In this documentary, key figures who have helped shape Qatar’s football legacy talk about the nation’s journey to becoming the sporting hub it is today.

Through interviews and archival footage, it traces the passion for football that has always been at the heart of Qatar, from early matches played in the sand and gravel, to the 1980s national team whose achievements shocked the world and the sport’s explosive popularity under the leadership of His Highness the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani.

DOCUMENTARY

A film by Hamida Issa

A Qatari woman embarks on an environmental expedition to Antarctica, and journeys into her past in Qatar to explore the places that rejuvenate her soul. The juxtaposition of two landscapes - the ice desert of Antarctica and the sand desert of Qatar - is an expression of duality. The film is a love letter to the filmmaker's mother, Mother Nature and her motherland.

“Technology meets chemical crime when an international counter-terrorism force races to prevent a disaster unlike any before.”

A short pursuit drama in which every scene is actually a piece of education that allows INTERPOL to communicate best practice to their 195-member nation audience. The film will launch at the end of October, and they will take the film to conference-openers around the world.

Thanks to an incredible cast and crew. Full film out end of October.

CAST

@jaserivers70
@hannah_bellemore
@sean_tay
@superman76_lrc
@belindaduong
@russel.couch
@jeffkunjumon
@jamescfarmer
@ellie_spencer_harty
@henrylouisdavis
@benbawden
@nicanthony85
@jeanpauldv

CREW

A @thefilmhouse Production
Written & Directed by @omarkhalifa
Producer @jemina_legaspi
Executive Producer @omarkhalifa
Director Of Photography @magicei8ht
Production Designer @alleinenadalkhalifa
Editor @jameswgriffiths
Costume @saadiakhabab
Costume @samyah.ar
First Assistant Director @aydinbatr
Focus puller @sebastian_cine
AC/Locations @ashiqkhanofficial
DIT @oliverkuu
Assistant Editor @iabzd
Art Director @alleinenadalkhalifa
Art Assistant @randygile

Art Assistant @imd974
Art Assistant @a_tif974

Production Coordinator @kiinxah
Sound Recordist @soundsbyscott

Key Grip @ascenonalaykum
Grip @donpasicklab
Gaffer @admirnunustrbo

Best Boy @jamiegreasby
Best Boy @jamescfarmer
HMU @sharice.work
HMU @luckyallure
Unit Manager @moe_sap
PA @ijackiejoseph
Talent @thetalentfactorydoha
Talent Manager @ivyruiz
Talent Coordinator @arra.adore
Colorist @walter_cavatoi_color
VFX @nolabel_studio
Design Visuals @aleahparaiso

WITH THANKS

Al Samriyah Estate
Cafe 999, The Fire Station, Qatar Museums
Nabina Enterprises
Hermas Business Park, HIC, Lusail
Al Khor Farm
Msheireb, Doha Downtown
Marriot Marquis
Hamad Al Muftah

A short biography of the legendary Indian artist M. F. Husain, told through his family and industry friends, culminating in the reveal of his last artwork: the installation "Seeroo fi al ardh".

OFFICIAL SELECTION | LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021

GOLD AWARD WINNER | SPOTLIGHT DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARDS 2020

BEST DOCUMENTARY | BANGALORE SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2021

Writer/Director | Dimitri Yuri
Producer | Jennifer Mansour
Cinematographer | Christopher Moon
Production Company | The Film House
Client | Qatar Foundation

"Falling Leaves"

Written & Directed by Dimitri Yuri.
Produced by Jemina Legaspi, Shot by Nissryne Dib.

A young man guides his little sister through the inner workings of their family business: embalming dead bodies.

SHORT FILM

A proof-of-concept film about an impoverished girl in the Middle East who becomes the first female hover bike racer in the world. “Heat” is a science fiction, action, drama and is currently being pitched to Studios for development.

SHORT FILM

A film by Omar Khalifa for QAFCO

The Vikings have journeyed deep beyond Serkland on a conquest to find treasure. Led only by the torn corner of a map and the white skies above, they venture in hope that fate will guide them to fortune.

But these are the shores of Qatar. And fate dictates an unexpected turn.

THE LANDING is a film that portrays a fictitious Viking arrival on the shores of Qatar, and a narrative that symbolises the age-old bond between Qatar and Norway.

A beautifully-filmed suspense drama, with historically-accurate production design and brilliantly-integrated CGI, we sail with Viking boats, succumb to a sandstorm and witness the tale of a kinship like no other.

Made for QAFCO’s 50th joint venture anniversary with Norwegian counterpart, Yara.

FILM

A dramatic short in the world of international crime.

Shot between Qatar and Morocco, this is a promo for the longer 14min film used to train paramedics in the MENA region.

A series, Aqila, borne from the film is currently in script development.

Aqila was awarded GOLD at the Cannes Corporate Festival (2018), GOLD at the NEW YORK FESTIVALS awards, BRONZE at the Lisbon Advertising Awards for Creative Effectiveness in the MENA Region, and was shortlisted at the CRESTA creative standards awards for Outstanding Scriptwriting.

SHORT FILM

A film by A.J. Al Thani.

Out in the beautiful quiet of the desert, a man teaches his young sons how to track and hunt. Frustration leads to an apparently harmless struggle between the two brothers – but their carelessness brings about sudden disaster. Qatari filmmaker A.J. Al Thani’s film strikes just the right balance of calm and calamity, adolescence and adulthood, knowhow and panic to tell a seemingly simple story with a sense of gravity that will echo with anyone who has seen an innocent plan go horribly wrong.

COMING SOON

SHORT FILM

A film by A.J Al-Thani

Many women around the world suffer under oppression and dream of escaping it. ‘The Black Veil’ is the story of one woman who puts her life at risk in order to find her freedom.

COMING SOON

SHORT FILM

A film by Nouf Al Sulaiti

After getting her first catch of the day while crab-hunting with her father and brother, bright-eyed Jawaher shows it to her father. He dismisses her but goes on to praise her brother’s catch. Determined to win her father’s approval, Jawaher shrugs off his hurtful reaction and sets out to catch ten crabs. On her quest, she finds herself battling for a catch with Nawaf, a boy who shares her goal.

SHORT FILM

A film by Hend Fakhroo

With only a thin curtain between them, two families from different cultures share a room in a hospital. An unexpected friendship develops between the two young women, who realize they have more in common than they expected.

ART FILM

Sophia Al - Maria's 'Black Friday'

For her first solo exhibition in the United States, Sophia Al-Maria tapped The Film House to help realize her Black Friday fever dreams. The show featured a 16 minute film (Black Friday) displayed vertically protruding from a mound of sand which was crawling with broken glass and 113 unique videos (Litany) on portable devices. 

The show ran from July 26th to Oct 31st, 2016 at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

It was an absolute pleasure to work with the artist (and BFF of TFH). We look forward to producing more work together in the near future. 

For more on the show:

The Whitney Museum of American Art

The New York Times 

The Guardian 

CNN