• Before the Dying of the Light

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  The seventies were the last Moroccan period in which struggles and dreams for change were a rea…

  

  Abdelali Essafi / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Behind Closed Doors

  Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Qatar. Six-year-old Leila wakes up one morning and finds out that her mother, Sara, is gone. Le…

  

  Hend Fakhroo / Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Behind the Wall

  Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  ‘Behind the Wall’ is the story of Nadia, an over-protected five-year-old girl who lives in a Ca…

  

  Karima Zoubir / Morocco, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Beirut Hold'em

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Fresh out of prison, Ziko is ready to start a new life. Determined to win back Carole, the love…

  

  Michel Kammoun / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Bird's Placebo

  Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  After his legs are amputated while trying to cross the Mediterranean, Yahya, a young Tunisian m…

  

  Rami Jarboui / Tunisia, Germany, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Black Veil

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  Many women around the world suffer under oppression and dream of escaping it. ‘The Black Veil’…

  

  A.J. Al-Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

• Blessed Benefit

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  Ahmad, a construction worker, gets tangled up in an unfortunate business deal that lands him in…

  

  Mahmoud Al Massad / Jordan, Netherlands, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Bombay Rose

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Escaping from child marriage, Kamala makes flower garlands to sell on the streets of Bombay dur…

  

  Geetanjali Rao / India, France, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Born in the Maelstrom

  Spring Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  Inspired by the novel ‘Naissance de Rebecca à l’ère des tourments’ by Québécoise author Marie-C…

  

  Meryam Joobeur / Tunisia, Canada, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Boss

  Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Five boys from a small village lose their football field and swimming pool to the Tigers, a gan…

  

  Rzgar Huseein Ahmed / Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Short Narrative

• A Brighter Tomorrow

  Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Mehdi, Thibault and M’Barek are three thugs based in Aubervilliers. Mehdi, 30, lives alone with…

  

  Yassine Qnia / France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Burning Birds

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  1989. A small village in eastern Sri Lanka. After her husband is abducted, tortured and murdere…

  

  Sanjeewa Pushpakumara / Sri Lanka, France, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• By the Time It Gets Dark

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  By the Time It Gets Dark’ tells the interwoven stories of several characters: a film director a…

  

  Anocha Suwichakornpong / Thailand, France, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Bye Bye Tiberias

  Spring Grants 2021 - Production Stage

  Thirty years ago, Hiam left her native Palestinian village Deir Hanna in Galilee—where she grew…

  

  Lina Soualem / France, Palestine, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Cactus Flower

  Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Aida, a struggling actress, came to Cairo from the Delta as a university student; like many oth…

  

  Hala Elkoussy / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Chained Prey

  Spring Grants 2021 - Production Stage

  An Indian falcon, Raja, lives in the Arabian Gulf with his falconer, Sultan. While Raja has mor…

  

  Esmail Zalat / Egypt, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Challat of Tunis

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Tunis, 2003. A man on a mo-ped, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets. He’s on a mission: to…

  

  Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Champ of the Camp

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  Hailed by critics world-wide for its entertaining yet sympathetic look at the labour issue in t…

  

  Mahmoud Kaabour / United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Chikha

  Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  Fatine, a 17-year-old girl, lives in Azemmour, Morocco, with her mother Nadia, and grandfather.…

  

  Ayoub Layoussifi, Zahoua RAJI / Morocco, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Children of the Famine

  Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Between 1915 and 1918, a famine killed an estimated two hundred thousand people, almost half of…

  

  Reine Mitri / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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