Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All films

All Countries

  • 7amood Kahraba

    Made in Qatar - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    7amood’s obsession with electricity – more specifically, with using as much of it as he possibl…

    Mohammed Abdulla Shaheen / Qatar / Short Narrative

  • An

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015

    Sentaro runs a tiny bakery, where he serves pancakes filled with ‘an’, a sweet red bean paste.…

    Naomi Kawase / Japan, France, Germany / Feature Narrative

  • Ari

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Ari is different from the other kids at school, but he finds the best way to gain respect is to…

    Alex Murawski / Australia / Short Narrative

  • Asham: A Man Called Hope

    Arab Feature Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    The restlessness of Cairo during the lead-up to the 25 January Revolution provides the backdrop…

    Maggie M. Morgan / Egypt / Feature Narrative

  • Balls

    Arab Film Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    Middle Eastern earthiness meets Scandinavian sweetness in this comedy by acclaimed Lebanese-Swe…

    Josef Fares / Sweden / Feature Narrative

  • Before Darkness

    Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2010

    An Afghan woman hides her child because she does not have enough money to take them both across…

    Mosayeb Hanaei / Iran, Afghanistan / Short Narrative

  • Beit Byoot

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    Set in a dystopian dollhouse, Jameela, a friendly little girl wants nothing more than to fit in…

    Mayar Hamdan / Jordan, Qatar / Short Narrative