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

Atlal (Remnants)

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

A wistful Palestinian man embarks on a trip down memory lane to the pivotal locations of his life in Qatar—all of which now lay abandoned.

Tony El Ghazal, Balkees Al-Jaafari / Qatar / Short Documentary

Border

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

In an abstrusely dystopian future, a man wishes to return to his family. But navigating the complex system becomes a near-impossible journey.

Khalifa Al-Thani / Qatar / Short Narrative

Don't Get Too Comfortable

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

Shaima Al-Tamimi shares an introspective letter to her deceased grandfather, reflecting on her ancestral migrational journey and its implications over three generations.

Shaima Al-Tamimi / Yemen, United States of America, Netherlands, Qatar, United Arab Emirates / Short Documentary

Fever Dream

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

A documentary about a reality that is stranger than fiction. Sick with the coronavirus, a couple films themselves in quarantine—a five-star hotel with a sea view and sealed windows.

Ania Hendryx Wójtowicz / Qatar, Poland, United States of America / Short Documentary

A Lens Under Water

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

An eye-opening and colourful dive into the teeming coastal waters of Qatar with underwater photographer Faisal Jarkas.

Fatma Zahra Abderrahim / Qatar / Short Documentary

Made in Qatar Film Programme

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

To celebrate Qatar National Day 2021, we are delighted to present a selection of compelling shorts made by filmmakers who are proud to call Qatar home.

Olayan

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

A Bedouin boy named Hamad forms a bond with a newborn camel, who he calls Olayan. When Olayan is later sold to market, young Hamad embarks on a mission to rescue his friend.

Khalifa Al-Marri / Qatar / Short Narrative

There Were People

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

Filmed in the aftermath of the tragic explosion that rocked the city of Beirut last August.

Mohamed Al Hamadi / Qatar, Lebanon / Short Narrative

Virtual Voice

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

A digital-savvy and satirical review of our online times. Meet Suzi doll, an ego-warrior marching to the algorithms of social media—another vacuous virtual voice, echoing injustices.

Suzannah Mirghani / Sudan, Qatar / Short Documentary

When Beirut was Beirut

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

If these buildings could talk, what would they say? In this animated documentary, three of Beirut’s monumental buildings come to life and share their stories of Beirut’s unsettling history.

Alessandra El Chanti / Qatar, Lebanon / Short Documentary