1982

Special Screening | Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Working in partnership with the Translation and Interpreting Institute of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University—Ajyal Film Festival is delighted to bring our popular inclusive experience back to the silver screen this year with a DFI supported film, Oualid Mouaness’ critically acclaimed ‘1982’.

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

Brother's Keeper

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys in Eastern Anatolia.

Ferit Karahan / Turkey / Feature Narrative

The Conjuring

Drive-In Cinema - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine and Ed Warren are summoned to the home of Carolyn and Roger Perron.

James Wan / United States of America / Feature Narrative

Costa Brava, Lebanon

Special Screening | Ajyal at Vox | Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

In ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’, the free-spirited Badri family escape the overwhelming pollution and social unrest of Beirut by seeking refuge in a utopic mountain home they built for themselves.

Mounia Akl / Lebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar / Feature Narrative

Fighter

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

After a courageous escape from North Korea, Jina spends some time in a social inclusion facility in the south before moving to a small studio in Seoul.

Jéro Yun / South Korea / Feature Narrative

Land of Dreams

Special Screening | Ajyal at Vox | Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

‘Land of Dreams’ takes place in the near future in a small town in America. Simin is an Iranian immigrant who works for US Census Bureau,

Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari / United States of America, Germany, Qatar / Feature Narrative

Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Yarmouk in Damascus sheltered the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world from 1957 to 2018.

Abdallah Al-Khatib / Lebanon, France, Qatar / Feature Documentary

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Drive-In Cinema - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Dalmatian Pongo is tired of his bachelor-dog life. He spies lovely Perdita and manoeuvres his master, Roger, into meeting Perdita's owner, Anita. The owners fall in love and marry, keeping Pongo and Perdita together too.

Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi / United States of America / Feature Narrative

Poupelle of Chimney Town

Ajyal Competition | Special Screening | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Young Lubicchi lives in Chimney Town, a place where the sky is eternally grey due to the countless smokestacks that billow out soot into the air.

Yusuke Hirota / Japan / Feature Narrative

School of Hope

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

In the vast expanse of desert, East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once supported livestock, but now the drought seems to never end.

Mohamed El Aboudi / Finland, France, Morocco, Qatar / Feature Documentary

The Journey Within

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

To truly grow as individuals, we must look inward, not outward. This compelling short programme showcases how a journey within ourselves can lead to a revelation at every step.

Writing with Fire

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Amid a crowded, patriarchal news landscape emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit (low caste) women.

Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh / India / Feature Documentary