Ajyal Film Festival 2024

All films

All Festival Editions

All Film Types

All Countries

War

All Sections Ajyal Competition Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Katara Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox Ajyal Competition, Made in Qatar Ajyal Competition, Made in Qatar, Ajyal at Vox, Ajyal at Katara Ajyal Competition, Special Screening Ajyal Competition, Special Screening, Ajyal at Vox Arab Feature Competition Arab Feature Film Competition Arab Film Competition Arab Short Film Competition Award Winners Showcase Bader - ages 18+ Bariq - ages 4+ Closing Night Closing Night Gala Contemporary World Cinema DFI Cinema Under the Stars Drive-In Cinema Hilal - ages 13+ Made in Kuwait Made in Qatar Made in Qatar, Ajyal at Vox, Ajyal at Katara Mohaq - ages 8+ Opening Night Opening Night Gala Qumra Screenings Special Event Special Screening Special Screening, Ajyal at Katara Special Screening, Ajyal at Vox Special Screening, Ajyal at Vox, Ajyal at Katara Special Screening, Ajyal at Vox, Ajyal at Katara, Opening Night Special Screening, Geekdom Screenings Tribute to Algerian Cinema World Panorama

  • 1982

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2019

    As the academic year draws to a close at a school high in the mountains of Lebanon, eleven-year…

    Oualid Mouaness / Lebanon, United States of America, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

  • Baghdad Messi

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013

    Hammoudi and his pals are obsessed with football. Now, with the Champions League final match co…

    Sahim Omar Kalifa / Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Iraq / Short Narrative

  • The Battle of Algiers

    Tribute to Algerian Cinema - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2012

    This iconic war epic transports viewers into a watershed year of the French occupation of Alger…

    Gillo Pontecorvo / Algeria, Italy / Feature Narrative

  • Born in Syria

    Special Screening - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2016

    Since civil war started in Syria in 2011, an estimated nine million Syrians have fled their hom…

    Hernán Zin / Denmark, Spain / Feature Documentary

  • The Chicken

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    It’s 1993 and the siege of Sarajevo is in full swing. Today is Selma’s sixth birthday and, unab…

    Una Gunjak / Germany, Croatia / Short Narrative

  • Dead Horses

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2017

    ‘Dead Horses’ presents a vision of wartime on the ground from the point of view of a bewildered…

    Marc Riba, Anna Solanas / Spain / Short Narrative

  • Dounia & The Princess of Aleppo

    Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2022

    Six-year-old Dounia loves to play, learn and discover new recipes. She lives with her grandpare…

    Marya Zarif, André Kadi / Canada, France / Feature Narrative

Top of page