Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All films

Italy, France

  • Cinema Paradiso

    Special Screening - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    When a film director’s childhood mentor – the projectionist in the village where he grew up –…

    Giuseppe Tornatore / Italy, France / Feature Narrative

  • 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

  • Mia madre

    Special Screening - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Margherita (the charismatic Margherita Buy) is having a rough time. She has recently split up w…

    Nanni Moretti / Italy, France / Feature Narrative

  • Reality

    Contemporary World Cinema - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    A dark, clever and at times hilarious take on society’s addiction to celebrity, ‘Big Brother’ a…

    Matteo Garrone / Italy, France / Feature 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