Ajyal Film Festival 2023

Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

  • Fire at Sea

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Over the past 20 years, the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa has been the first stop on the mig…

    Gianfranco Rosi / Italy, France / Feature Documentary

  • Fish

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Grief-stricken Armando isn’t very happy that he and his father are emigrating to Mexico, but Da…

    Andrew Ruiz / United States of America / Short Narrative

  • I've Just Had a Dream

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Two girls have very different perspectives on similar dreams in this moving short that reminds…

    Javi Navarro / Spain / Short Narrative

  • Mariam

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    When France passes a law that bans Muslim women from wearing headscarves in public institutions…

    Faiza Ambah / France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia / Short Narrative

  • The Silence

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    A young Kurdish refugee accompanies her mother on a visit to the hospital, but is terrified tha…

    Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi / Italy, France / Short Narrative

  • Tangency

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Young Hikmat barely makes ends meet by collecting recyclables from dumpsters. When he has a run…

    Bashi Kasawneh / Jordan / Short Narrative