• The Arabic Interpreter

  Spring Grants 2018 -

  After living a relatively normal life as a student studying in Berlin, Hassan reluctantly accep…

  

  Ali Kareem Obaid / Iraq, Italy, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Aya

  Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Seven-year-old Aya lives in an inner-city neighbourhood of Marseille. Intelligent and obsessed…

  

  Moufida Fedhila / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Batata

  Spring Grant 2015 -

  Shot over an unparalleled ten years, the latest film by Lebanese-Syrian director Noura Kevorkia…

  

  Noura Kevorkian / Lebanon, Canada, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Black Country

  Spring Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  The tanbour is an object of cultural unity; unrestricted by religion or nationalism, this music…

  

  Mahmoud Omar / Egypt, Qatar / Short Documentary

• Chaos

  Fall Grants 2017 -

  ‘Chaos’ narrates the story of three women in three cities – three women who have given up on li…

  

  Sara Fattahi / Syria, Austria, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Chasing the Dazzling Light

  Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

  In a small town in central Sweden, Yaser embarks on a journey searching for inspiration to make…

  

  Yaser Kassab / Syria, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Chasing the Dazzling Light

  Fall Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

  A Syrian filmmaker who lives in Sweden searches for inspiration to make a film related to his n…

  

  Yaser Kassab / Syria, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• 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

• Die Welt

  Fall Grant 2012 - Post-Production Stage

  'Die Welt' is an audacious hybrid of fiction and documentary, showing contemporary Tunisia shor…

  

  Karim Alexander Pitstra / Tunisia, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Don't Get Too Comfortable

  Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  When Shaima Al-Tamimi’s paternal grandfather migrated from Yemen to Zanzibar half a century ago…

  

  Shaima Al Tamimi / Yemen, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Netherlands, Qatar / Short Experimental

• Dream Away

  Spring Grant 2014 - Development Stage

  Representing freedom and easy cash, Sharm El Sheikh has long been a dream destination for Egypt…

  

  Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke / Egypt, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Délit De Solidarité

  Fall Grants 2021 - Development Stage

  France, 2016. Ariane lives alone in a house in the heart of the Roya Valley, making a modest in…

  

  Mounia Meddour / France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Escape

  Spring Grants 2021 - Post-Production Stage

  'Escape' is a poetic and intimate journey on the path of exile, through the story of five Syria…

  

  Katia Jarjoura / France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Fifth Resurrection of Farid

  Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. An old man comes across an odd collection of film reels, vinyl recor…

  

  Khalid Youssef / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay

• The Foreign Son

  Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Answering the call of his homeland, of which he retains only childhood memories, 50-year-old Om…

  

  Abdallah Badis / France, Qatar, Algeria / Feature Documentary

• The Foreign Son

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Answering the call of his homeland, of which he retains only childhood memories, 50-year-old Om…

  

  Abdallah Badis / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Forgotten

  Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Mustafa steals across the Israeli border with the help of a local smuggler. This is a one-way t…

  

  Ehab Tarabieh / Syria, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Geology of Separation

  Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  A poignant exploration of the migrant experience, this documentary-drama hybrid focuses on the…

  

  Yosr Gasmi, Mauro Mazzocchi / Tunisia, France, Italy, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Gevar's Land

  Spring Grants 2018 -

  Over four seasons, we follow the labour-filled days of Gevar, a Syrian refugee, whose small gar…

  

  Qutaiba Barhamji / Syria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Handala, the Boy Without a Face

  Fall Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Handala, the Palestinian refugee child, appeared in thousands of political caricatures to shed…

  

  Mahmoud Kaabour / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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