Ultramarine Films

Future Qatar EP06 National Museum of Qatar

Situated on Doha’s famous Corniche is a development that will encompass Qatar’s great cultural heritage in an epic vision of the future. Designed by architecht Jean Nouvel, the new National Museum of Qatar is the most difficult building to ever be attempted. Inspired by the very desert on which it stands, this audacious structure will be a world class cultural center that will inspire all who behold it. Join Future Qatar presenter Hamad Mejegheer as he investigates the complexities of this proect and discovers whether it is actually possible to build the impossible.

Format: 30 mins / HD Factual Series
Funding Partner: Al Rayyan TV
International Sales: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Future Qatar EP05 New Doha International Airport

When it opens the new airport will be one of the most advanced airports in the world. Showcasing landmark architecture and 5 star facilities, the new airport is set to play a critical role in maintaining Qatar’s position as one of the worlds fastest growing economies. Join Future Qatar presenter Hamad Mejegheer as he is giving special access to the passenger and Emire terminals before their official opening later this year.

Format: 30 mins / HD Factual Series
Funding Partner: Al Rayyan TV
International Sales: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Future Qatar EP04 Msheireb

In the very heart of Qatar’s capital, is a project that promises to change the way the world understands urban development. Msheireb Downtown Doha, is the first of its kind and will combine Qatari heritage with modern architecture and design, it also aims to be the world’s first sustainable Downtown regeneration project. Join Hamad Mejegheer as he discovers the challenges behind Msheireb and what it takes to build a city within the city.

Format: 30 mins / HD Factual Series
Funding Partner: Al Rayyan TV
International Sales: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Future Qatar EP03 Qatar National Library

Designed by world famous architect Rem Koolhaas, the new Qatar National Library is set to become one of the region’s most iconic landmarks. Acting as a bridge between Qatar’s heritage and future, this architectural wonder will contain over a million books ad will be the knowledge hub of the country. With the project deadline looming join Future Qatar presenter Hamad Mejegheer as he explores the challenges behind delivering this mega project.

Format: 30 mins / HD Factual Series
Funding Partner: Al Rayyan TV
International Sales: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Future Qatar EP02 Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies

On the outskirts of Doha, the team behind the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies is embarking on one of the most ambitious building projects on the planet. Redesigning the idea of the mosque for the 21th century, they are constructing an iconic super structure that will challenge everything we expect of a place of prayer. Join Future Qatar’s presenter Hamad Mejegheer as he explores the complex engineering and design challenges behind this spectacular and awe-inspiring project.

Format: 30 mins / HD Factual Series
Funding Partner: Al Rayyan TV
International Sales: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Future Qatar EP01 Lusail

In this first episode 'Lusail' the presenter Hamad Mejegheer, will take you on a journey to Lusail City, which is one of the biggest civic developments in the world. Located seven kilometers north of Doha’s city centre this dusty and dry coastal plain is being transformed into one of the most technologically advanced green urban areas ever imagined. Designed for, 450,000 people Lusail City is a glittering vision of the future where automated mass transport systems will link nineteen separate districts - each one connected to a services ‘super network’ that promises to make life greener and easier than ever imagined

Format: 30 mins / HD Factual Series
Funding Partner: Al Rayyan TV
International Sales: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Young Sons of the Desert

In times past, when the people of Qatar relied on the strength of their traditions and skills to survive the extreme environment of their desert home, children learned life’s essential lessons by following examples set by their elders. Young Son’s of the Desert tells the heartfelt story of a desert sheik passing down the hard-won wisdom of Qatar’s forefathers to five young boys from the city. Together they embark on a journey across some of the world's toughest desert terrain that binds Qatar’s old generation to its young and ensures that the nations proud traditions are delivered to the guardians of the nations future.

Finalist Al Jazeera International Documentary Festival 2013

FORMAT: 1 x 50 mins / HD Feature Documentary
FUNDING PARTNERS: State of Qatar / National Day Celebrations Organizing Committee
INTERNATIONAL SALES: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

The search for the oceans super predator

In the hidden depths of Australia’s wild Southern Ocean a great white shark, three meters long and packed with nearly a tonne of muscle, is savagely attacked one hundred meters below the sea’s surface by a far larger and faster mystery predator…An electronic tracking device attached to the great white records a high-speed underwater chase six hundred meters deep before the shark and its tag are savagely devoured…Two weeks later, after being carried in the belly of the unknown killer, the still functioning tag is excreted and washed ashore, withholding clues that could reveal the identity of the shark’s super predator. For nearly a decade the tags extraordinary data has mystified scientists…Until now.

