• The Search for the Star Pearl

  Fall Grant 2015 - Development Stage

  Ali ibn Hamad, a brave, 17-year-old Qatari boy, sails the unknown seas with his friends, the fu…

  

  Hafiz Ali Ali / Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Searching For Kikhia (working Title)

  Spring Grants 2019 -

  When director Jihan Kikhia was six years old, her father disappeared. He flew to Cairo and neve…

  

  Jihan Kikhia / Libya, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Seen and Unseen

  Spring Grants 2017, Spring Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  ‘The Seen and Unseen’ is a mesmerising exploration of grief and healing through a child’s eyes.…

  

  Kamila Andini / Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Selma

  Fall Grant 2012 - Production Stage

  After the accidental death of her taxi-driver husband, Selma decides to become master of her ow…

  

  Mohamed Ben Attia / Tunisia, Germany, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Servants

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  Nabil is the guard of an old villa located by the mouth of a river. Sayed Walid, an influential…

  

  Marwan Khneisser / Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• The Settlement

  Spring Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage

  In present-day Alexandria, a factory worker, Sayed el-Deeb, dies on the job. The only compensat…

  

  Mohamed Rashad / Egypt, France, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Seven Mountains and Seven Seas

  Spring Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  Tamar, an old man, lies sick in bed in his neat European apartment. He struggles to liberate hi…

  

  Noel Keserwany / France, Lebanon, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Shadow of a Man

  Spring Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  Ahmad, 26, is the best mechanic in the mountains of Lebanon. The only car he hasn’t had time an…

  

  Niam Itani / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Shadow of the Butterflies

  Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  This is a film about the time that has gone, about regrets and fear of our own choices. It is a…

  

  Sofia El Khyari / France, Morocco, Qatar / Short Narrative

• Shadows

  Spring Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  It’s Ahlam’s first time at an airport. But soon, the excitement of travelling to a new place is…

  

  Rand Beiruty / France, Jordan, Qatar / Short 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

• 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

• Shelter

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Ahmad struggles to survive in the ghettos of Beirut. He cannot remember his past or where he ca…

  

  Kasem Kharsa / Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt / Feature Narrative

• Ship Of Fools

  Spring Grants 2021 - Development Stage

  She didn’t even know they were bombs. When her father could no longer pretend they were falling…

  

  Alia Haju / Germany, Lebanon, Qatar / Short Documentary

• The Silence of the Wind

  Fall Grants 2016 -

  Rafito deals in smuggling undocumented people from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, a ter…

  

  Álvaro Aponte-Centeno / Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Silent Storms

  Spring Grants 2020 - Development Stage

  Strange storms of yellow dust fall on a town. Nacer, a 45-year-old journalist, is covering the…

  

  Dania Reymond-Boughenou / Algeria, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Simple Cut

  Spring Grants 2022 - Post-Production Stage

  After 14-year-old Kholoud rebels and cuts her hair without her mother's approval, what should b…

  

  Maha Al-Jefairi / Qatar / Short Narrative

• A Simple Cut

  Fall Grants 2020 - Production Stage

  After 13-year-old Kholoud rebels and cuts her hair without her mother's approval, what should b…

  

  Maha Al-Jefairi / Qatar / Short Narrative

• Sink

  Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage

  Nadia (40) is a wife and mother to three children. Through her seemingly perfect life, she stru…

  

  Zain Duraie / Jordan, France, Sweden, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Siren of Faso Fani

  Fall Grant 2013 -

  Through the eyes of former workers at the once-famous cotton factory in Burkina Faso, ‘The Sire…

  

  Michel K. Zongo / Burkina Faso, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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