Discoveries from Egypt World Cinema

Umm Abdullah is a woman of humble origin, who lives in a local neighborhood and fends for her family by running a hairdresser's.

A middle-aged man reflects back on his tumultuous adolescent phase while sitting in his childhood bedroom. Through intricate and deeply personal musings somehow all tied to his hair - hair growing or hair receding - we, over time accumulate meaning into the larger journey of his life.

A short film about 2011 Egyptian revolution, directed by Imad Maher

Infallibility is in the hands of my mother-in-law

Musician Farid lives a careless life, actress Laila loves him but he does not feel it, while those around him try to bring him closer to Laila, Nadia the daughter of his friend , who died comes to live in his house. Farid falls in love with her, while she falls in love with his younger brother Mamdouh

A poetic reflection on the director’s young nephew’s questions and thoughts about the Gaza war and the fate of children his age in it.

Karima becomes lonely after her parents separate and enrolled in a boarding school. Feelings of deprivation and loneliness increase in (Karima) with the passage of days, and when she reaches the age of puberty, she decides to live with her mother, who leads her in the same way that she takes, and then works as a dancer like her, and tries to entrap a lover Her mother is in love with her.

The events of the movie takes place around the film industry conflicts through a crime that takes place during the shooting of a movie. The crime uncovers the corruption and the illegal methods some producers use to fund their movies through the life of a a famous producer called Rasha Farid

Fattouh works in change currency and heroin . He is surprised that his girlfriend Susu has become addicted. A Zionist drug smuggling organization recruits him to steal the serum of scientist Dr. Nomani, that purifies the blood of addiction. Fattouh decides to take down the members of the organization and help the police catches them.

The story revolves around (Llbb), who lives quietly in a popular neighborhood, and wins from his restaurant, goes to the village of Luzah (daughter of the teacher) Radwan, comes to the neighborhood a fierce man, named (Samson) (Sambson), a good man. Unlike Samson, who is rich and powerful and lives in a palace, the weak young man (Samson) defies his strong rival. The heart of his sweetheart (Loza) begins, and the battle begins between them through the seven tricks. Samson uses his muscles and not his thought. But the father of Luzah supports Samson in anticipation of his wealth.

A stage director gives the lead role to an actress who gets completely in character and becomes the fraudster who steals a precious necklace from one of the stores. As she escapes to Cairo, she puts the necklace in the pocket of a well-known singer who discovers her singing talent.

Doaa el-Adl, the first woman to be awarded the esteemed Journalistic Distinction in Caricature, serves as a catalyst for transformation within the predominantly male-dominated realm of Egyptian political cartoonists. Challenging patriarchal norms, she routinely confronts censorship, harassment, and even threats to her life. In a remarkable fusion of documentary, cartoons, and animation, Egyptian director Nada Riyadh breathes life into el-Adl's most renowned works. This dynamic and fearless presentation delves into the issue of violence against women, stretching the boundaries of freedom of speech in a society often characterized by restrictions. Through her exceptional talent, el-Adl not only champions women's rights but also serves as an inspiration for societal change.

Ahlam is a poor girl who's forced to work as a maid to support herself. She works for the handsome millionaire Mustafa and falls for him. As he falls for her as well, he showers her with money and gifts, until he decides to travel abroad and she falls apart.

In Cairo in 1914, two friends meet two girls from behind the Yashmak. They are Nima, Muhammad’s sister, and her friend Hosnia. The two young men fall in love, but the girl proposes to another young man, which shocks Hassan, so his friend stands next to him. A sin occurs between Hosnia and Hassan, the result of which is that... Hosnia gives birth to Souad. Souad grows up without knowing a father.

The events of the story revolve around (Al-Sharnoubi), the stingy man whose brother dies and leaves five orphans after him in order to take care of them and take care of them and raise them.

The story of the largest marine rescue in history.

As Tariq and Laila, a married couple, shop for a gift for her mom, Tariq buys shoes he likes, then evades visiting the mother whom he hates. In the morning, two men attack Tariq, who suffers a respiratory arrest and dies at the age of 40. Laila recalls her memories with Tariq and hallucinates about him.

Set in the confines of an impoverished Cairo neighborhood, a community's everyday life is threatened by the ruthless rhythms of Tanneries, rotary driers crushing animal skin, hazards of poisonous waste water, Tahyea desperately clings to her brother, Saqr, whose only dream is to escape.

The film revolves around a wealthy man who loves a foreign dancer. Another person who works for the wealthy man also falls in love with this dancer, which leads to his wife's suspicions. She complains to her brother, who argues with his sister's husband. This argument results in the wife's brother being shot, the husband fleeing, and the wife dying after giving birth to a daughter.

Hosny suffers from terrifying nightmares, so he resorts to a psychiatrist to help him

727 Starring: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz Hala Sedky Majed El Kadwany Abdullah Farghaly Haggag Abdel Azim El Ghabas Mohamed El Sharqawy Naeem Issa

The servant (Othman) falls in love with one of the servants. Her mistress finds out and fires them both. (Othman) works in many professions but does not achieve success. In the end, he works as a telegraph deliverer. Due to his extreme laziness, he delays the delivery of an important telegram to a wealthy man, which disrupts a deal on the stock exchange. The stock exchange flourishes and the wealthy man makes a lot of money. He looks for (Othman) to reward him.

A musical journey in the world of Egyptian weddings with its mood, rhythm and heritage

Watching children working in a leather tannery in Cairo we discover the inhuman conditions which the people who live and work in the tanneries have to endure, surrounded by very dangerous chemicals, harmful to man and the environment.

