• Nezouh

  Fall Grants 2019 -

  During the Syrian conflict in Damascus, a missile destroys the ceiling of Zeina’s house. She is…

  

  Soudade Kaadan / Syria, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Niemeyer 4 Ever

  Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

  Beyond the ambient chaos of the city of Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, and the crisis that the c…

  

  Aurelia Makdessi / Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Octopus

  Spring Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

  A filmmaker arrives to work on his new film and is confronted with a colossal explosion that ch…

  

  Karim Kassem / Lebanon, Sweden, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Omé

  Spring Grants 2016 -

  Nine-year-old Elias, an active churchgoer preparing for his first communion, tests his faith fo…

  

  Wassim Geagea / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• One Week Ago, Today

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Off the coast of a small fishing town in the south of Lebanon, a man in his 40s is found uncons…

  

  Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia / Lebanon, United States of America, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Palmyra

  Spring Grants 2024 - Development Stage

  In 2015, amidst the Syrian civil war, the ancient city of Palmyra faced widespread looting and…

  

  Carol Mezher, Gabriela Flores / Lebanon, France, Qatar / TV Series

• Perhaps What I Fear Does Not Exist

  Spring Grants 2019 -

  “I can’t believe this is happening”, I said to myself when my father’s body failed unexpectedly…

  

  Corine Shawi / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The President's Visit

  Spring Grants 2016 -

  In a small fishing town, Nino sells soap at his Sultan of Soap shop. When he received a highly…

  

  Cyril Aris / Lebanon, United States of America, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Rabet

  Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

  ‘Rabet’ (Ties) is a unique anthology series that transcends cultural stereotypes to present eig…

  

  Aya Al Blouchi, Basel Owies / Qatar, Tunisia, Jordan, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon / TV Series

• Rabies

  Spring Grants 2023 - Development Stage

  Julia (60) is an ageing History professor who was a fighter in the Lebanese war. A free soul, s…

  

  Sandra Tabet / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Rent-a-Mama

  Spring Grants 2024 - Development Stage

  Nuhad, a 60-year-old Lebanese supermom with a big heart and a big fear of change, lives in her…

  

  Dania Bdeir / Lebanon, Canada, Qatar / TV Series

• Riverbed

  Fall Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  Riverbed tells the story of Salma and her returning daughter Thuraya, and their attempt to pres…

  

  Bassem Breche / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Road to Damascus

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Based on Meedo’s novel of the same title. A bus carrying immigrant farmers is gunned down just…

  

  Meedo Taha / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Roshmia

  Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Since 1956, when he became a refugee from downtown Haifa’s Wadi Alsaleeb neighbourhood, 80-year…

  

  Salim Abu Jabal / Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Syria, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Roundabout in My Head

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  While it may seem strange to think of an abattoir as a place of peace and beauty, ‘Roundabout…

  

  Hassen Ferhani / Algeria, France, Lebanon, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• Running With Beasts

  Spring Grants 2024 - Development Stage

  Amid the Lebanese economic crisis, a group of five high schoolers meets one last time after gra…

  

  Leila Basma / Czech Republic, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Salted Skins

  Spring Grants 2024 - Production Stage

  Nabil and Mikayel lived peacefully in their small house, protected from the threatening salt. E…

  

  Nicolas Fattouh / France, Canada, Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Sea Ahead

  Spring Grants 2018 -

  A young woman walks out of the Beirut airport alone and makes her way back home to her parents’…

  

  Ely Dagher / Lebanon, France, Belgium, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Sea Salt

  Fall Grants 2021 - Production Stage

  On another hot summer day, Nayla wakes up, prays, then accidentally cuts herself while shaving…

  

  Leila Basma / Lebanon, Czech Republic, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Searching For Kikhia (working Title)

  Spring Grants 2019 -

  When director Jihan Kikhia was six years old, her father disappeared. He flew to Cairo and neve…

  

  Jihan Kikhia / Libya, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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