Film Funding

  • Chikha

    Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    Fatine, a 17-year-old girl, lives in Azemmour, Morocco, with her mother Nadia, and grandfather.…

    Ayoub Layoussifi, Zahoua RAJI / Morocco, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Chitana

    Fall Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    Eya and Sofia, two sisters of ten and twelve years old, are sent to the local grocery store by…

    Amel Guellaty / Tunisia, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Civilization Of Equality

    Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    'Civilization of Equality' is a short, stop-motion animated musical reflecting true equality’s…

    Ibrahim Albuainain / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Civilization of Equality

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    'Civilization of Equality' is a short, stop-motion animated musical that reflects the beauty of…

    Ibrahim Albuainain / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Clouds

    Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

    Set in the South of Oman in 1978 after the Dhofar Rebellion. A story of a man called Ghafali…

    Muzna Al-Musafer / Oman, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Control

    Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    In the state TV control room, the technical team is preparing for what is arguably the most imp…

    Mohamed Adeeb / Egypt, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Dance the Night

    Fall Grants 2024 - Production Stage

    Algeria, 1993. In a small village in Kabylia, shy six-year-old Ayoub reluctantly accompanies th…

    Mohamed Megdoul / Algeria, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Day I Smoked a Cigarette with My Father

    Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    Cairo, 1964. Alaa, a 12-year-old boy, and his three younger siblings hear shouting from the str…

    Sameh Alaa / Egypt, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Dear Son

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    Between the vows imposed by the monastic life and the maternity feeling, a nun finds herself fa…

    Wassim Geagea / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Demons to Diamonds

    Fall Grants 2024 - Production Stage

    "In the towering labyrinth of steel and glass that is La Défense, the business district of Pari…

    Valentin Noujaïm / Lebanon, France, Switzerland, Canada, Italy, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Desert Fish

    Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    The southern desert of Morocco. The son wants to become a fisherman and is always dreaming of t…

    Alaa Eddine Aljem / Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Dog's Children

    Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

    In Jeddah during the economically transformative year of 1973, a rabid neighbourhood dog cataly…

    Layan Abdul Shakoor / Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Ebb & Flow

    Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

    ‘Ebb & Flow’ is a coming-of-age short film set in Beirut, Lebanon, in the early 2000s. It is th…

    Nay Tabbara / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Eman

    Spring Grants 2024 - Production Stage

    Eman, 14, lives in a strict household in Qatar. One day, she nervously asks her mother if she c…

    Maha Al Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Experiment

    Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    Rashid, a 30-year-old researcher, is placed in a prison to conduct his final project. His missi…

    Abdulla Al-Hor / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • February 19

    Spring Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

    It is February 19. The train will depart with Anna and Alex. Years have passed; the day has com…

    Tamara Stepanyan / Armenia, Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Finding Oppo

    Fall Grants 2024 - Production Stage

    Mamun, 15, is not like other teenagers. When his phone—an Oppo—is stolen, his father, Mourad, r…

    Youssef Michraf / Morocco, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Fly Me to the Moon

    Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    As the wedding ceremony approaches, all that remains is to complete the final step——obtaining t…

    zakaria nouri / Morocco, Egypt, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Forgotten

    Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    Mustafa steals across the Israeli border with the help of a local smuggler. This is a one-way t…

    Ehab Tarabieh / Syria, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Fruit of the Untouched Palm

    Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    With the garden deteriorating in her father's absence, Noor, a young Qatari woman, realizes tha…

    Nadia Al-Khater / Qatar / Short Narrative