The film is set around the figure of Said (Ahmed Eid) who is struggling to complete his marriage to the girl to allow (May Kassab) and apply for an apartment within a conservation projects, but after obtaining the approval surprised by the events of the revolution on January 25, which prevents him from receiving, and begins suffering in attempt to rescue his sister and fulfillment to continue within the ranks of the rebels but surprised himself amid the rows ... Events follow each other with the descent of the army of the streets and to prosecute the former president and his two sons and the former regime, so that by allowing the marriage happy and having three children of different ideas between the liberal and the Islamic Brotherhood and the reference to the division of Egypt.

Darwish is trying to improve the social and economic situation of his family by exploiting his neighbor Hassan, but what are the difficulties he faces?

Cardinal Giovanni (Yusuf Wehbe) falls into a difficult moral position, when (Estonzzi) confesses to him that he has committed a murder, and after the disappearance of (Estonzzi), the accused, Juliano, the brother of the real accused, is accused of using the Cardinal in a major confusion between his religious duty The one who is obliged not to divulge what he admitted (Estonzazi), and among his human conscience, who dictates that he testify in order to absolve the accused of being unjustly acquitted.

A short documentary about the pointe ballet shoe

After her mother's death, Maya, an ordinary Egyptian girl, sets out to become a superhero vigilante.

After the young man Mohsen deceives the rural girl, Saniya, he abandons her and accuses her of stealing the ring. She is arrested and imprisoned, and gives birth to their son. Years pass, the boy grows up, and is accused of a robbery and murder case. Fate wills that Mohsen take a stand The executioner and the judge recognize Saniya and ask her for forgiveness.

After his wife's death, Mokhtar decides to stay celibate and take care of his children. But he changes his mind when he falls for Nihad and marries her. Their happy marriage is disturbed when Nihad gets pregnant which brings up painful memories for Mokhtar whose first wife died in childbirth.

When she was a teenager, Nadia was raped by Essam, which led her to abhor sex so much that it caused her divorce from her husband Hussein. As she meets Ahmed and falls for him, Essam reappears in her life, prompting her to seek treatment for her trauma.

Kamel Amel is a man who gains great wealth and moves from a life of poverty to a life of wealth and luxury. This incident arouses the interest of journalist Suhair, who finds in his transformation journalistic material. She contacts him and writes articles about him brimming with sarcasm and mockery, accusing him of He is a foolish millionaire, and a relative who envies his wealth is exploiting these articles and demanding that he be placed under guardianship

Wael Shawky’s epic marionette animation film offers a view on the history of the Crusades, retracing events that unfolded over a period of four years (1096-1099) and played a key role in subsequent historical developments, shaking to the core the Arab world and its relations with the West. This horror film of sorts provides a precise description of the places in the Middle East and Europe that formed the backdrop for the early Crusades, following the course of events after a Papal mandate sent half-a-million Franks on a military campaign to ‘reclaim’ Jerusalem from the Muslim armies. To bring these episodes alive, the production uses highly expressive 200-year-old marionettes from the Lupi collection in Turin, dressed in costumes of the Christian and Muslim armies of the time, allowing viewers to momentarily suspend disbelief and immerse themselves in a tragic history, distant in time but not effect.

Afreet Am Abdo

Tattah’s one unlucky mall guard whose life gets even more complicated after running over a cat and getting cursed for it; he also affects Faten,the woman he secretly loves with the same curse, making life even more difficult.

This documentary tries to capture the fresh sense of triumph in the eyes of the Egyptian soldiers after the 1973 war with Israel.

A group of young people, who spent their childhood in the bibliotheca Alexandria and discovered their talents and future through the library, including the director himself, we see what they do after the library phase.

In a context of comedy and romance, Hassan and Malak live in a poor neighborhood whose people feed on chicken legs and skeletons. The film deals with the issue of high prices, monopoly, and the greed of merchants and the resulting difficulties of living, and the extent of love’s ability to withstand this atmosphere.

The play Wanis talks about the famous family, which is the family of Wanis, but several paradoxes occur, the first is Wanis sitting at home and Misa is the one who works now and exposes them to a mute girl who everyone offers help and is loved by the eldest children of Wanis and a TV show comes to them competitions to ask them questions and they answer them and many paradoxes

A family pushes their daughter Nadia into prostitution for money. One day, two young men hit her with their car, and when they find out what she does for a living, they make a bet on which one will succeed in getting her to clean up her act.

Elham is an honest girl, but when her father loses all his wealth, she's forced to deviate from the right path after losing her virginity, she becomes a model to a sculptor and then a night girl in a nightclub, until an affectionate man intervenes and takes her hand to a more compassionate horizon.

Nine people with mutual history meet in one place, which eventually reveals a lot of dark secrets that were hidden for too long. A ruthless battle ensues between them, but who will finally have the upper hand?

Adel is a businessman, on one of his visits to Cairo he meets the prostitute Zaynab, who agrees to stay with him in his hotel for a sum of money. While living with him, Zaynab starts to change, and Adel soon discovers that he fell in love with her.

The story discusses the issue of immigration among young Egyptians in the 1960s and 1970s. As Nader and Amira prepare to emigrate abroad, they begin to rethink it after seeing the patriotic feelings of foreigners, who are residing in Egypt, for their countries

Antar dies and he orders his son to complete the mission. Since Antar's son inherited his father's courage and boldness, he takes it upon himself to fight polytheism and paganism. He works to strengthen the religion of Islam and wages wars against the pagans, until he falls into Gharam, the daughter of an Arab prince, falls in love with him, but there is someone who threatens this nascent love: a pagan prince who wants to marry her.