Film Funding

  • Walou

    Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    I hate the bled! When I was young, every summer, going to Algeria, I couldn’t do anything witho…

    Hassiba Belhadj / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Waves

    Fall Grant 2012 -

    Before he came to power, a fortune teller told Hosni Mubarak that he would reach a powerful pos…

    Ahmed Nour / Egypt, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • We Are Inside

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    Being away for a decade, Farah returns to her father’s place in her hometown Tripoli, Lebanon.…

    Farah Kassem / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • We Could Be Heroes

    Fall Grant 2015 -

    In the run-up to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Azzedine Nouiri, the world champion in seated s…

    Hind Bensari / Denmark, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • We Have Never Been Kids

    Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

    Since 2003, Mahmood Soliman has tracked the subjects of his​ ​2003 documentary ‘Living Among Us…

    Mahmood Soliman / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • West of May

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    In 'West of May', I want to describe Lebanon through the portrait of the Alayli family. This fa…

    Sarah Srage / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • What Comes Around

    Fall Grant 2012 -

    In Rod El Farag, one of the poorest residential areas in Cairo, obtaining meat, fruit and daily…

    Reem Saleh / Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Slovenia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • What We Left Unfinished

    Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

    'What We Left Unfinished' tells the incredible and mostly true story of five unfinished feature…

    Mariam Ghani / Afghanistan, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • When The News Break You

    Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

    Conflict journalists fulfil an important civic function. In an era of increasing globalisation,…

    Hamad Al-Hajri / Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • When Two Worlds Collide

    Fall Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

    ‘When Two Worlds Collide’ traces the epic journey of Alberto Pizango, an indigenous leader faci…

    Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel / Peru, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • While We Watched

    Spring Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    Vinay Shukla / India, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • The Woman I Never Called Mum

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Because I was born out of wedlock, my birth was kept secret initially. I was raised by my aunt…

    Sabrina Idiri Chemloul / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Women of My Life

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    Zahraa (30) revisits an incident that took place at her aunt Hayat’s (65) house in Baghdad twen…

    Zahraa Ghandour / Iraq, Sweden, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Yalla Parkour

    Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    Now that his return is unattainable, Ahmad reflects on his undetermined journey out. Despite th…

    Areeb Zuaiter / Sweden, Jordan / Feature Documentary

  • Yalla, Baba!

    Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    In 1980, 32-year-old Mansour travelled to Belgium with his friends, bought cars, and set off on…

    Angie Obeid / Belgium, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • A Year Of Endless Days

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    ‘A Year of Endless Days’ follows two men from a Croatian village—Tomislav and Joso. They are in…

    Renata Lucic / Croatia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • You Don't Die Two Times

    Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

    Jenny and Gift, two sisters respectively 22 and 28 years old, are in North Niger, waiting to tr…

    Ager Oueslati / Algeria, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Zaineb Hates the Snow

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    2009. Tunisian Nine-year-old Zaineb lost her father. Her mother will rebuild her life with a ma…

    Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Zaynab's Sisters

    Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    Sama, a 25-year-old woman of Egyptian origin raised in Italy, has just received her degree in p…

    Carolina Popolani / Egypt, Italy, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Zona Norte

    Spring Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    An intimate portrait of members of a community that lives on the streets of Zona Norte in Tijua…

    Javier Alejandro Avila Leon / Mexico, Qatar / Feature Documentary