Discoveries from Egypt World Cinema

A night-shift receptionist begins witnessing strange occurrences in his workplace

A girl starts to become friends with a crow

Ramy Essam Band Live Stream: 10th Anniversary of Egyptian Revolution Sunday 24th of January 2021 at 8 pm (CET) Band: Ramy Essam (vcl/gtr), Samuli Kivelä (gtr), Jesper Anastasiadis (bass), Aleksi Kinnunen (drs) Part of #RiskAndRebellion online symposium by Artists At Risk. https://artistsatrisk.org/riskandrebellion-programme-24th-of-januari-2021/?lang=en Setlist 1. Taty Taty 2. Fe Aahd El Zalem 3. Ed7ako Ya Sawra 4. Ana El Sa7y 5. Youm 25 6. E'eish, Horreya, A'adala'h Igtima'iya 7. Ya Askary 8. El ga7sh Wel 7omar 9. Mahnash Mn Dol 10. Mamnou3 11. Resala Ela Magles El Amn 12. Edrabni 13. Saura 14. Eshhad Ya Zaman 15. Ana El Shahid 16. Sa2alony El Nony 17. UA07 18. El Amiis El Karoo 19. Fe 3ahd El 3ars 20. Foul Caviar 21. El Horreya Lel Geda’an 22. Ya Habayebna 23. Lessa Bahinlha 24. Bauabet Taftish 25. No2at No2at 26. A7A 27. Hela Hela 28. Daboura W Short W Cap 29. 7arara 30. Segn Bel Alwan

In his final mission, Yassin Eltohamy hunts the informant who supplied Medhat and his crew with information in the previous films

After a shocking event, the boxer "Hamza" turns to drug addict as a move on, but the money remains a major obstacle between him and his addiction. How will he come up with the money ?

When the sun returns and the moon comes and takes all the love, the sun receives nothing in return.And how can people be similar in relation to the sun and the moon?

When a young orphan who works as a teacher in an orphanage falls in love with the marine officer Adel, her uptight manager fires her. Forced to work in a disreputable hotel, she is assaulted then arrested on prostitution charges.

A boy's childhood crush from a summer resort loses her scarf on the journey home, unknowingly leaving him with a piece of herself. Years later, now an artist, he reminisces about his first experience of limerence and still keeps the thought of her wrapped around his heart.

Adam is a young man in his late twenties , an employee in a company , he enters into a discussion with his father about his talent and ambition which he left since years ago because of living expense and life stability in a routine work to find himself confused between killing routine or pursuing his unclear dream.

After fifteen years of absence, (Karim) returns to bury his mother, but he is met with a shocking question: "How were you in the Gulf and at the same time in Cairo?"

In the backseat of a car ride through the streets of Cairo, runs a one way dialogue where the language of a space or a film is inquired about. Intercutting the dialogue, a misfit, young ballerina, dwells in an unfinished interior of a house. She looks out of the windows onto the city. As the dialogue runs, the gaze of the ballerina and the camera replace one other interchangeably. Eventually, it is not identifiable of which the dialogue is indicative of.

Conceived as a film about tourism, war and sunsets, The Birds Chose the Cards pushes Egyptian artist Basim Magdy into new territory. Shot post-pandemic on lush 16mm, his observational collage eschews science fiction elements from previous works to foreground an emotionally resonant first-person narration centering speculations on history, identity and place – accented by a propulsive soundscape bubbling with warmth and dissonance.

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Murder For Beginners is Egyptian Short Film

The film tells a story of an Egyptian mother who lives far from her hometown, Upper Egypt. Masrya tries to find happiness in these memories while living with her family in her small home in the city.

Bedu is the manifesto of how a people can be violated in its human rights. Through the stories of the son of Sinai, interviews and witnesses, we retrace the whole story of the injustices suffered by these people: the Bedouins From the days of the Six-Day War through the tourist revolution to the Arab Spring up to the coup of al-Sisi and today to Isis. Deprived of their lands and the water, hijacked by the large European hotels. Deprived of basic human rights, such as having a home, access to health services and education. Reduced to cultivating and selling opium under contract with the police. Up to the interview with Mussa'ad Abu Fajr, the only Bedouin who spoke violations suffered by his people in a blog beddna naiseh (we want to live) for which he served three years in prison. Hence, the title of the documentary, because these nomads simply want the basic right: life.

Parapsychologist Henry Wingrave looks back at three of his most disturbing encounters with the haunted spirits of the dead as he decides whether to conduct a dangerous and forbidden type of séance in this Egyptian supernatural thriller. Though his clients call it a gift, Wingrave's ability to contact the dead may be more of a curse, as his frequent interaction with these sometimes angry souls is starting to affect his own.

When a reserved young man, already struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder, signs up for an exclusive paid dating service, he never expects to be matched with someone like her—a fiercely independent woman whose face bears the permanent marks of a childhood fire. What begins as a transactional arrangement quickly becomes anything but simple. As the two navigate their uneasy partnership, the young man's OCD spirals into paralyzing anxiety, while the woman wrestles with her own insecurities about trust and self-worth. Forced to step far outside his comfort zone, he embarks on an emotional journey—not just to honor the agreement, but to prove to himself that he can face fear, imperfection, and the messy reality of human connection.

