• The Dam

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Sudan, near the Merowe Dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nil…

  

  Ali Cherri / France, Sudan, Lebanon, Germany, Serbia, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Dance the Night

  Fall Grants 2024 - Production Stage

  Algeria, 1993. In a small village in Kabylia, shy six-year-old Ayoub reluctantly accompanies th…

  

  Mohamed Megdoul / Algeria, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Daoud's Winter

  Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  Iraq, winter 1988. Daoud, a young man from Baghdad, is drafted into the war with Iran. At the f…

  

  Koutaiba Al-Janabi / Iraq, Lebanon, Netherlands, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Day I Smoked a Cigarette with My Father

  Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  Cairo, 1964. Alaa, a 12-year-old boy, and his three younger siblings hear shouting from the str…

  

  Sameh Alaa / Egypt, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Days of Tyranny

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  In a border town set in an unnamed Arab country ruled by a ruthless dictatorship, Hana, a mothe…

  

  Katia Jarjoura / Lebanon, France, Canada, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Dead Dog

  Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  Aida, a 47-year-old woman living in Beirut, learns that Walid, her husband who lives and works…

  

  Sarah Francis / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Dear Son

  Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  Between the vows imposed by the monastic life and the maternity feeling, a nun finds herself fa…

  

  Wassim Geagea / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Dede

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Dina lives in a remote village high in the Georgian mountains, where traditions have remained t…

  

  Mariam Khatchvani / Georgia, Ireland, Netherlands, Croatia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Demons to Diamonds

  Fall Grants 2024 - Production Stage

  "In the towering labyrinth of steel and glass that is La Défense, the business district of Pari…

  

  Valentin Noujaïm / Lebanon, France, Switzerland, Canada, Italy, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Desert Fish

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  The southern desert of Morocco. The son wants to become a fisherman and is always dreaming of t…

  

  Alaa Eddine Aljem / Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous

  Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled, Ahmed, a Syrian refug…

  

  Wissam Charaf / France, Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Don't Get Too Comfortable

  Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  When Shaima Al-Tamimi’s paternal grandfather migrated from Yemen to Zanzibar half a century ago…

  

  Shaima Al Tamimi / Yemen, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Netherlands, Qatar / Short Experimental

• Dr. Hamood Show

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Starring Mohammed Al Dosari and Qatari wrestler Ali Al Naimi, ‘Dr. Hamood Show’ is a 15-episode…

  

  Ali Al Anssari / Qatar / Unknown

• The Dream Betrayed Me

  Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  Qamichli, Syria, 2004. Mesto, a 17-year-old boy, has but one dream—to join his city's football…

  

  Mohammad Alchikho "Shaikhow" / Syria, France, Belgium, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Dégradé

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  A hot summer's day in the Gaza Strip. Today the electricity is on. Christine’s beauty salon is…

  

  Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Ebb & Flow

  Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

  ‘Ebb & Flow’ is a coming-of-age short film set in Beirut, Lebanon, in the early 2000s. It is th…

  

  Nay Tabbara / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Egypt's Modern Pharaohs

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  On January 25, 1952, downtown Cairo was burnt down: angry mobs demanded the departure of Britis…

  

  Jihan El Tahri / Egypt, France, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Egyptian Jeanne d'Arc

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  ‘Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc’ is a creative documentary that explores issues of female emancipation i…

  

  Iman Kamel / Kuwait, Egypt, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Eldorado, The Taste Of The South

  Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  A group of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa arrives to the north of Morocco in order to cross t…

  

  Alaa Eddine Aljem / Morocco, France, Italy, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• El’Sardines

  Spring Grants 2024 - Production Stage

  Near Oran, six days before her younger sister's wedding, Zouzou, a 30-year-old single bio-marin…

  

  Zoulikha Tahar / Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Web Series

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