• 143 Sahara Street

  Spring Grants 2018 - Development Stage

  Malika lives alone in the middle of the desert. There she runs a small restaurant serving two d…

  

  Hassen Ferhani / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 143 Sahara Street

  Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  In her little restaurant in the middle of the Algerian desert, a woman writes her history. Ther…

  

  Hassen Ferhani / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 200 Meters

  Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, b…

  

  Ameen Nayfeh / Palestine, Jordan, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 3000 Nights

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Falsely accused of being involved in terrorist activity, Layal is arrested, interrogated and in…

  

  Mai Masri / Palestine, France, Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Abou Leila

  Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  Algeria, 1994. Terrorist attacks have ravaged the north of the country for the past two years.…

  

  Amin Sidi-Boumédiène / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Adam

  Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage

  Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-ye…

  

  Maryam Touzani / Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Alam, The Flag

  Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage

  Palestinian student Tamer doesn’t meddle in politics; at the same time, the memory of his uncle…

  

  Firas Khoury / Palestine, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Algiers by Night

  Spring Grant 2012 -

  The sun sets over the Bay of Algiers. The city walls start to lose their shiny white, making ro…

  

  Yanis Koussim / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim

  Fall Grant 2012 -

  Ali loves a goat called Nada. Ibrahim, a depressed sound engineer who hears voices he cannot de…

  

  Sherif El Bendary / Egypt, United Arab Emirates, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Amal

  Spring Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  Amal, an angry teenager, comes of age in a post-revolution Egypt that is undergoing tremendous…

  

  Mohamed Siam / Egypt, Lebanon, France, Germany, Denmark, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Another Day In Baghdad

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Sara and her neighbours open the doors of their everyday lives for us, in a middle-class distri…

  

  Maysoon Pachachi / United Kingdom, France, Germany, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Apprentice

  Spring Grant 2015 - Post-Production Stage

  Aiman, a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer, lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modes…

  

  Junfeng Boo / Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong, 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

• Bastardo

  Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  ‘Bastardo’ is the story of Mohsen, ‘the bastard’, whose origins and history are unknown. He was…

  

  Nejib Belkadhi / Tunisia, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Beauty and the Dogs

  Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

  Mariam wants to have a nice night out, so she takes to the dancefloor at the benefit she has or…

  

  Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Beirut Hold'em

  Spring Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Fresh out of prison, Ziko is ready to start a new life. Determined to win back Carole, the love…

  

  Michel Kammoun / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Blessed

  Spring Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage

  Algiers, a few years after the Civil War. Amal and Samir have decided to celebrate their 20th w…

  

  Sofia Djama / Algeria, France, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Blue Star

  Spring Grants 2018 -

  A husband and wife are separated only by language; he speaks Arabic while she speaks French and…

  

  Valentin Noujaïm / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Short Experimental or Essay

• Bombay Rose

  Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage

  ‘Bombay Rose’ is a musical romance set on the streets of Bombay, telling the story of Kamala an…

  

  Gitanjali Rao / India, France, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Burning Birds

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  1989. A small village in eastern Sri Lanka. After her husband is abducted, tortured and murdere…

  

  Sanjeewa Pushpakumara / Sri Lanka, France, Netherlands, Qatar / Feature Narrative

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