Film Funding

  • A Reverence for Spiders

    Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

    New York-based imam Omar Metwally develops an unlikely friendship with the homeless teenager wh…

    Faiza Ambah / Saudi Arabia, United States of America, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Scales

    Fall Grant 2014 - Development Stage

    The only source of the food on the island is mermaid flesh. The only way to keep the food suppl…

    Shahad Ameen / Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • She Was Not Alone

    Spring Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage

    ‘She Was Not Alone’ is a film about the inner, poetic world of Fatima, an inspiring and indepen…

    Hussein Al-Asadi / Iraq, United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • The Alleys

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production, Production, Production Stage

    In a claustrophobic East Amman neighbourhood, where life is dictated by gossip and violence, Al…

    Bassel Ghandour / Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, 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

  • Weedestine

    Fall Grants 2022 - Development Stage

    In Palestine’s “Area C,” an unpoliced fractured zone, marijuana cultivation is thriving due to…

    Said Zagha / Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Sweden / Feature Narrative

  • Who Do I Belong To

    Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    Aicha, a Tunisian mother gifted with prophetic dreams, lives in a rural farm with her husband B…

    Meryam Joobeur / Tunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Qatar / Feature Narrative