• 143 Sahara Street

  Spring Grants 2018 - Development Stage

  Malika lives alone in the middle of the desert. There she runs a small restaurant serving two d…

  

  Hassen Ferhani / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 143 Sahara Street

  Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  In her little restaurant in the middle of the Algerian desert, a woman writes her history. Ther…

  

  Hassen Ferhani / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 200 Meters

  Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, b…

  

  Ameen Nayfeh / Palestine, Jordan, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 3000 Nights

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Falsely accused of being involved in terrorist activity, Layal is arrested, interrogated, and i…

  

  Mai Masri / Palestine, France, Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• AND STILL I RISE

  Fall Grants 2024 - Development Stage

  Aravane Rézaï grew up in a world where everything was a battle, both on and off the court. As t…

  

  Djanis Moustapha Bouzyani / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Abou Leila

  Spring Grants 2017 -

  Algeria, 1994. Terrorist attacks have ravaged the north of the country for the past two years.…

  

  Amin Sidi-Boumédiène / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Across the Sea

  Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  Nour, 27, has immigrated illegally to Marseille. With his friends, he lives a marginal and fest…

  

  Saïd Hamich Benlarbi / Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Adam

  Spring Grants 2018 -

  Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-ye…

  

  Maryam Touzani / Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• After Tahar

  Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

  A patriarch, Tahar: Indochina war, psychiatric hospitals. A grandmother, Taklit: marriage, exil…

  

  Soufiane Adel / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary or Essay

• Agora

  Spring Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage

  ‘Agora’ is the story of the return of three people who disappeared under unexplained circumstan…

  

  Ala Eddine Slim / Tunisia, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Aisha Can’t Fly Away

  Spring Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  Aisha, a 26-year-old Somali woman, works as a caregiver for elderly patients. She lives in a ne…

  

  Morad Mostafa / Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Alam

  Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Palestinian student Tamer doesn’t meddle in politics; at the same time, the memory of his uncle…

  

  Firas Khoury / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Algiers by Night

  Spring Grant 2012 -

  The sun sets over the Bay of Algiers. The city walls start to lose their shiny white, making ro…

  

  Yanis Koussim / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim

  Fall Grant 2012 -

  Ali loves a goat called Nada. Ibrahim, a depressed sound engineer who hears voices he cannot de…

  

  Sherif El Bendary / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Amal

  Spring Grants 2017 -

  Amal, an angry teenager, comes of age in a post-revolution Egypt that is undergoing tremendous…

  

  Mohamed Siam / Egypt, Lebanon, France, Germany, Denmark, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Amara

  Fall Grants 2024 - Development Stage

  "Darine, a vibrant woman in her mid-thirties, works at a small, politicised radio station in Be…

  

  Michelle Keserwany / Lebanon, France, Denmark, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Ancestral Visions of the Future

  Fall Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage

  At the heart of this cinematic ode lies the director’s biographical journey—a deeply personal e…

  

  Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese / France, Germany, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Animalia

  Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

  Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan upper-mi…

  

  Sofia Alaoui / France, Morocco / Feature Narrative

• Apprentice

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Aiman, a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer, lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modes…

  

  Junfeng Boo / Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong, 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

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