Movies

Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian...

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations....

After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from...

An archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.

Nawara works as a housemaid for a family closely linked to the Mubarak regime. On the eve of the 2011 revolution the family decides, for safety, to...

A family participates in a competition to win the title of the “Ideal Family” as a solution to their problems.

Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt...

A hooker decides to repent after she gets married and gives birth, but when she discovers that her husband is an addict, she convinces two of her...

It is impossible to live between Doria and her diplomatic husband, Medhat, who asks him for a divorce, but he refuses. She is forced to go to court...

After having no job, Medhat goes to work in a hotel in Sinai and he helps his friend Majid to get a job there. When Majid saves the life of an...

A story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family planning, also covering main issue of differences between...

Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival entertainers, falls in love with a wealthy writer named Ashraf. She later takes a...

When Shaikhon marries Dalal, a belly dancer, they are blessed with two kids. Shaikhon steals Dalal's money to buy the club where she works. Dalal...

Shehata is a committed employee in a private hospital. He lives with his daughter Nemat and his wife. One day Hussein proposes to his daughter, but...

The opening of a new swimming pool is the talk of the town – particularly because Sunday has been announced as a day for women.

Several models of Egyptian citizens are introduced during the British occupation, from Shukry the army officer who refuses to shoot at student...

Mukhtar is trying to complete his marriage to his fiancée Samia, but what has been standing in their way for 8 years is their inability to...

a symbolic take on the Jewish occupation of Palestine.

Gharib recalls his life’s journey, which intersects with what the city of Suez experienced over two centuries through the Triple aggression and...