The Greenhouse Development Program for Documentary Filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa is a groundbreaking initiative established by the NFCT, which ran for 12 consecutive years.

The program is positioned at the intersection of cinema, social change and peace-building and seeks to nurture a diverse community of documentary filmmakers from across the Middle East, committed to dialogue and possessing the necessary skills to create powerful films.

Greenhouse trained more than 200 filmmakers from the region, empowering them to use film as a catalyst for creating more open and just societies. Greenhouse films, such as On the Way to School, A Film Unfinished, Dolphin Boy and the Academy-Award nominated 5 Broken Cameras, explore a rich diversity of social issues.  Over 40 films emerged from Greenhouse, and most of them premiered and won awards at prestigious film festivals throughout the world.