An Orange From Jaffa

Special Screening | Voices From Palestine - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

A young Palestinian seeks to reunite with his mother by crossing an Israeli checkpoint. His journey with a well-meaning taxi driver leads to unforeseen tensions and dangerous consequences.

Mohammed Almughanni / Palestine / Short Narrative

Bottles

Ajyal Competition | Special Screening | Made in Morocco - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

In the heart of Rabat’s old Medina, 13-year-old Said secretly collects empty beer bottles to buy food for a dog he’s hiding, defying cultural and religious expectations.

Yassine El Idrissi / Morocco / Short Narrative

Bye Bye Benz Benz

Special Screening | Made in Morocco - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

During Morocco’s programme to replace ageing taxis, driver Kbir remains attached to his classic Mercedes 240, a vehicle rich with memories from a changing era.

Jules Rouffio, Mamoun Rtal Bennani / Morocco / Short Documentary

The Deer's Tooth

Special Screening | Voices From Palestine - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

A young man from a refugee camp embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfil his little brother’s wish—to throw his milk tooth into the sea.

Saif Hammash / Palestine / Short Narrative

Made in Morocco – Short Films Programme

Special Screening | Made in Morocco - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

Discover the vibrant voices of Moroccan cinema at the Ajyal Film Festival. In celebration of the Qatar-Morocco Year of Culture, these compelling short films offer an authentic view of Moroccan life and culture.

Meeting with Pol Pot

Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1978. Three French journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime’s leader, Pol Pot. The country seems ideal. But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining, and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country. The regime is looking for culprits, secretly carrying out a large-scale genocide. Under the eyes of the journalists, the beautiful picture cracks, revealing the horror. Their journey progressively turns into a nightmare.

Rithy Panh / Cambodia, France, Turkey, Taiwan, Qatar / Feature Narrative

Moon

Special Screening | Made in Morocco - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

Two 14-year-old Amazigh children, Hasna and Samad, use art and painting to capture light in the midst of darkness, finding beauty where others see strangeness.

Zineb Wakrim / Morocco / Short Documentary

Ode to Our Land - DFI Inclusive Cinema Screening

Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

His Highness the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was once a young man who lived in a city that would one day become a great metropolis and global centre.

Rawda Al-Thani, Amal Al-Muftah / Qatar / Feature Documentary

The Poem We Sang

Special Screening | Voices From Palestine - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

An experimental documentary reflecting on family, displacement, and the power of memory, inspired by a poem sung by the director’s father and uncle about their lost home in Palestine.

Annie Sakkab / Canada, Palestine, Jordan / Short Documentary

The Scarecrow

Special Screening | Made in Morocco - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

Saïd, a young man working in a remote field, dreams of escaping his monotonous life with his love, Zineb. But as they plan their escape, Saïd's fears hold him back.

Anas Zemati / Morocco / Short Narrative

A Troll in Central Park

Special Screening | Cinema by the Sea - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

Gentle troll Stanley, gifted with the power to grow plants, is banished from his dark kingdom and finds himself in New York’s Central Park. There, he befriends young siblings Gus and Rosie. However, the mean Gnorga, determined to ruin Stanley’s happiness, follows him, threatening both his life and the children’s. Together, they must find a way to overcome Gnorga’s menacing plans and protect their newfound friendship.

Don Bluth, Gary Goldman / United States of America / Feature Narrative

UNDR

Special Screening | Voices From Palestine - Ajyal Film Festival 2024

Through aerial surveillance and archival footage, ‘Undr’ examines the transformation of the Palestinian landscape, capturing the tension between ancient history and modern destruction.

Kamal Aljafari / Germany, Palestine / Short Experimental or Essay