• School of Hope

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  In the vast expanse of desert, East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once…

  

  Mohamed El Aboudi / Finland, France, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Searching For Kikhia (working Title)

  Spring Grants 2019 -

  When director Jihan Kikhia was six years old, her father disappeared. He flew to Cairo and neve…

  

  Jihan Kikhia / Libya, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Siren of Faso Fani

  Fall Grant 2013 -

  Through the eyes of former workers at the once-famous cotton factory in Burkina Faso, ‘The Sire…

  

  Michel K. Zongo / Burkina Faso, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Sleepless nights

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Two people irrevocably changed by war come together in ‘Confession and Struggle,’ an unflinchin…

  

  Eliane Raheb / Lebanon, France, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Somebody Clap for Me

  Fall Grant 2012 -

  This poetic rollercoaster ride chronicles Ugandan youth reclaiming their right to a voice by br…

  

  Luciana Ceccatto Farah / Brazil, Uganda, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Son of the Streets

  Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  ‘Son of the Streets’ is a poignant and inspiring film that follows Khodor, a Palestinian child…

  

  Mohammed Almughanni / Palestine, Poland, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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

• Speak So I Can See You

  Fall Grants 2018 -

  Set at the intersection of an observational documentary and an audio-visual experiment, this fi…

  

  Marija Stojnic / Serbia, Croatia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Speed Sisters

  Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Meet Marah, Mona, Betty, Noor and Maysoon – the first all-woman rally-racing team in the Middle…

  

  Amber Fares / Palestine, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Still Recording

  Fall Grants 2016 -

  Two young artists, Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub become embroiled in the events of the besieg…

  

  Saeed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub / Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Stronger than a Bullet

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, war propaganda has been Iran’s largest industry. In the n…

  

  Maryam Ebrahimi / Iran, Sweden, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Sudan, When Poems Fall Apart

  Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

  Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, Rufaida, Khattab. They are Sudanese in their twenties, politically acti…

  

  Hind Meddeb / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Suspended Wives

  Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  After waiting for many years, Ghita, Latifa and Karima decide to turn to the courts in order to…

  

  Merieme Addou / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Tadmor

  Fall Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Raymond. Youssef. Ali. Saad. Moussa. Rashid. Mahmoud. Elias. Individuals. Together. The Lebanes…

  

  Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Talking About Trees

  Fall Grants 2018 -

  Ibrahim, Suleiman, Manar and Altayeb are founding members of the ‘Sudanese Film Group’. Friends…

  

  Suhaib Gasmelbari / France, Sudan, Germany, Chad, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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

• Taste of Cement

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  The Lebanese Civil War ended nearly a generation ago, but it remains far from forgotten, stampe…

  

  Ziad Kalthom / Syria, Lebanon, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Terra Firma

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  In a small commercial harbour in the south of France, two Moroccan sailors are watching over fe…

  

  Laurent Aït Benalla / Morocco, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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 Disqualified

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Mehrez is a bold personality in a small Tunisian town. At 25 years old, Mehrez decides to enlig…

  

  Hamza Ouni / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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