Film Funding

  • 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 -

    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 -

    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

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

    Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf / Syria, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Tropic of violence

    Spring Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    Mary is a nurse in Mayotte. One night on the beach, a young woman rescued from a "kwassa" (a cl…

    Manuel Schapira / France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Trouble Magnet

    Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    Growing up in Germany with Palestinian roots, Ali, a dramatic teenager, grapples with a persist…

    Ahmad Saleh / Palestine, Germany, Jordan, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Tug of War

    Spring Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    Set in 1950s colonial-era Zanzibar, ‘Tug of War’ follows a pair of star-crossed lovers Denge, a…

    Amil Shivji / Tanzania, South Africa, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Tunis-Djerba

    Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

    Since her father’s death, Alyssa (19) has become the caretaker of her depressed mother and litt…

    Amel Guellaty / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Under Construction

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    Tarek, a 30-year-old Syrian, joins a construction site set in the middle of a forest. Immediate…

    Nadim Tabet / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Under The Fig Trees

    Spring Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    In Northern Tunisia, the Kasra region is known for its beautifully arcadian fig plantations. Th…

    Erige Sehiri / Tunisia, Switzerland, Qatar, France / 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

    In this brilliantly comedic modern fable, debut feature director Alaa Eddine Aljem takes audien…

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

  • Unremember

    Spring Grants 2018 -

    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 Tomorrow

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    Fereshteh is a young mother facing a serious dilemma. On the surface, she is relatively happy,…

    Ali Asgari / Iran, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Until the Birds Return

    Fall Grant 2015 -

    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

  • Vanishing

    Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

    In modern-day Beirut, single mother Rita juggles her work as an investigative journalist with t…

    Lucien Bourjeily / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Very Big Shot

    Spring Grant 2015 -

    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 -

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

    Faouzi Bensaïdi / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative