The 9th Ajyal Film Festival, presented by the Doha Film Institute (DFI), offers local film lovers memorable big screen cinema experiences with exciting feature film screenings at Katara Cultural Village and VOX Cinemas at Doha Festival City from November 7-13. The screenings are part of the festival’s return to in-person events this year, in a safe environment that follows government health guidelines.


Costa Brava, Lebanon by Mounia Akl

Feature films at the 2021 Ajyal Film Festival to be presented at Katara Drama Theatre (Building 16) and VOX Cinemas Doha Festival City include: Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at Cannes, 'Feathers' by Omar El Zohairy; DFI-supported 'Costa Brava Lebanon' by Mounia Akl; 'Writing with Fire' by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh; DFI-supported, 'Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege' by Abdullah al-Khatib; 'Orca' by Sahar Mossayebi; co-financed by DFI, 'Land of Dreams' by Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari and 'Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair' by Danis Tanovic.


Orca by Sahar Mossayebi


'Captains of Zaatari' by Ali El Arabi; DFI Grantee, 'School of Hope' by Mohamed El Aboudi; winner of the Grand Prix Award at Cannes, 'A Hero' by Asghar Farhadi; 'Asteroid' by Mehdi Hoseiniv and Aalipour; Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin International Film Festival 2021, 'Brother’s Keeper' by Ferit Karahan; Winner of the Audience Award at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2021, 'Dear Future Children' by Franz Böhm; winner of the NETPAC award at Busan, 'Fighter' by Jero Yun; winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at SXSW 2021, 'Lily Topples the World' by Jeremy Workman; 'Playground' by Laura Wandel; 'Nobody Has to Know' by Bouli Lanners; 'Josee, the Tiger and the Fish' by Kotaro Tamura and 'Poupelle of Chimney Town' by Yusuke Hirota are the other festures films screened during the festival.

Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege by Abdullah al-Khatib