Film Funding

  • Theeb

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    Arabia, 1916. Theeb [Wolf] lives with his Bedouin tribe in a forgotten corner of the Ottoman Em…

    Naji Abu Nowar / Jordan, United Kingdom, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative

  • They

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ‘They” and lives with their parents in the suburbs of C…

    Anahita Ghazvinizadeh / Iran, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Third Hand

    Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    Zineb just passed her baccalaureate. Like all the young girls in the area, she wants to study i…

    Hicham Elladdaqi / Morocco, France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • This Haunting Memory That Is Not My Own

    Fall Grants 2018 - Production Stage

    A family finds itself violently ripped apart from their native home and thrown into the sea, in…

    Panos Aprahamian / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

  • This Is Not A Drill

    Spring Grants 2019 - Production Stage

    In the wake of a radioactive blast, a young and pregnant couple, Maya and Malik follow instruct…

    Nadia Al-Khater / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Those from the Shore

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    Marseille, 2014. Dozens of Armenian asylum seekers try to survive while waiting for their appli…

    Tamara Stepanyan / Lebanon, Armenia, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

  • Timbuktu

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    Timbuktu, a historic and multicultural city in the West African nation of Mali, is taken over b…

    Abderrahmane Sissako / France, Mauritania, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Time Tree

    Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    Based on the children’s novel by the best-selling author Enid Richemont, 'The Time Tree' is a s…

    Celine Cotran / Lebanon, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • To All Naked Men

    Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    The war in Syria is drawing to an end, and the first reliable election stands on the ruins of t…

    Bassam Chekhes / Syria, Netherlands, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Traditional Qatari Songs

    Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage

    English kids' songs these days are everywhere, and our kids know them by heart and sing them on…

    Aisha Al-Jaidah / Qatar / Web Series

  • Tramontane

    Spring Grant 2013 - Production Stage

    Young Rabih is well-liked by family, friends and the community of the Lebanese village he calls…

    Vatche Boulghourjian / Lebanon, France, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Translator

    Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    Having gotten into trouble with the Syrian government, Sami has been living for years as a poli…

    Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf / Syria, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Tunnel

    Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

    A couple mourns the tragic loss of a child. Isolated in the harsh conditions of the desert land…

    Karim Souaki / Tunisia, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Two or Three things I don't know about her

    Spring Grants 2021 - Production Stage

    Lila is an 18-year-old girl living in Brest, France. She recently decided to wear a veil, to th…

    Sabrina Idiri Chemloul / France, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Under Her Skin

    Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    Oran, Algeria. When her mother forbids her from biting her nails, Sarah must now abide by rules…

    Meriem Mesraoua / Qatar, Algeria, France / Short Narrative

  • Under the Hat

    Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

    ‘Under the Hat’ tells the story of Sheikh Abdul Kareem, an Egyptian mosque prayer caller on the…

    Amal Al-Agroobi / United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • Under the Shadow

    Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

    A victim of the post-revolution state crackdown on dissidents, one-time medical student Shideh…

    Babak Anvari / Iran, United Kingdom, Jordan, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Underneath The Fig Tree

    Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage

    The weekend before school starts in early September, a family of three, Protagonist Layla (13-1…

    Nada Bedair / Egypt, United States of America, Qatar / Short Narrative

  • The Unknown Saint

    Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

    In this brilliantly comedic modern fable, debut feature director Alaa Eddine Aljem takes audien…

    Alaa Eddine Aljem / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • The Valley

    Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

    Following a car accident on a lone mountain road, a middle-aged man loses his memory. Drenched…

    Ghassan Salhab / Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative