Doha Film Institute Spring 2023: Funding News

Doha Film Institute awarded grants to 29 projects in its spring 2023 funding round, with grantees including Cannes Competition entry Banel & Adama.

Directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy, the film is one of seven titles awarded a post-production grant. DFI is also making its first award to a Congolese production - Nelson Makengo’s feature doc Rising Up At Night, which is currently in post-production. Four of the 29 projects are from Qatari or Qatar-based talent.

DFI SPRING 2023 GRANTS:

MENA feature narrative – development:
Kohl & Cardamom (Egypt-Sudan-Qatar), dir: Fady Atallah
Rabies (Lebanon-Qatar), dir: Sandra Tabet
To Bled Or Not To Bled (France-Algeria-Qatar), dir: Azedine Kasri

MENA feature narrative – production:
A Quarter To Thursday In Algiers (Algeria-France-Belgium-Qatar), dir: Sofia Djama
Aïcha (Tunisia-France-Saudi-Qatar), dir: Mehdi M. Barsaoui
Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore (Egypt-Tunisia-Qatar), dir: Morad Mostafa
La mer au loin (France-Qatar), dir: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi

MENA feature narrative – post-production:
Back To Alexandria (Switzerland-France-Qatar), dir: Tamer Ruggli
East Of Noon (Egypt-Netherlands-Qatar), dir: Hala Elkoussy

Non-MENA feature narrative – post-production:
Banel & Adama (France-Senegal-Mali-Qatar), dir: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Excursion (Bos/Her-Croatia-Serbia-Norway-France-Qatar), dir: Una Gunjak
Lost Country (France-Serbia-Luxembourg-Croatia-Qatar), dir: Vladimir Perisic
The Women (Germany-Italy-Qatar), dir: The Maw Naing
Ze (France-Mongolia-Netherlands-Germany-Qatar), dir: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

MENA feature experimental essay – development:
Tell It To Bridges (Lebanon-Qatar), dir: Ali Hammoud

MENA feature documentary – production:
I Am One Of Them (Poland-Qatar), dir: Nadim Suleiman

MENA feature documentary – post-production:
The Language Of Fire (Algeria-France-Qatar), dir: Tarek Sami

Non-MENA feature documentary – post-production:
Ozogoche (Ecuador-Qatar), dir: Joe Houlberg
Rising Up At Night (DRC-Belgium-Germany-Burkino Faso-Qatar), dir: Nelson Makengo

MENA TV series – development:
Guests (Palestine-Qatar), dir: Saleh Saadi
Halaa’ (Lebanon-Saudi-Jordan-Qatar), dir: Amal Al Muftah

MENA web series – production:
The House That My Mother Built (Sudan-Qatar), dir: Alyaa Musa

MENA shorts narrative – production:
Autumn (Qatar), dir: Aisha Al-Jaidah
The Experiment (Qatar), dir: Abdulla Alhor
The Day I Smoked A Cigarette With My Father (Egypt-France-Qatar), dir: Sameh Alaa

MENA shorts documentary – production:
Playground (France-Qatar), dir: Mohamed Mesbali

MENA shorts experimental/essay – production:
No Reaching Hand (Qatar), dir: Betla Aldosari
L’mina (France-Morocco-Qatar), dir: Rande Maroufi
The Grocery List (Bahrain-Qatar), dir: Taqwa Ali