Discoveries from Saudi Arabia World Cinema

A poignant and brutal exploration of gendered beauty standards and societal pressures, as a news anchor’s career unravels after her 39th birthday.

Shot initially in Syria prior to the civil war, Wajd is a window into the lives of three Syrian refugee musicians as they face their traumatic experiences. Verite footage of their daily lives weaves together with bittersweet musical performances, traditional Su ceremonies, and poetic imagery of a pre-war Syria that no longer exists. What unfolds is a cinematic meditation on loss, yearning, and faith.

People of the Wasteland is an experimental short-film, in a first-person point of view, depicting the clashes of Syrian fighters in the front line. In the chaos of war, the lines between right and wrong become blurred. This exclusive Go-Pro footage from inside war aims to remind us that in a territory where the landscape and the people are ephemeral because of war, only the camera can remain alive, and only the image of a certain moment can remain eternal.

The Seventh Spring was performed at the George V Adonis Theater, directed by Antoine Remi. The name of the play is linked to the events in Lebanon in 1975, the seventh year of the war.

From January 25 to May 27, 2011, the film tracks four months of the Egyptian revolution as seen through the director's eyes. January 25 is the beginning, but May 27 is not the end - because the revolution continues.

Directed by: Saeed Madbouly (Director) Muhammad Al Sharif (Director) Written by: Naguib Najm (Author) Ahmed Helmy (Author)

The film chronicles the journey of entrepreneurs in the Kingdom, highlighting the success stories of national establishments and offering insight into both the commercial and personal aspects of these entrepreneurs.

Christina, a 21 year old Lebanese, bold and carefree girl has been trying to hide her unstable relationship with her girlfriend Maya, who is rather reserved and afraid to come out in a country where homosexuality is illegal.

The Hadhramaut region in the south east of Yemen is well known for its mud brick architecture. Throughout the centuries, the population has developed very sophisticated building techniques and created a unique architectural environment. Spectacular structures such as ten-story mud brick tower houses rise up from the valley's floor. In interviews throughout the documentary, the masons describe their working techniques and the challenges they face with the introduction of new, imported building materials. The Architecture of Mud documents the vernacular architecture, the building craft and the society they belong to.

In an imaginary world, "Samel" that human in the form of a camel, takes off through a mission in which he tries to integrate into a society that hardly accepts his gender.

Two memories of mine narrated by my nephews, asking their mother (my older sister) if the images they recall are fake or real. Being raised up by my old sister and growing up in the same place, the film reflects how everything is related, revolving around the same experiences and memories.

Two guitars, the 24th underground short film made by the Saudi female filmmaker: Anhar Salem.

Directed by Abdella Zarok.

The impact of social media programs on society.

Director: Hassan Abdulsalam () Ahmed Magdy () (more) Writer: Essam Al Gamblaty (Writer) Cast: Younes Shalaby Abdallah Farghaly Rajaa Hussain Osama Abbas Samira Sedky Angel Aram

In these huge houses of the petty Tunisian bourgeoisie, when a tragedy occurs, everything is done to hide it.

A documentary that captures fragments of the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of the twentieth century until their second grand exodus after the tripartite attack of 1956. An attempt to understand the change in the identity of the Egyptian society that turned from a society full of tolerance and acceptance of one another to a rejection of the minorities. How did the Jews of Egypt turn in the eyes of Egyptians from partners in the same country to enemies?

King of The Forest , a children's comedy musical play, was held in Ras Tanura on May 28 & 29, 2026

Hussein Darby, the last projectionist of Cinema Jenin in Palestine, thought it a golden opportunity. When a German NGO came to restore the theater, Hussein was ready to prove his skills. He believed that it would help him get his job back. To revive the 50-year-old projector, he travels across the West Bank and even attempts to enter Israel. But he doesn’t know that his era has already passed.

An audacious idea consumes Yahya Al-Qaisi after joining a Saudi hiking team. How will he embark on this experience? This is what director Khalid Hwsa reveals in the film 'The Hidden Forest Man'

When the Cranes appear on the shore and introduce the Man to the world of beauty and dance, he needs to decide what priorities in his life are. The further the Man distances himself from the family, the more the Woman decides to fight through her trauma in order to attempt one last try at their relationship while the Child is lost in his nightmares and abandonment, while the Cranes keep on dancing.

A meditation on water, "Terrain Ahead" is a hybrid analog-digital experimental documentary exploring the trajectory of human impact on coastlines in the United Arab Emirates. The film asks questions around visibility and invisibility, around what is and can be documented and shared and that which cannot.

Ten years after the failed revolution of Tahrir Square in Egypt, Al-Sisi’s regime continues to practice forced disappearance, imprisonment without trial, torture. Shaimaa and Ahmed, activists in exile, and Mohamed Lotfy, who still live in Cairo, continue to fight to denounce the current government and those who, masquerading behind declarations of façade, arm and finance it.

In the case of awaiting of an intractable birth, the young Saleh meets an elderly person he claims to be Saleh himself, but in another time.

Through the years and from a very intimated point of view, this is the story of the adaptation process of two Syrian refugee's families to a faraway country called Uruguay, they completely disown.

One day on the phone between Beirut and Paris, my mother told me: Your father has serious financial problems, he must sell his school, he has no choice, the banks have no mercy. I heard the loss. I reeled. I have always been the daughter of the principal of The Lebanese Rabia school and I do not imagine it otherwise. I decided to go back home.

Nora, a 13-year-old girl, is confronted with violence and the world of the irrational. Her environment is disturbed by her visions, but seems indifferent to her suffering.

Saleh, a National Museum guard, confronts thieves targeting the ancient 100 BCE Lion Mask. During the heist, he discovers the mask's mysterious energy, awakened by a passing meteor and upon wearing it, gains extraordinary powers, becoming an unlikely hero determined to protect the museum's treasures.

The year is 1969. In the magnificent landscapes of Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, a tiny mosquito named Zozo has big dreams that set her apart from her buzzing companions. While her fellow mosquitoes are content with their usual routines, Zozo yearns for something more: she dreams of becoming a singer. And not just any singer! She wants to be as famous as Um Kulthum.

Hamed's mid-life crisis prompts him to repent and change the course of his life, (deciding to go to Makkah) to seek forgiveness. However, during the desert road trip, something happens that prevents him from completing his long spiritual journey and makes him return to meet someone who lives in his past, still.

The film tells the story of a married woman named "Rihanna" seeks to overcome the problem of the loss of memory of her husband Ramzi, who is just returning from the traditional Maristan "Boya Omar", by charging his memory with a set of data that adapts to the new situation and restore his identity, but fails to do so because of the resistance of Ramzi character Outs to interact with the new context.

After the death of her parents, a traditional and conservative young woman, Iman, has to take care of her younger sister, Noha. When her sibling is faced with a marriage proposal, Iman has to ask her uncles to meet the groom and his family, as customs in Arab societies require the presence of a man from the bride’s side for the marriage agreement. But Iman decides to disregard the tradition.

Saltwater crocodiles are the most controversial wildlife species in Australia. Even though they have dominated Australia’s coastal margins for 240 million years, their continued existence depends on us.

Al Danah (The Big Pearl) is a musical children play.

A group of TikTok content creators unexpectedly achieve viral fame after filming their friend eating rotten food. Eat, throw up, eat something else: it’s a great joke. But, as they move from spinach pizza to sushi, their chosen video star begins to suffer some horrible side-effects from all that decaying food. Blinded by their newfound success, the friends ignore his condition, even when he ends up in hospital. It is only when he falls out of his wheelchair that his friend decides to make a stand and save him from the terror of the trash can.

In this lighthearted comedy-Drama, Saeed's day spirals into chaos after he wakes up late, faces missed meetings, and a series of unfortunate events. After a reminder to pray from a grumpy waiter, Saeed returns to find his shoes stolen, sparking a wild and hilarious chase involving stolen prayer beads and unexpected twists.

In a mixed private party a crime is committed one of the female invitees gets overdosed on drugs so the host of the party decides to hold everyone under armed house arrest, followed by a wide panack and accusations to who's the real killer and among a number of suspected persons right before the interval of the police authorities and starting the investigations which would lead to discovering a linked homicide who was also killed by the same Murderer

Alaa is a security guard and monitor separated from his wife, who took custody of his only daughter, because of negligence of her daughter. He lives an internal and external conflict under the constraints of the recent past, so he resorts to a solution that he deems appropriate and contradictory at the same time.

Diana, a young farmer from a conservative family, lives in a rural village. Her mother discovers her relationship with a young man, which leads to her whole family finding out.

A Palestinian young man is being interrogated for crossing the border and suspected to be a terrorist while his true intentions stay hidden.

In Morocco, unmarried women who become pregnant risk a prison sentence. They often don’t even dare to tell their families, for fear of exclusion and rejection. The Oum El Banine association in Agadir is there to support them, under the inspiring leadership of 62-year-old feminist Mahjouba Edbouche. She takes the girls and women under her wing, providing shelter, education, and legal assistance. To try and secure them a safe home, she also seeks ways for the young mothers to mend the relationships with their parents.

Mish Mish Effendi and his friend Fayoumi spend their time doing nothing in an alley in Bulaq, one of the poorer sections of Cairo. Pretty girl Su'ad wants to send a letter to her boyfriend Abu Ali asking him to come visit her. The letter ends up in Mish Mish and Fayoumi's hands and they embark to waylay her plans.