• The Mother of All Lies

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Asmae, a 28-year-old Moroccan woman filmmaker doesn’t have any pictures of herself as a child.…

  

  Asmae El Moudir / Morocco, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Multicoloured Bahtan

  Fall Grants 2016 - Development Stage

  Emotionless Bahtan meets hyperactive Felfella and together they discover the secrets behind Bah…

  

  Nermeen Salem / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• The Mute

  Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

  In 1960s Qatar, Mama Looloo lives alone as she builds a spaceship in the middle of her living r…

  

  Thamer Al-Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

• My Friend Gadhgadhi

  Fall Grants 2016 - Development Stage

  A few days after the assassination of left-wing Tunisian militant Chokri Belaïd in early 2013,…

  

  Rafik Omrani / Tunisia, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• The Nablus Runner

  Spring Grants 2020 - Development Stage

  Deya is a young Palestinian man passionate about marathon running. His obsession takes him thro…

  

  Haïcha Ladrouz / France, Switzerland, Palestine, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Nawara

  Spring Grant 2013 - Development Stage

  Nawara, a woman in her 20s, works as a housemaid in the home of Ossama Bey and his family, who…

  

  Hala Khalil / Egypt, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Naz (working title)

  Fall Grants 2017 - Development Stage

  One of the most successful and entertaining sporting icons of the 1990s, Naseem Hamed’s unique…

  

  Omar El-Khairy, Ana Naomi de Sousa / Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar / Feature Documentary

• Night in a Glass of Water

  Spring Grants 2020 - Development Stage

  Northern Lebanon, summer of 1958—in a small village in the ancient Christian Qadisha Valley, ma…

  

  Carlos Chahine / France, Lebanon, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Oddity Tales From A Strange Land

  Spring Grants 2020 - Development Stage

  ‘Oddity Tales in a Strange Land’ is an anthology TV series set in the Arab region. Through whic…

  

  Ahmad Samara / Jordan, Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, Qatar / TV Series

• One Week Ago, Today

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Off the coast of a small fishing town in the south of Lebanon, a man in his 40s is found uncons…

  

  Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia / Lebanon, United States of America, France, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Opening Doors

  Fall Grant 2014 - Development Stage

  ‘Opening Doors’ tells the true story of Amna Mahmoud who, from her early childhood, dreamed of…

  

  Nora Al-Subai / Qatar, Canada / Short Narrative

• Parijat

  Spring Grant 2014 - Development Stage

  'Parijat' is an enthralling drama that explores a Qatari woman's efforts to save her family's t…

  

  Hend Fakhroo / Qatar / Feature Narrative

• Plum Season

  Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage

  Nouha, a 16-year-old teenager, lives in a close relationship with her mother. Her father reappe…

  

  Rim Mejdi / Morocco, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• 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

• Red Valentine

  Fall Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  Jad is a 30-year-old socialite who thinks he’s a poet. His family is pressuring him to take ove…

  

  Amin Matalqa / Jordan, Qatar / Feature Narrative

• A Reverence for Spiders

  Fall Grant 2011 - Development Stage

  New York-based imam Omar Metwally develops an unlikely friendship with the homeless teenager wh…

  

  Faiza Ambah / Saudi Arabia, United States of America, France, 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

• Salaam Plenty

  Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage

  'Salaam Plenty' is about the memory and erasure of the presence of Afghan cameleers in Australi…

  

  Samira (Yasmine) Kassari / Morocco, Australia, Belgium, Qatar / Feature Documentary

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