Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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  • Mike Says Goodbye!

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013

    Mike has been in hospital for months and now he’s well enough to go home. But when his mother d…

    Maria Peters / Netherlands, The / Feature Narrative

  • Noor

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013

    Fings wants nothing more than to hang Ramadan lights on his building this year, but he soon fin…

    Ahmed Ibrahim / Egypt / Short Narrative

  • A Picture

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    When Abdullah’s father gives him a new camera, he is thrilled. But while he is out and about ta…

    Dawood Shuail / Kuwait / Short Narrative

  • Regret

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013

    School life isn’t easy for Jochem, who is the target of the class bullies. Tino, the class ment…

    Dave Schram / Netherlands, The / Feature Narrative

  • Sink or Swim

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    In the strange atmosphere of an empty, abandoned swimming pool, friends Yinka and Glenn come ac…

    Michiel Vaanhold / Netherlands / Short Narrative

  • Sounds for Mazin

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013

    An operation allows Mazin, who is almost completely deaf, to hear sounds he has never heard bef…

    Ingrid Kamerling / Netherlands, The / Short Documentary

  • Theeb

    Hilal - ages 13+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014

    In 1916, in a Bedouin encampment in the Arabian desert, Theeb and his elder brother Hussein go…

    Naji Abu Nowar / Jordan, United Kingdom, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Feature Narrative