A World of Colour

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Colours are universal—much like the wonderfully delightful tales in this short programme that has been specially curated for the whole family to enjoy!

Adaptation

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

A young red-haired boy draws the ire of local bullies because of his unique appearance and must summon the courage to stand up for himself.

Ngima Gelu Lama / Portugal / Short Narrative

And Then They Burn the Sea

Ajyal Competition | Made in Qatar | Ajyal at Vox | Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Filmmaker Majid Al-Remaihi ruminates on the experience of witnessing his mother’s gradual and terminal memory loss over the course of many years.

Majid Al-Remaihi / Qatar / Short Documentary

Asteroid

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Ebrahim is only twelve years of age but bears much of the responsibility for his household of five younger siblings with his mother.

Mehdi Hoseinivand Aalipour / Iran / Feature Narrative

Bambirak

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

When 8-year-old Kati stows away in her father's delivery van, Faruk must juggle his responsibilities as a single dad while holding down his first job in a new country.

Zamarin Wahdat / United States of America, Germany / Short Narrative

Before Darkness

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

An Afghan woman hides her child because she does not have enough money to take them both across Iran’s border. But her plan is exposed with heartbreaking consequences.

Mosayeb Hanaei / Iran, Afghanistan / Short Narrative

BJ's Mobile Gift Shop

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

BJ, a young Korean-American hustler, tirelessly runs throughout the city of Chicago making hard-earned sales out of his infinitely convenient “mobile gift shop”.

Jason Park / United States of America / Short 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

Captains of Zaatari

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

After fleeing the war in Syria, best friends Mahmoud and Fawzi have spent the last five years in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp.

Ali El Arabi / Egypt / Feature Documentary

Changing Times

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

Change is inevitable; it is how we adapt and overcome that defines us. In this dynamic programme of shorts, we explore the natural state of turmoil and seek to find meaning in chaos.

Colourful Feathers

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Katara - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

A family of blue chickens are ostracized from their flock. But when a fox arrives, they quickly learn to get along!

Maribel Suárez / Mexico / Short Narrative

Dear Future Children

Ajyal Competition | Ajyal at Vox - Ajyal Film Festival 2021

With global protests on the rise, ‘Dear Future Children’ is a film about the new generation at the heart of this seismic political shift.

Franz Böhm / Germany, United Kingdom, Austria / Feature Documentary