Film Funding

  • Scales

    Fall Grant 2014 - Development Stage

    The only source of the food on the island is mermaid flesh. The only way to keep the food suppl…

    Shahad Ameen / Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Search for the Star Pearl

    Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    Ali ibn Hamad, a brave, 17-year-old Qatari boy, sails the unknown seas with his friends, the fu…

    Hafiz Ali Ali / Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Shadow of a Man

    Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    Ahmad, 26, is the best mechanic in the mountains of Lebanon. The only car he hasn’t had time an…

    Niam Itani / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Shelter

    Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

    Ahmad struggles to survive in the ghettos of Beirut. He cannot remember his past or where he ca…

    Kasem Kharsa / Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt / Feature Narrative

  • Ship Of Fools

    Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    She didn’t even know they were bombs. When her father could no longer pretend they were falling…

    Alia Haju / Germany, Lebanon, Qatar / Short Documentary

  • Son of a Dog

    Spring Grant 2013 - Development Stage

    Set against the backdrop of a never-ending war, ‘Son of a Dog’ is the coming-of-age story of 17…

    Alain Sauma / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Souraya Mon Amour (Working Title)

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Excerpts from the film 'Little Wars', an old correspondence, and other family and personal arch…

    Nicolas Khoury / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Split-Screen

    Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

    Two men, 'A' and 'B', are drinking coffee. They receive anonymous texts telling them their drin…

    Fahad Al Khater, Nadia Al-Khater / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Spyke To The Core

    Fall Grants 2016 - Development Stage

    Emotionless Bahtan meets hyperactive Felfella and together they discover the secrets behind Bah…

    Nermeen Salem / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Status Quo

    Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    On a fateful Friday night, five unlikely heroes will be thrown into a dangerous game of justice…

    Gilbert Karam / Lebanon, Qatar, Spain, USA / TV Series

  • The Storms

    Spring Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    Mysterious yellow sandstorms strike down upon Algiers and its surrounding areas. Samir, a print…

    Dania Reymond-Boughenou / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • TCA186: The Tarmac Year

    Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

    Ahmad and Mourad, two Lebanese cousins, hijack a plane en route from Athens to Beirut. When thi…

    Mohamed Berro / Lebanon, Qatar / TV Series

  • TO LEAVE OR TO STAY

    Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    Dali, a thirty-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, joins his parents in his native village i…

    Azedine Kasri / France, Algeria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Tangier Stories

    Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

    In contemporary Morocco, Hayat brings Soussen, her 12-year-old daughter, from their poor villag…

    Fyzal Boulifa / France, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Targuia

    Fall Grants 2020 - Development Stage

    'Targuia' is the story of Tab, a 16-year-old nomadic girl living in the Sahara in southern Alge…

    Leïla Artese Benhadj / Algeria, France, Italy, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • The Taste of Apples Is Red

    Fall Grant 2013 - Development Stage

    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

  • Tell it to Bridges

    Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    It always started with a question about destination, and often times the answer had been indeci…

    Ali Hammoud / United States of America, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

  • The Body Of René

    Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    'The Body of René' is a love story interrupted by war and a black body snatched from the memory…

    Dani Abo Louh / France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • The Return Of The Jerboas

    Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    Algeria, 2000. Hakim, a young doctor, arrives in the desert. He moves in with Ammar's family wh…

    Amira Géhanne Khalfallah / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Voice Of The Wild

    Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    In the heart of the Sahara live Abreybone and his pals Kiki, Akalaï, Diara, Japonais, and Abin-…

    Dalel Ziour / Algeria, Qatar / Feature Documentary