• Speak Image, Speak

  Spring Grants 2024 - Development Stage

  Palestinian history is largely ignored by the German public. After the attack by Palestinian as…

  

  Pary El-Qalqili / Germany, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• The Station

  Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  While running a women-only fuel station, Layal struggles to keep the family business afloat ami…

  

  Sara Ishaq / Yemen, Jordan, France, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Stranger

  Spring Grants 2019 - Production, Production, Production Stage

  After spending unfruitful years studying medicine in the former Soviet Union, Adnan decided to…

  

  Ameer Fakher Eldin / Syria, Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Talking About Trees

  Fall Grants 2018 -

  Ibrahim, Suleiman, Manar and Altayeb are founding members of the ‘Sudanese Film Group’. Friends…

  

  Suhaib Gasmelbari / France, Sudan, Germany, Chad, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Taste of Cement

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  The Lebanese Civil War ended nearly a generation ago, but it remains far from forgotten, stampe…

  

  Ziad Kalthom / Syria, Lebanon, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Temporarily

  Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Reham is a 24-year-old Syrian girl who studied acting in Syria. Because of the war there, she m…

  

  Reham Alkassar / Germany, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Thank You for Banking with Us!

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  The father of the poor and bickering sisters Mariam and Noura dies and unexpectedly leaves a la…

  

  Laila Abbas / Palestine, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 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

• This Rain Will Never Stop

  Fall Grants 2019 -

  ‘This Rain Will Never Stop’ takes audiences on a powerful, visually arresting journey through h…

  

  Alina Gorlova / Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Tiger Stripes

  Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

  The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about h…

  

  Amanda Nell Eu / Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• To a Land Unknown

  Spring Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage

  ‘To a Land Unknown’ follows the harrowing journey of two Palestinians, Chatila and Reda, as the…

  

  Mahdi Fleifel / United Kingdom, Greece, France, Germany, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Trouble Magnet

  Fall Grants 2023 - Development Stage

  Growing up in Germany with Palestinian roots, Ali, a dramatic teenager, grapples with a persist…

  

  Ahmad Saleh / Palestine, Germany, Jordan, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Tshweesh

  Fall Grants 2016 -

  Beirut, the day of the World Cup. A woman walks through the relatively quiet streets – people a…

  

  Feyrouz Serhal / Lebanon, Germany, Spain, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Tug of War

  Spring Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

  Set in 1950s colonial-era Zanzibar, ‘Tug of War’ follows a pair of star-crossed lovers Denge, a…

  

  Amil Shivji / Tanzania, South Africa, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Underdown

  Fall Grants 2017 -

  Moving to Beirut’s anarchic rhythm, ‘Underdown’ follows the struggles of a Palestinian cab driv…

  

  Sarah Kaskas / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Until the Birds Return

  Fall Grant 2015 -

  Mourad, a businessman, rose to success in Algeria in the 2000s. Now a new man, he wants to stay…

  

  Karim Moussaoui / Algeria, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Valley

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  Following a car accident on a lone mountain road, a middle-aged man loses his memory. Drenched…

  

  Ghassan Salhab / Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative

• 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

• Watch Before Deletion

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  An episode of a radio show revisiting the life of an Arab music icon takes an unexpected turn w…

  

  Mohammad Shawky Hassan / Egypt, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• 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

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