Short documentary about the Egyptian sculptor hasan khalifa

A smiling woman gracefully runs her independently owned restaurant, gradually revealing the singular circumstances of her life.

The inside story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers, including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Their success in forcing the downfall of a brutal dictatorship has changed the face of the Middle East and provided hope for millions of oppressed people across the world. Above all, it is a story of profound hope, of courage rewarded, of a people who beat back a police state and threw off the shackles of decades of degradation and oppression.

Ali is a teenage boy living with his mother and his uncle. In a single night, he finds himself caught between the oppressive calls of his mother and an uncle who entangles him in a murder and tests his silence. Ali searches for freedom and escape from this confinement by leaving the house, unaware that the price of stepping outside will be a scar that may never fade from his forehead for the rest of his life. With every word, every movement, every breath… Ali moves closer to a moment of no return. THE film has won the best film in Alexandria short film festival ( golden hypatia award )

It's been one year since the main character started smoking , he just arrived home and trying to smoke a cigarette but fate tries to stop him from smoking that one , who will win ?

What happens to a troublemaker when he falls in love?

Uncle Qandil is a film written by Youssef Maati and starring Mohamed Henedy.

Short film that explores the inner struggle of an aspiring filmmaker trying to create despite obstacles, revealing the depth of the creative process, his passion for cinema, and his search for artistic identity.

Behind the scenes of a fully integrated musical project that took a whole year of preparation! On December 7, 2024, Marwan Pablo was making rap history in Egypt on the Red Bull Symphonic stage — and today, we’re telling the story from the very beginning.

A guy that gets obsessed over a girl that he saw in a museum that he keeps seeing her randomly at random times in random days. That he starts stalking her.

Fatma is in love with Ahmed. When Ahmed is imprisoned for robbery, Fatma stands by him and gets him a job at a factory when he is released. But as Ahmed falls for Sawsan, the daughter of the factory's owner, he starts to evade Fatma.

A poetic essay film on life in Cairo today. A fusion of documentary and fiction, it draws upon the lives of Cairo's residents to portray truths about our intricate relationship with the city.

67-year-old Samir lives in Shakshouk village, where the entire community depends on fishing for income. He is one of the last few fishermen in Lake Qarun where pollution has caused young fishermen leave.

A young man falls in love with a girl who helps him achieve his dream of winning boxing championships and becoming a champion. Meanwhile, he meets a nightclub owner who seduces him and tries to ruin his life and future.

As the air stirs beyond the window, the house keeps what is not said.

In the silence following his mother’s death, a house begins to reveal an inheritance of another kind.

Ali Al Gazzar - a Sufi sculptor - encounters a visitation at midday. The guest spurs Ali to return to his creations, igniting him with the spiritual imagination of Sufi peasants, peripheral objects and rural animals in Cairo’s City of the Dead.

A documentary about a mother tells the story of the accident that caused the death of her husband to her son but all they have are photographs

The story follows Omar, who wakes up overwhelmed by sadness and anxiety, unsure how to confront his emotions. In search of solace, he finds comfort in the embrace of his mother, a space where silence heals, and love becomes his safe haven.

The story follows a rich and beautiful girl working in the field of fashion and advertising, who falls in love with an ordinary and unsuccessful young man. She begins to chase him in order to feel her love, which results in many comic situations.

Victoria College is considered one of the oldest schools in Alexandria, but after nationalization and in the new millennium, many rumors began circulating about it. However, the more the rumors increase, the more its students' loyalty to it grows.

the untold Spiritual traditions gateway through the psychedelic sight with more sound of our 21th century deep hypnosis waves

Lian, a highly sensitive young woman navigating love, friendship, and emotional attachment as she searches for reassurance, belonging, and clarity in her relationships.

During the New Year’s celebrations, Adam hides a quiet sadness — until an unexpected gift begins to lift his spirits.

In Aswan, Hassan arrives in the village coming from Cairo, trying to get to the lives of his local friends and learn about the details of their own daily routine, but soon he meets Eissa.

Two years after the woman who once bound them together passes away, Alaa and Mostafa sit down with their love and pain. They begin to speak of feelings that had long remained unspoken. With each moment, they return to a time when Maha was still with them.

A desperate father, overwhelmed by the stress of his daughter’s critical illness in the hospital, struggles to find a way to afford her treatment. One night, driven by need, he agrees to give a stranger a ride in exchange for money.

In a heartfelt journey through Cairo’s bustling streets and nostalgic corners, filmmaker Farah Al-Hashem listens to people’s unfiltered thoughts on politics, history, and daily life, painting a warm portrait of a city that embraces everyone despite its chaos.

What's strange about a barbershop with one chair, one barber, and one customer, but no mirror? Perhaps because it wasn't here yesterday, and won't be here tomorrow, perhaps because I feel it's... haunting me!

The movie takes us on a short trip inside the world of Microbus drivers of Cairo ..and we see what they face through the day with their cigarettes .. their songs, and their dreams.

A short documentary by Saad Nadim documenting the relocation of the Philae temple complex from its original island to Agilkia as part of the UNESCO-led Aswan High Dam rescue efforts, preserving Egyptian heritage amid the flooding of Nubian lands.