• Queen of the Hoggar (working title)

  Spring Grant 2015 - Development Stage

  Kella, a young princess, and her elder sister are forced to leave their home because of war. Th…

  

  Muhannad Lamin / Libya, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Red Olive Tree

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  The Belmakis, an upper-middle-class family in France, appear to lead a trouble-free life; all,…

  

  Karim Bensalah / Algeria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Road to Damascus

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Gunshots ring out. A bus from Beirut to Damascus crashes. The only witness is a young botanist…

  

  Meedo Taha / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Saffron's Land

  Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

  In the Atlas Mountains lies Safrana, an isolated village that was repeatedly attacked by the Fr…

  

  Yassine El Idrissi / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Samir in the Dust

  Fall Grant 2013 - Production Stage

  I always liked smugglers because they are playing with borders. But, I soon realized that the o…

  

  Mohamed Ouzine / Algeria, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• School of Hope

  Fall Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Climate change and overgrazing have brought poverty to the nomad tribes of the High Plateau of…

  

  Mohamed El Aboudi / Morocco, Finland, France, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Screwdriver

  Spring Grants 2016 - Production Stage

  Young Ziad is the star of the Jalazon Refugee Camp basketball team in Palestine. When his best…

  

  Bassam Jarbawi / Palestine, United States of America, 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

• Sirena

  Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  Lake Titicaca, 1984. Renowned La Paz engineer Morgan Cabrera drowns in a boating accident. An u…

  

  Carlos Piñeiro / Bolivia, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Sister

  Spring Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  In a small town in present-day Bulgaria, a mother and her two daughters are struggling to survi…

  

  Svetla Tsotsorkova / Bulgaria, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Son

  Spring Grants 2019 - Post-Production Stage

  Tunisia, Summer 2011. Fares, Meriem, and their 10-year-old son Aziz are a modern and happy Tuni…

  

  Mehdi Barsaoui / Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Son of a Dog

  Spring Grant 2013 - Development Stage

  Set against the backdrop of a never-ending war, ‘Son of a Dog’ is the coming-of-age story of 17…

  

  Alain Sauma / Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Speed Sisters

  Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

  Meet Marah, Mona, Betty, Noor and Maysoon – the first all-woman rally-racing team in the Middle…

  

  Amber Fares / Palestine, United States of America, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Standstill

  Fall Grant 2011 - Production Stage

  Arihote is a Kanienkehaka photographer whose life is at a standstill. When he witnesses the mur…

  

  Majdi El-Omari / Canada, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Still Recording

  Fall Grants 2016 - Post-Production Stage

  Two young artists, Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub become embroiled in the events of the besieg…

  

  Saeed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub / Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Talking About Trees

  Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  Ibrahim, Suleiman, Manar and Altayeb are founding members of the ‘Sudanese Film Group’. Friends…

  

  Suhaib Gasmelbari / France, Sudan, Germany, Chad, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• 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

• Underdown

  Fall Grants 2017 - Production Stage

  Moving to Beirut’s anarchic rhythm, ‘Underdown’ follows the struggles of a Palestinian cab driv…

  

  Sarah Kaskas / Lebanon, Germany, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Unremember

  Spring Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

  Joana is a 15-year-old who feeds her soul with literature and rock. She lives in Paris with her…

  

  Flavia Castro / Brazil, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Virgin, the Copts and Me

  Fall Grant 2011 - Post-Production Stage

  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

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