Discoveries from Egypt World Cinema

Due to a medical error, an old radio falls into a man’s stomach. He will have to go into surgery to have the radio removed.

Set in the spirit of the warm and everlasting magic of friendship, a 10-year-old boy decides along his best friend to apply justice to the new local chicken shop owner.

A ritual, words from a long-forgotten language. In 2018, an Egyptian mother fights in court for the fundamental rights of her daughter who was born out of wedlock. The film is inspired by this event. With great tenderness and sensitivity, Birth interweaves the story of this struggle with images of an archaic birth ritual.

Chahine’s first film, made while he was still a student at the Victoria School in Alexandria, titled “School Life”

Fouad is a disabled man who turns to literature to cope with his isolation. He falls for a beautiful girl named Widad, but she only feels sorry for him. Instead, she falls for his brother Gamil, a handsome young man who's also reckless.

Hassouna Hassan is a young rural man who leaves his town and goes to the capital in search of his artistic future. When he can't find his chance, he works in several jobs to pay rent for his room, and fall for his neighbor's daughter. But he is wary of his bad luck getting in the way of his love.

Seven women who are influential online in various fields

Years after completing his service, Counselor Sameh goes on vacation to Alexandria, where he faces a conspiracy against him.

In a world built on a relentless pace of life, we are caught in a race fueled by consumerism.

A documentary film about the life and major works of singer and composer Ibrahim Abdel Shafi. It covers his early career beginnings at Alexandria Radio, his journey to Cairo, and his success stories working with prominent artists. The film is produced by Al-Mashaheer Channel.

Deep in space, mysterious asteroids roam the solar system, holding secrets about the formation of planets and the origin of life, and possibly threatening Earth's destruction. The documentary showcases the efforts of NASA and international space agencies to detect and combat these rocks, from the DART mission to the explorations of Ryugu and Bennu. An exciting scientific journey reveals the scale of the threat... and the opportunity to understand.

A group of heirs gathers for the reading of a will in an old, dark house, where they encounter an axe-wielding slasher and a kung fu maniac. The film features an Abbott and Costello-inspired routine during a gorilla scene, giving it a nostalgic feel despite being a 1980s production.

Mohsen has a bad opinion of the Egyptian girl and decides to marry a foreign girl, but Fouad, who raised him and thought he had been rewarded for her, tries to convince him to change his view and idea of ​​Egyptian girls and that they are more attached to customs Traditions and honor.

A cup of coffee entangles the workers of Cairo Tea Factory in a series of high-stakes investigations, led by Ezz Hassan Jr.—the factory's heir and the youngest CEO in the history of the Second Industrial Zone.

Hamada a drunk guy who's trying to be sober

A documentary that monitors the unique relationship between writer Mekkawy Saeed and Downtown Cairo, which resulted in a number of famous, valuable literary works.

Director Samir Auf provides through his film a depiction of Egypt based on the paintings by David Roberts, through which he reviews the history of Egypt during the nineteenth century.

A film about Alexandria. Collecting footage filmed by Youssef Askar.

"I Thought I Was Going to Make a Poetic Film With My Brother" follows young filmmaker Ahmed as he documents his family's house in northern Egypt, set for demolition under a new government plan. Through this project, Ahmed seeks to reconnect with his younger brother by exploring their shared memories of the house and village. As they delve deeper, they uncover a deep wound that fractured their family's ties to the village. The older brother attempts to heal this wound and help his younger sibling find reconciliation.

A short experimental documentary film directed by youssef askar. Filming the streets of louran in Alexandria, Egypt.

Yousif a young man who lives with his overbearing mother in Cairo. Fakes being sick to avoid his great-aunt's funeral, so he can have the apartment to himself. He invites his friend Evie over so they can share their first kiss together, however things prove more complicated than he expected.

Two female ancestors known for their intense love for social media and their love for themselves, and their concept of marriage is completely different, as they live together in the same house, which leads to many problems and conflicts between them over the house. known for their intense love for social media and their love for themselves, and their concept of marriage is completely different, as they live together in the same house, which leads to many problems and conflicts between them over the house.

Four Brothera Deals With A Bad Cop

Inspired by a true story, Mirah, an Egyptian immigrant living in Germany, finds a unique way to adapt to the fast life of Berlin. Through the fictional story of Mirah and her journey of self-discovery, the film invites audiences to question the social masks we wear to feel safe.

"After Adam was expelled from paradise, he lived searching for images of past moments, while he continued to fall."

It discusses mental illnesses and how to confront them, as a person sometimes imagines that he is fine and thinks correctly, but the truth is the opposite, during which Ahmed Helmy appears as a thug.

Documentary about the month of Ramadan in Cairo

A journey through the relationship between light, space, and subject, in an attempt to configure one's existence within the light.

After years of debilitating period pain and unexplained symptoms, Malak finally gets a diagnosis: endometriosis. What follows is how she grapples with a tumultuous relationship with her pain, her body, and her dreams for the future.

Two bold women share their exciting stories that will challenge your thoughts about the restrictions of women at the time in the King Mariout region, one of the oldest Bedouin areas in the Arab world. The film narrates what remains of their stories and memories, the fuel for their present. Their old songs with cheerful meanings and tattoos of a static nature symbolize the last generation of Bedouins free of any manifestations of modern technology.

Asma El Bakri's first film, A Drop of Water is a short observational-ethnographic documentary following life—sunrise to sunset—in a Western desert village. The film shows various practices of an endangered way of traditional life: farming, weaving, pottery, dancing, etc.

An Egyptian high school student wants to drive a car, but will his strict father allow him to do so?

A 17-year-old Eritrean boy fled the war in his country to settle in Egypt, where he dreams to overcome the barriers and get a chance to become a promising professional football player and help his family back home.

A cultural encounter between a British lady and her Arab neighbour during lockdown.

Documentary by Ateyyat El-Abnoudy

a documentary about girls and education in the traditional rural societies of Egypt. by the late Atiyat Al-Abnoudi sheds light on the conditions of Egyptian girls in rural areas in Egypt in the year 1995.

Sir Kenneth Clark discusses Egypt and the Nile Valley. Shows him traveling there and pointing out the ways in which Egypt flourished as an early civilization. Presents the art and architecture of that early time.

In Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt. Two Bedouin sisters hide up a mountain embarking a journey to freedom and escaping forced marriages.

A comedy play about the story of the simple employee in Oran appointed by his manager as his agent, but the director is exposed to a health problem, and then the events are followed and escalated dramatically and exciting

As the Egyptian society is hit with a wave of religious and national extremism, filmmaker Nadia Kamal and her grandmother Mary resort to storytelling as they recount to the grandson Nabeel the history spanning 100 years of changes. What's a better way than storytelling to preserve identity?

One day in an egyptian town.

A documentary portrait of a traditional peasant woman, Om Said.

The events of the film revolve around a murder and in order to obtain money to reveal the secrets that crime, amidst unexpected surprises.

A video/sound installation piece recorded by visual artist Adel Abidin: "I was once served bread in a restaurant in Cairo that was so hard it seemed to me more suitable for playing music than to be eaten. It made a pleasant sound as though it was an instrument. I gathered four percussionists who earn their living by playing music for belly dancers in nightclubs and asked them to play with this bread instead."

As Hamdy fights with a fisherman and kills him in front of his daughter, he goes to prison as the fisherman's daughter goes blind. After his release, he tries to atone for his sin by approaching her. They fall in love and get married, but when he finds out that she can regain her sight, he panics.