• Wajib

  Spring Grants 2017 -

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

  

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

• Wallay

  Fall Grants 2016 -

  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

• Wear & Tear

  Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

  Ayda has been an operator at a call centre for several years. She is in her forties and lives b…

  

  Sarra Abidi / Tunisia, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Weedestine

  Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

  In Palestine’s “Area C,” an unpoliced fractured zone, marijuana cultivation is thriving due to…

  

  Said Zagha / Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Sweden / Feature Narrative

• Weldi

  Spring Grants 2017 -

  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 -

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

  

  Tamer Ezzat / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Where Did I Leave My Face?

  Fall Grants 2018 - Development Stage

  Ali, originally from Jerusalem, lives in Paris with his girlfriend, Julie. He is constantly tra…

  

  Ramzi Maqdisi / Palestine, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Where Do We Go Now?

  Spring Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  As sectarian conflict looms over a village in the Lebanese countryside, women of different reli…

  

  Nadine Labaki / Lebanon, France, Italy, Egypt / Feature Narrative

• Whether the Weather is Fine

  Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

  ‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ follows Miguel after he wakes up in the chaos of Typhoon Haiyan,…

  

  Carlo Francisco Manatad / Philippines, France, Singapore, Germany, Indonesia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Whispering Sands

  Spring Grants 2016 -

  A Canadian woman of Arab descent undertakes a trip and hires a guide to help her find a specifi…

  

  Nacer Khemir / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• White Sun

  Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  When his father dies, anti-regime partisan Chandra must travel to his remote mountain village a…

  

  Deepak Rauniyar / Nepal, United States of America, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Who Do I Belong To

  Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Aicha, a Tunisian mother gifted with prophetic dreams, lives in a rural farm with her husband B…

  

  Meryam Joobeur / Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Wind Blew On

  Fall Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  “Perhaps I’m already dead?” says the child, and no one will confirm if this is true or false. H…

  

  Katrín Ólafsdóttir / Iceland, Qatar, Spain, France, Chile / Feature Narrative

• Window

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  Baghdad under the American occupation. Iraq is in a power vacuum; anarchy is rife; curfews are…

  

  Koutaiba Al-Janabi / Iraq, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Winter Within

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  In Srinagar, Kashmir, Nargis works as a domestic helper for a middle-class family. Her husband,…

  

  Aamir Bashir / India, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Women

  Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

  After the arrest of her single-father in her village, Mi-Thet (18) is forced to move to Yangon…

  

  The Maw Naing / Myanmar, France, Korea (South), Singapore, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Wooden Rifle

  Fall Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  During the Syrian revolution, 21-year-old Noor tries to escape with his mother to Europe to liv…

  

  Alfouz Tanjour / Syria, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Wooden Rifle

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  During the Syrian revolution, 21-year-old Noor tries to escape with his mother to Europe to liv…

  

  Alfouz Tanjour / Syria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Wounded Angel

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Four loosely connected stories set in a small town in Kazakhstan at the beginning of the 90s, a…

  

  Emir Baigazin / Kazakhstan, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• X Kids

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  X kids are children born in Algeria out of wedlock, or as a result of terrorist marriages, ince…

  

  Safinez Bousbia / Algeria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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