• Theeb

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Arabia, 1916. Theeb [Wolf] lives with his Bedouin tribe in a forgotten corner of the Ottoman Em…

  

  Naji Abu Nowar / Jordan, United Kingdom, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative

• They

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ‘They” and lives with their parents in the suburbs of C…

  

  Anahita Ghazvinizadeh / Iran, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Timbuktu

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Timbuktu, a historic and multicultural city in the West African nation of Mali, is taken over b…

  

  Abderrahmane Sissako / France, Mauritania, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Tlamess

  Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Following the death of his mother, "S", a young Tunisian soldier, returns home. He deserts the…

  

  Ala Eddine Slim / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• To All Naked Men

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  The war in Syria is drawing to an end, and the first reliable election stands on the ruins of t…

  

  Bassam Chekhes / Syria, Netherlands, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• To Live To Sing

  Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Zhao Li is the manager of a small Sichuan Opera troupe of 11 members living and performing toge…

  

  Johnny Ma / China, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Too Late to Die Young

  Fall Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  The summer of 1990 in Chile. A small group of families lives in an isolated community right bel…

  

  Dominga Sotomayor / Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Tramontane

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Young Rabih is well-liked by family, friends and the community of the Lebanese village he calls…

  

  Vatche Boulghourjian / Lebanon, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Translator

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  After getting into trouble with the Syrian government, Sami has been living for years as a poli…

  

  Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf / Syria, Jordan, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Under the Shadow

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  A victim of the post-revolution state crackdown on dissidents, one-time medical student Shideh…

  

  Babak Anvari / Iran, United Kingdom, Jordan, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Unknown Saint

  Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  Young Amine steals a large sum of money and escapes into the hills with the police hot on his t…

  

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

• Unremember

  Spring Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  Joana is a 15-year-old who feeds her soul with literature and rock. She lives in Paris with her…

  

  Flavia Castro / Brazil, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Until the Birds Return

  Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Mourad, a businessman, rose to success in Algeria in the 2000s. Now a new man, he wants to stay…

  

  Karim Moussaoui / Algeria, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Valley

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  Following a car accident on a lone mountain road, a middle-aged man loses his memory. Drenched…

  

  Ghassan Salhab / Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative

• Very Big Shot

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  In this clever take on the caper film, three brothers find themselves inextricably bound up in…

  

  Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Volubilis

  Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

  Abdelkader is a security guard and Malika is a domestic employee. Recently married, they are ma…

  

  Faouzi Bensaïdi / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Wajib

  Spring Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  Shadi returns to his hometown to help his father hand-deliver his sister’s wedding invitations.…

  

  Annemarie Jacir / Palestine, United Arab Emirates, France, Switzerland, Norway, Colombia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Wallay

  Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

  When 13-year-old Ady gets himself into trouble in a French suburb, his father decides to send h…

  

  Berni Goldblat / France, Burkina Faso, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Weldi

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  A Tunisian couple are nearing retirement age, but times are hard, and money is tight. The life…

  

  Mohamed Ben Attia / Tunisia, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• When We're Born

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  A revolution has shaped the nation, and the dreamscapes of three Egyptians are interconnected i…

  

  Tamer Ezzat / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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