• 1982

  Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  A DFI Inclusive Screening Working in partnership with the Translation and Interpre…

  

  Oualid Mouaness / Lebanon, United States of America, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 5 Seasons of Revolution

  Fall Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  An aspiring video journalist in her 20s finds herself already facing self-reckoning. Born in Da…

  

  Lina / Syria, Germany, Norway, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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

• Beauty and the Dogs

  Fall Grants 2016 -

  During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves…

  

  Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Qatar, Switzerland / Feature Narrative

• Cactus Flower

  Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Aida, a struggling actress, came to Cairo from the Delta as a university student; like many oth…

  

  Hala Elkoussy / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy

  Spring Grants 2016 -

  A gripping chronicle of a revolution and war, experienced by Syrian actor Fares Helou. As one o…

  

  Rami Farah / Syria, Denmark, Qatar, France, Norway / Feature Documentary

• Companions of the White Arc

  Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  This film follows the journey of Moe Al Thani on his quest to climb Carstensz Pyramid, the fina…

  

  Elia Youssef, Mohammed Al Thani / Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Romania, Norway / Feature Documentary

• Costa Brava, Lebanon

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  In ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’, the free-spirited Badri family escape the overwhelming pollution and…

  

  Mounia Akl / Lebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Excursion

  Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

  IMAN (15) and her class are planning their end of primary school excursion. While their parents…

  

  Una Gunjak / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• IZRIQAQ

  Spring Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  In a land dotted with killing machines, Yassine finds an easy cover-up for his crime. But even…

  

  Rama Mari / Palestine, Norway, Qatar / Short Narrative

• It Comes By Night

  Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  When men turn up dead, the old folks whisper of the "aswang"—a shapeshifting beast from folklor…

  

  Alyx Ayn Arumpac / Philippines, France, Norway, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Lamb

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  As ‘Lamb’ opens, nine-year-old Ephraïm (an affecting As ‘Lamb’ opens, nine-year-old Ephraïm (an…

  

  Yared Zeleke / France, Ethiopia, Germany, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Ma-Cry of Silence

  Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

  In 2022, Myanmar remains engulfed in civil war following the military coup of 1 February 2021.…

  

  The Maw Naing / Myanmar, South Korea, France, Singapore, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• My Father's Scent

  Spring Grants 2022 - Development Stage

  A father returns home after a long absence due to his sudden illness and treatment. His teenage…

  

  Mohamed Siam / Egypt, Norway, Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Once Upon a Time in Shiraz

  Fall Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage

  Valioallah and his wife, Dorna, are living out the final years of their nomadic life in the sou…

  

  Hamed Zolfaghari / Iran, France, Norway, South Korea, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Shambhala

  Fall Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage

  In the heart of Nepalese Himalayas, Pema, a spirited woman, embraces a polyandrous marriage wit…

  

  Min Bahadur Bham / Nepal, France, Norway, Turkey, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 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

• 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

• Who Do I Belong To

  Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

  Aicha lives a quiet, secluded life with her husband and youngest son in a remote village in nor…

  

  Meryam Joobeur / Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Saudi Arabia, 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

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