Film Funding

  • The Arabic Interpreter

    Spring Grants 2018 -

    After living a relatively normal life as a student studying in Berlin, Hassan reluctantly accep…

    Ali Kareem Obaid / Iraq, Italy, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Arkala Gilgamesh's Dream

    Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    Chum-Chum, a nine-year-old dreamy street kid with diabetes, and his best friend, Moody, a tough…

    Mohamed Al-daradji / Iraq, United Arab Emirates, France, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Art and Movement

    Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

    The aftermath of political unrest, social change and economic growth (and collapse) greatly inf…

    Marwa Mohamed Ahmed / Qatar / Web Series

  • As I Want

    Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    Cairo, January 25, 2013, the second anniversary of the revolution, under then-president Mohamed…

    Samaher Alqadi / Palestine, Norway, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Ashkal

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    In the gardens of Carthage, a new district where modern buildings are juxtaposed with abandoned…

    Youssef Chebbi / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Asphalt

    Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    'Asphalt' delves into the lives of two truck drivers on the road, crossing borders, towns and c…

    Ali Hammoud / Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Atlantide

    Spring Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

    In Venice between the gondolas, canals and palaces, tourists pour in as residents head out. Loc…

    Yuri Ancarani / Italy, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Autobiography

    Fall Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

    When his father is imprisoned, and his brother migrates, Rakib (18) is left alone to housekeep…

    Makbul Mubarak / Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Poland, Germany, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Autumn

    Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    'Autumn' is a conceptual romantic narrative of the captivity of the intellectual class in the t…

    Aisha Al-Jaidah / Iran, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Autumn

    Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    'Autumn' is a conceptual romantic narrative of the captivity of the intellectual class in the t…

    Aisha Al-Jaidah / Qatar, Iran / Short Narrative

  • Ava

    Spring Grants 2017 -

    Ava’s first visit to the gynaecologist with her mother is a traumatic experience for the young…

    Sadaf Foroughi / Iran, Canada, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Awdah

    Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    Amal Jawadat believes she’s finally getting the happy ending she’s always dreamed of. A Palesti…

    Ihab Jadallah / Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Aya

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    Seven-year-old Aya lives in an inner-city neighbourhood of Marseille. Intelligent and obsessed…

    Moufida Fedhila / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Ayouni

    Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known pr…

    Yasmin Fedda / Lebanon, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Aziza

    Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    ‘Aziza’ is a documentary on the place that women occupy in the history of decolonization in Mor…

    Chahine Fellahi / Morocco, Qatar / Short Documentary

  • Aïcha

    Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    How far can we go to break free from our past? Twenty-eight-year-old Aya is an ordinary youn…

    Mehdi M. Barsaoui / France, Tunisia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Aïcha Bonheur

    Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    Aïcha, a young long-distance runner, is pursuing her Olympic dream. Her brother Omar, a decent…

    Hakim Belabbes / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Bab El Sahra

    Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

    In the desert town of Bab El Sahra in North Africa, Gendarmerie Commander Hamid El Saber faces…

    Salem Brahimi / Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Baby Mine

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    When a Middle Eastern man kidnaps his sickly daughter, her mother recruits a dubious neighbour…

    Nour Wazzi / Lebanon, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Back to Alexandria

    Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

    After twenty years of absence, Sue must return to her native Egypt to see her mother, Fairouz,…

    Tamer Ruggli / Switzerland, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative