Discoveries from Saudi Arabia World Cinema

Yara lives alone with her grandmother in an isolated valley, most of whose inhabitants have died or emigrated abroad. One day, Yara meets a young stranger.

The Bahraini singer "Khaled Al Shaikh" is synonymous with musical innovation, earning him numerous awards. This film follows his creative journey from his early days as a student at Kuwait University. We trace Khaled Al Shaikh's path from Kuwait University, where he initially studied economics and political science, to the music institute in Egypt. After leaving university to pursue music, we follow his years of fame and struggles.

Through the interactions between two film directors and a longtime film extra, this documentary questions the distinction between real and fake. A game of power between assistant director and director leads to the realisation that we all live our lives as extras, ‘accessories’ in the background who wait for the chance to become a star.

Animated short film about being friends with anxiety.

The making of the play by Zeina Daccache featuring the mentally ill patients from the "Dar Es Salib" hospital.

A monologue of a woman expressing her love for life, and how it seems endless to her in a world that does not hold the same.

Director Dunia Al-Atwa presents the film "Darb Zubaida - Hiking Trip" narrating the story of a journey along the ancient pilgrimage route. Through this journey, the film documents the history of the trail and its role in connecting civilizations.

A historic night took place at Mohammed Abdu Arena in Boulevard Riyadh City, where the Saudi Entertainment Authority celebrated Mohammed Abdu’s journey spanning five decades with the event “The Night of Al-Ma’azim” on the stage named “Mohammed Abdu Arena,” under the supervision and support of Turki Al-Sheikh.

Aya and Ibrahim both live from one moment to the next, far away from Moroccan conventions. They've figured out what makes them the happiest: a wooden board with wheels on it.

Behind the counter of his shop, Simon, a grocer of Jewish denomination, has always been the confidant, the healer and the memory of the inhabitants of Zarzis, a small town in the south-east of Tunisia. His shop is a meeting-place for a collection of portraits; Tahar the progressive teacher; Hadi the accursed painter; Fatma the matchmaker; Béchir the taxi-driver... The shop turns in succession into a political and philosophical arena where everyone expresses their own vision of the world.

Syrian sisters Juli and Maryam and their mother have been living for nine years in a cramped room inside Aleppo's biggest hospital.

A company provides a service of sending people duplicates of themselves that work for them, run their errands, and do their chores, but that service costs.

When hungover Bassem wakes up by the lake shore among dead fish, his sister Youmna, whom he hasn't seen for 12 years, is there with a coffin.

A day that could also be a life. A young man who could also be an older woman. A nightmare that could also be a dream. In Tunisia, while it could also be somewhere else: on the border between the necessity and the fear to make a film, the necessity and the fear for the revolution, is This day won’t last a cooperation with a distance. That is how this self portrait turns into a group portrait. Clandestine, but straight from the heart: an end that could also lead to a new beginning.

Nadia, a medical student from a wealthy family, who is the victim of a deviant man named Hamza, whom she has known through the Internet, finds herself a victim of fraud

A group of exceptional young ladies in Khartoum are determined to play football professionally. They are prepared to defy the ban imposed by Sudan's Islamic Military government and they will not take no for an answer. Their battle to get officially recognized as Sudan's National Woman's team is fearless, courageous and often laughable. But their struggle is unwavering. Through the intimate portrait of these women over a number of years we follow their moments of hope and deception. Despite the National Football Federation getting FIFA funds earmarked for the women's teams, this team continues to be marginalized. However, there is a new spark of hope when the elections within the federation could mean real change of the entire system.

A personal essay film in which the director recounts his experiences living in the Egyptian city of Suez. In particular he focuses on the city's role in the revolution of 2011.

Athens, 1983. The world press reports that 4-year old Bashir is killed in the assassination of his father, Mamoun Mraish, a top PLO lieutenant. Father and son are declared dead but when they arrive at the hospital Bashir turns out to be still alive. But if Bashir is fully alive today, what happened to the dream he and his father were believed to have died for?

The film deals in a comic form with many social problems prevalent in Moroccan society, such as unemployment, immigration and begging, through the story of a father who could not get rid of the burden of his four children after failing to depend on themselves despite their old age, while unemployed children are forced to seek any solution, even if they are not correct, such as begging, fraud and drug use, in search of escape from their uncompromising father, who was a former boxer, and who does not hesitate to taunt them when he can.

I left Lebanon in 2006. For the past 10 years I lived in 7 countries, 10 cities, and 21 homes. I slept in 21 beds, cooked in 21 kitchens, cleaned 21 bathrooms, stared at 21 windows, wrote on 21 desks, and locked 21 doors behind me. I packed all of my life into two suitcases and a backpack. The rest stayed behind. Somebody somewhere uses my bed, somebody somewhere has my shoes. I was there. But now I am here.

Amidst the popular uprising against the Syrian regime that began in 2011, a group of former Lebanese detainees decides to break their long-held silence about the horrific years they spent imprisoned in Tadmor (Palmyra), one of the Assad regime's most dreadful prisons. They decide to testify publicly about the systematic torture and humiliation they experienced. To reclaim and overcome this dark chapter in their lives, they rebuild Tadmor in an abandoned school near Beirut. By playing the role of both "victim" and "victimizer," they will relive their survival.

The full story of the crime of losing Egyptian cinema heritage Neglected by the Minister of Culture (Farouk Hosni). Sold by (Asaad Yunus). The Saudi Prince bought it (Al-Walid Bin Talal)

A documentary profiling the work and life of Hassan Sharif in the Gulf’s art community before his death in 2016.

Amal is 14 years old when she ends up on Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution, after the death of her boyfriend in the Port Said Stadium riot. During the protests, she is beaten by police and dragged across the square by her hair. This coming-of-age film follows her over the years after the revolution. As the film cuts between the unfolding current events and Amal’s rapidly changing life and appearance, we see her searching for her own identity in a country in transition. Amal is fiery and fearless, sinking her teeth into the protests and constantly lecturing her mother, who works as a judge. A girl among men, she also has to fight for respect and the right to take part, both in the street and in the rest of her life. In Egypt, even for a young woman like Amal—her name means "hope"—the choices open to her for her future are limited.

Shattered documents tell of Julaydah, a void where men vanished, their records smudged with madness. Fragments of testimonies speak of shifting air, watching darkness, and something ancient…

In Tunis, the chance encounter between Nidal, a teenager who begs to support his family, and Amine, a famous painter in his forties who faces a crisis of creation.

'All I Wanna Do' follows the dreams of a 48-year-old Simohamed who works as a parking guard and his 17-year-old son who acts in Hollywood films such as 'Charlie Wilson's War' posing as the crippled Afghan boy or Iraqi war victim. When his dreams of going to Hollywood are dashed he turns to music and forms a hip hop group with his father leaving his slum. Like fish out of water, the duo set out to meet their heroes, enter studios and radio stations for the first time in an adventure through the music industry of Casablanca.

The new film 'Ibn al-'Am Online' is a portrait of the opposition figure Riyad al-Turk from inside the Syrian Revolution. This important opposition figure remains active underground in Syria until this day. The film resorts to Skype and other social networks not merely as part of its narrative and construction, but also as part of the filming process itself. In the end, the Internet was the first means through which we decided to present the film. Filming took place over the course of several of months, and began at start of the Syrian revolution on 15 March 2011 and was completed at the beginning of 2012.

Through the lens of a blackberry phone, the film tells the story of the city of Mosul during the time of ISIS. The film is told through the everyday life of an Iraqi family in York, and voice notes exchanged with their relatives in Mosul. Both families try to make sense of the uncertainty of the political events between June and September 2014. - https://www.remansadani.com/mouthwash

The film tells the story of an unlucky young man whose hand is trapped in a stopper of a state-owned sewer flask. Our hero then lives an adventure series with management

In an apartment where lovers of art living for nearly three years, something happens and changes everything.

Consequences of the collapse of a new realty.

Science fiction is a rare genre in the otherwise rich and diverse history of Egyptian mainstream cinema. One exception is the film "The Master of Time", directed by Kamal El Sheikh in 1987. In this film, the main character, a scientist named Mr. Kamel, is obsessed with the idea of immortality. Through radical editing, Lebanese artist and filmmaker Rania Stephan captures the quintessence of this obsession. In her film, she eliminates all fictional elements from the original and retains only the transition shots featuring doors, gates, and all forms of crossing and passing through.

A man reflecting on his actions realizes how horrible they are.

The retired actor Harry and his wife Dalia spend a quiet evening in their apartment in Philadelphia on his fortieth birthday when Maya, a romantic interest from Harry's past, appears at their front door without prior warning.

Yehya has dropped out of college and returns to his home village in Saudi Arabia, determined to settle back into his old life and routines. Then a visit from his father’s old friend turns his life upside down, forcing him to reappraise his plans again.

A journey seeks deep to the soul of a place that turned from an exile of illegitimate children and garbage into a space for cultural diversity and cinema in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

This drama tells the fate of the four daughters of Hajj Al-Bashir and their suffering from their husbands' greed for their father's wealth. Samira, the youngest of his daughters, impulsive and stubborn, is forced to marry Bashir, who works as an agricultural engineer. Will this marriage succeed ...

Love emerges in the details in this innovatively simple day-in-the-life story of a married couple who one random Monday discover each other anew due to a change in routine.

On the day of her wedding, a young girl hides from her family. The preparations and celebration, however, continue without her. The film depicts the conflict and anguish of women who face unwanted arranged marriages.