2022 MENA GRANT RECIPIENT

That's a wrap on our 2022 submissions 🎬 Thank you to all the amazing applications and congratulations to our Winner.

As a Somali-Canadian filmmaker, Ahmed's interest in storytelling came from exploring complex narratives, social issues and lived experiences of first and second-generation immigrants.

"My father's name" will to tell the story of a young man struggles to navigate the troubled relationship with his estranged father and his father's other family.

Stay tuned for future opportunities and follow Ahmed’s team journey in premiering their film at this year’s MENA Film Festival in Vancouver.