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Moving to Beirut’s anarchic rhythm, ‘Underdown’ follows the struggles of a Palestinian cab driv…
Sarah Kaskas / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary
In this brilliantly comedic modern fable, debut feature director Alaa Eddine Aljem takes audien…
Alaa Eddine Aljem / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative
In modern-day Beirut, single mother Rita juggles her work as an investigative journalist with t…
Lucien Bourjeily / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Namir is a French filmmaker of Egyptian origin. One day he watches a videotape of the Virgin Ma…
Namir Abdel Messeeh / France, Qatar, Egypt / Feature Documentary
In this engaging and endearing short, director Odette Makhlouf Mouarkech locates a seemingly im…
Odette Makhlouf Mouarkech / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative
I hate the bled! When I was young, every summer, going to Algeria, I couldn’t do anything witho…
Hassiba Belhadj / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary
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
Before he came to power, a fortune teller told Hosni Mubarak that he would reach a powerful pos…
Ahmed Nour / Egypt, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary
The complex relationship of contemporary Beirutis to their troubled home city is beautifully im…
Ely Dagher / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative
In the run-up to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Azzedine Nouiri, the world champion in seated s…
Hind Bensari / Denmark, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar / Feature Documentary
Since 2003, Mahmood Soliman has tracked the subjects of his 2003 documentary ‘Living Among Us…
Mahmood Soliman / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary
A Tunisian couple are nearing retirement age, but times are hard, and money is tight. The life…
Mohamed Ben Attia / Tunisia, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Jamal, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, meets five young Israelis with differing ideological pe…
Jamal Khalaile, Pauline Carbonnier / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Experimental or Essay
‘When Two Worlds Collide’ traces the epic journey of Alberto Pizango, an indigenous leader faci…
Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel / Peru, Qatar / Feature Documentary
A revolution has shaped the nation, and the dreamscapes of three Egyptians are interconnected i…
Tamer Ezzat / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative
Ali, originally from Jerusalem, lives in Paris with his girlfriend, Julie. He is constantly tra…
Ramzi Maqdisi / Palestine, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative
In 1980, 32-year-old Mansour travelled to Belgium with his friends, bought cars, and set off on…
Angie Obeid / Belgium, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary
‘A Year of Endless Days’ follows two men from a Croatian village—Tomislav and Joso. They are in…
Renata Lucic / Croatia, Qatar / Feature Documentary
After losing her job as a hostess aboard a ship, Sanja finds herself stranded, with nowhere to…
Ivan Salatic / Montenegro, Serbia, Qatar / Feature Narrative
2009. Tunisian Nine-year-old Zaineb lost her father. Her mother will rebuild her life with a ma…
Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Documentary