant farmers is gunned down just…

    Meedo Taha / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Saffron's Land

    Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

    In the Atlas Mountains lies Safrana, an isolated village that was repeatedly attacked by the Fr…

    Yassine El Idrissi / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Salaam Plenty

    Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

    'Salaam Plenty' is about the memory and erasure of the presence of Afghan cameleers in Australi…

    Samira (Yasmine) Kassari / Morocco, Australia, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Sandogi (My Treasure Chest)

    Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    A middle-aged man is left to question his existence as he goes through an extraordinary journey…

    Noor Alkuwari / Qatar / Short Narrative