• 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

• 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

• Whether the Weather is Fine

  Fall Grants 2020 - Post-Production Stage

  ‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ follows Miguel after he wakes up in the chaos of Typhoon Haiyan,…

  

  Carlo Francisco Manatad / Philippines, France, Singapore, Germany, Indonesia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Wounded Angel

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Four loosely connected stories set in a small town in Kazakhstan at the beginning of the 90s, a…

  

  Emir Baigazin / Kazakhstan, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• You Will Die at Twenty

  Spring Grants 2016 -

  In a Sudanese village, a mother gives birth to Muzamel, a boy cursed by a Dervish prophecy that…

  

  Amjad Abu Alala / Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Yunan

  Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

  Munir is a gloomy and disillusioned man who travels from Hamburg to a remote island in the Nort…

  

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

• aKasha

  Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  Adnan is a revolutionary war hero whose love for fighting and his AK-47 are rivalled only by hi…

  

  hajooj kuka / Sudan, South Africa, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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