In June 2011 deep-sea fossil fuel exploration beneath the site of the attack exposed a natural phenomenon that, for only a few short weeks each year, attracts the oceans most fearsome predators…This is the story of a super predator’s epic underwater attack that leads investigators to an aquatic battle zone, never witnessed before, where killer whales, sperm whales, colossal squid and great white sharks enter into combat in an underwater colosseum where only the fiercest creatures of the marine world can survive.

FORMAT: 1 x 60 min / HD Feature Documentary
FUNDING PARTNERS: ABC Australia / Al Rayyan TV / Screen Australia / Screen West
INTERNATIONAL SALES: ABC Commercial, Australia

Shark harbour

‘Shark Harbour’ follows the drama of the biggest scientific shark research project ever undertaken in Australia. Exploring Sydney’s ominous shark history and its people’s obsessive everyday relationship with the water, this documentary considers the uneasy relationship Australians have with the marine worlds most dangerous predators. The documentary’s final act dramatically reveals that Sydney Harbour holds a far larger population of dangerous sharks than what had ever previously been considered. But despite the research teams alarming evidence, the low rate of attacks provides proof, that for now, humans and sharks – long the feared predators of the deep - can co-exist.

FORMAT: 1 x 60 min / HD Feature Documentary
FUNDING PARTNERS: ABC Australia / National Geographic Channel / Screen Australia / Screen NSW
INTERNATIONAL SALES: Off The Fence

Sons of the sea

“Sons of the Sea” tells the story of five extraordinary young Qatari men as they sail across Qatar waters in a traditional pearl merchants dhow. Under the command of a life long sea Captain each of the boys will learn the ancient seafaring traditions of their forefathers as they explore the history, the beauty and the mystery of Qatar’s waters. Living and working on the dhow just as their ancestors did, they face daily tests of strength and skill both above and beneath the waves. Navigating by the stars; diving for pearls on a single breath of air; spearfishing for their meals and exploring deep water shipwrecks that have never been filmed before they must rely on ancient seamanship skills as well as the latest dive technology, to discover the wonder of Qatar’s rarely explored aquatic world.

FORMAT: 1 x 70 mins / HD Feature Documentary
FUNDING PARTNERS: State of Qatar / National Day Celebrations Organizing Committee
INTERNATIONAL SALES: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Future Qatar

Nowhere on the planet is undergoing such a seismic transformation as Qatar.Throughout history the world’s great civic centres have emerged when opportunity, endeavour and hope have each intersected on the human map.Now, from the sands of the desert, Qatar is rising as a new centre of the globe.In 2005, when His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani released his intricately detailed master development plan for his beloved nation – now known as Qatar 2030 – he served his people and the world with a daring vision where Qatar would become a global centre of knowledge, politics, commerce and culture, renowned for its international influence.Seven years on, the Emir’s vision is becoming a reality and the whole world is paying attention.FIFA’s decision to name Qatar as the host nation for the World Cup 2022 has helped to signal the launch of an unprecedented wave of investment in Qatar’s social and industrial infrastructure.This ground breaking documentary series stands witness to the current spectacular evolution of Qatar and the thrilling human stories behind its incredible transformation.

FORMAT:13 x 30 mins / HD Factual Series
FUNDING PARTNER: Al Rayyan TV
INTERNATIONAL SALES: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Moghaniz / The Falconers

“Moghaniz” is an observational television documentary series that focuses on falconry in Qatar. Falcon expert Ibrahim Al Naimi presents the series, guiding viewers through every aspect of the falconer’s life. Drawing on his own depth of experience he practically demonstrates how to care for all types of falcons and how to train them for specific tasks and competitive events. Each episode showcases never before filmed natural history sequences of falcons and their handlers in action, as well as the history and culture of falconry in Qatar.

FORMAT: 13 x 30 mins / HD Factual Series
FUNDING PARTNER: Al Rayyan TV
INTERNATIONAL SALES: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing

Sons of the desert

Three young Qatari men, used to the air-conditioned and remote-controlled comfort of Twenty-first Century life in the Gulf, take on the ancient desert traditions of their fore fathers. They're physically and mentally pushed to their limits by a wise Desert Sheik in some of the most severe desert conditions on the planet. They will be taught ancient desert skills, they will face specific tests as individuals and as a group, and they will live through the same adversity as their ancestors. How will they survive?

FORMAT: 1 x 50 mins / HD Feature Documentary
FUNDING PARTNERS: State of Qatar / National Day Celebrations Organizing Committee
INTERNATIONAL SALES: Al Rayyan Media & Marketing