Film Funding

  • Abandon

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    A VR 360° short that tells the story of Khalil and Zalfa, a middle-aged couple, and how they sp…

    Farah Shaer / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • Beirut of the Balkans

    Fall Grant 2013 - Production/Post-Production Stage

    Sarajevo has gone through historical stages that parallel those of Beirut: the old town, the he…

    Nicolas Khoury / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • In Lieu of What Is

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    'In Lieu of What Is' (Chibayish) examines how nature in southern Iraq has been viewed as a harb…

    Alia Farid / Kuwait, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    ‘In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain’ resides in the cross-section of sci-fi, arc…

    Larissa Sansour / Palestine, United Kingdom, Denmark, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • La Nuit a Peine

    Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    'La Nuit a Peine' is conceived as a triptych—on either side of the central stage, the film came…

    Wiame Haddad / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • The Land Was Well Past its Zenith

    Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    The film is a short experimental essay that wanders the streets of Beirut in 2024, five years a…

    Rita Mahfouz / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • Lot's Wife

    Fall Grant 2011 -

    Was it disobedience, the love of her home, or curiosity that made Lot’s wife—the woman with no…

    Sabine El Chamaa / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • L’mina

    Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    The film is set in Jerada, a former mining town in northeast Morocco that experienced its golde…

    Randa Maroufi / France, Morocco, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • The Most Pretty Dudes

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    ‘The Most Pretty Dudes’ is based on an audio recording of negotiations between two groups, one…

    Mohammad Dibo / Syria, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • Rabbat El Bait

    Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    ‘Rabbat El Bait’ is a story of Mariam, a widowed mother’s life and struggles. From raising her…

    Fatima Abuhaliqa / Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • That Which Is Coming

    Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    ‘That Which Is Coming’ is an experimental video installation shot with a Phantom camera. It exp…

    Sophia Al-Maria / Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • The Air And The Worlds

    Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    A contemplative journey of three parts that follow a mute poet named "This Person". In a dreamy…

    Rana Ashraf / Egypt, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • This Haunting Memory That Is Not My Own

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    A family finds itself violently ripped apart from their native home and thrown into the sea, in…

    Panos Aprahamian / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay