Discoveries from Egypt World Cinema

Abu Suleiman confronts the reality of aging, battling an unseen inner conflict that leads him through a series of events to unexpected horizons.

A film about the cinema of Egyptian director Raafat El-Mehi

A blind man loves the tv series Al-AYAM).. One day, his wife brings her lover into the apartment while he's there, telling him it's just her girlfriend.

A short film that sheds light on the value of what the individual possesses in his life, denouncing the person's knowledge of this value, and raising a special question about the extent to which a person changes when he gives up his possessions.

The film was produced by the Alexandria Jesuit Film School’s Short Filmmaking Grant. The film addresses the topic of suicide and young people suffering from deep psychological issues. It tells the story of a young man, Emad, who suffers from speech problems while recording a piece of music. A girl leaves him in the studio while she attempts suicide.

Mayada, an aspiring Egyptian model, actress and singer accompanies the audience in the world of modeling in Egypt.

A series of Egyptian men let us take a peak into their minds as they cope to the ludicrous status quo of their miserable lives.

Opening with the harrowing 2000 press footage of Palestinian boy Mohamad al-Durra’s death in his father’s arms, Eliane Raheb’s film becomes both witness and participant. Her camera travels through Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, tracing the lives of countless “young Mohamads” - children forced to grow up too soon in a world shaped by the intifada. As the journey unfolds, the filmmaker’s quest becomes deeply personal, prompting her to reflect on her place within the Arab world and to question her relationship with Palestine.

Sherif who is haunted by his past, decides to confront Mourad seeking redemption.

The world through the lens of a child's imagination. This experimental short film follows a passionate child as she undergoes various inconvenient situations. She turns to her favorite doll as a means of coping, using her imagination to create a familiar, ideal world that reflects her feelings and aspirations. The film combines archival footage from the director's childhood with animated scenes to show the world from the eyes of a child.

It's a film about the struggle for economic and social rights by the quarry workers in El Menya, Egypt Quarrying is the main economic activity for the east bank. A minimum of 25,000 men and children engage in this informal economic activity. The Film tells the story of 16 year Baskaroun and his family together with the efforts to organize and gain some rights by local activists.

Maha and Mohamed talk about their arranged marriage (called "salon marriage" in Egypt), about furnishing the apartment they are renovating in a gated community called Future City, and about the mathematics of love. Their voices are heard to a sequence of photographs depicting their future apartment.

Tensions flare between 30 year-old Nadine and her boyfriend Karim as they go to elaborate means to dispose of their used condom before her parents return home. The different cultural expectations imposed on the two become apparent, bringing unspoken conflicts to the surface.

Adam is an eight-year-old boy who finds himself in the street without parents and his only friend is Pluto, his loyal dog, who goes to an animal shelter and tries to bring him back in various ways.

The work revolves around a new teacher who is hired in a girls' school that suffers from a high rate of failure due to mismanagement and lack of attention to female students, who tries to change the school system to lead it towards success, but finds many difficulties facing him in order to achieve this

in the documentary "Architect Abdelwahed El-Wakil," the architect discusses the relationship between architecture and identity, emphasizing the importance of preserving cultural heritage and embracing unique building styles. El-Wakil shares his personal experiences growing up in Egypt during political change and his quest to create authentic Egyptian architecture. He also introduces Islamic architecture philosophy to students, facing opposition, and advocates for reintroducing aesthetics into modern architecture. El-Wakil's discovery of Nubian architecture and his shift towards environmentally-friendly building methods are also highlighted, along with his fascination with the significance of the courtyard and symbolism in architecture.

A heartbroken wife trying to figure out what happened to her missing husband.

One Of Our Egyptian Soliders In A Mission In Ard Ashmon To Save Egypt

In a world where oranges have become as forbidden as illicit substances

There is no place like home.. but where is it?

All attempts by a married couple to push the broken family car fail, but a single push from the child prodigy could change the family's fate forever.

A film about the sacred oil used by the church during special occasions in Egypt.

A man chases the girl of his dreams while being haunted by a faceless mysterious figure.

A documentary about the feelings of the Nubians after the displacement from their villages in which they lived to build the High Dam in 1960, which brought all the goodness to Egypt and all the psychological harm to the Nubians.

Movie by Ali al ghazouli

Movie by Ali al ghazouli

Short Movie by Ali Al Ghazouli

Deep in Egypt’s southeast, 1,150 kilometers from Cairo’s clamor, lies a land untouched by time – Halayeb and Shalateen. Here, where the desert whispers ancient secrets and the wind sings forgotten lullabies, one family’s story echoes through generations.

METER × METER A movie talks about the astonishing rise in cemetery prices in Egypt, and how this affects the living ones not the dead?

Set against the backdrop of a convent school, this film weaves a narrative that resonates with both the past and the present. In a daring departure from convention, the film captures an incident where students boldly challenge established rules and a riveting portrayal of the clash between youthful rebellion and accepted norms emerges.

In his newest cinematic opus, artist Wael Shawky once again entrusts masks and marionettes to rethink and challenge the narratives around the birth of Mediterranean culture. In a psychedelic journey among deities, heroes and titans, I Am Hymns of the New Temple reads classic mythology anew in the unique landscape of Pompeii, creating the ground for a timely and much needed discussion on received ideas surrounding cultural and national identity.

Between Cairo and Dubai, Samar, 32, tries to rebuild her life after an acid attack by her ex-partner. The film captures five years of her mental and physical healing by helping another acid survivor.

Film By : Marwan Tarek

A teenager is left alone at home when his family travels for a vacation. He calls his friends to come spend the night with him. As he waits his Dream-reality confusion (DRC) starts to reappear.

footage from 3 different continents but with one thing in common.

Glimpses from a life of a dying man

About a man who sees eternity in the night

Egyptian Film

After his date failed due to a visa card malfunction, Naeem goes to his sister's house to borrow some money, only to discover she's been robbed, causing an emotional roller-coaster that forces him to face his feelings of self-shame.

Unsent letters from an "un"abandoned home.

Iraqi theater director Mohsen Sadoon Yasin has spent much of his life in involuntary exile. His daughter, Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez, has constructed a loving film portrait of her father, and an elegy for a homeland to which they can never return—partly because it has changed so much, and partly because it was perhaps always more a concept than a reality.

Diab, who has returned to his village with a wife, is keen to hide her from everyone to the extent of forbidding her from any social engagement. As time goes by, circumstances force him to seek his neighbors’ help. Such an emergency will make him question his radical thoughts and his beliefs about real manhood.

During his boring day job, a distressed Karim and his co-workers are facing a formal committee that are giving a random drug analysis to all employees in the building. Will they pass the test?

Upon turning 16, Sarah receives flowers from her mother, but not the kind she wants. This motivates her to go searching for a flower nursery located in historic Cairo to seek out the roses she has been desiring all her life.

a story of an orthopedic surgeon from Agami and how his close relationship to the sea , philosophy of life , firm principles and passion for woodwork led him to rediscover his true potential away from what most societies call success routes . On his journey he encounters kindred spirits who flock together in pursuit of happiness , freedom and self - expression .

A short documentary about Shadi Abdel Salam