Doha Film Institute
Feel
We each have an innate sense of the world. Sometimes this comes from experience, and other times it is an inherent feeling. In this programme, we explore the power of such intuition.
Ajyal Award Winners 2019 - Short Film Programme
Set in a dystopian dollhouse, Jameela, a friendly little girl wants nothing more than to fit in with the other girls in the house.
Set in a dystopian dollhouse, Jameela, a friendly little girl wants nothing more than to fit in with the other girls in the house. But as she doesn’t look like all of the carbon-copied girls that play there, she is cavalierly rejected by them. That’s when she meets odd Yasmine and ultimately, must choose between true friendship and being an outcast or fake friendships and fitting in.

Credits

Director
Mayar Hamdan
Screenwriter
Mayar Hamdan
Producer
Ghouna Jaber
Executive Producer
Maryam Al Khulaifi
Cinematographer
Shadi Chaaban
Editor
Maryam Al Sahli, Amit Chowdhury
Sound
Falah Hannoun
Associate Producer
Dana Atrach, Mohammed Fakhro, Quay Chu

About the Director

Mayar Hamdan
A Palestinian multi-platform writer, director, and producer, Mayar Hamdan tells stories through an interdisciplinary lens, with a practice rooted in research, design, colourimetry, and culture. Whether in film, interactive media, video games, or design, her work explores SWANA-centred themes of migration, displacement, and feminism. Hamdan is the co-founder of Y2P Studios, a creative company dedic