Da Mokrane

Da Mokrane 1987

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Immigration seen from the inside. The balance of power that maintains, in an Algerian café-hotel-restaurant, the owner of the place with his customers.

1987

Personal Matters

Personal Matters 2014

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Despite the harsh reality of occupation, a young couple from Ramallah find ways of crossing conventional boundaries and celebrate life even under the most dreadful conditions.

2014

Letter from Brussels

Letter from Brussels 2018

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A love letter of the director to his children in Iraq, while preparing their favorite meal.

2018

A Doomed Generation

A Doomed Generation 2012

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Through the testimonies of five bloggers jailed a few days before the January 14th revolution in Tunisia, A Doomed Generation charts the struggle of cyber dissidents against Ben Ali’s censorship. This documentary traces the bloggers’ activism and mobilisation through the web and their influence over social media networks. It is also a report of the disillusionment of the Tunisian youth, who in the aftermath of the revolution, have been deprived of their aspirations for freedom and democracy.

2012

Into the Night

Into the Night 2021

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Louisa, in her fifties, puts up missing person posters in search of her daughter, Souad. In a few shots, Fayçal Hammoum portrays a night of wandering through the streets of Algiers. The quest of his heroine—the magnificent Djalila Kadi Hanifi, her face lined by melancholy—underlines the profound divide between the generation of independence and the Algerian youth.

2021

ملكية خاصة

ملكية خاصة 2009

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The first Egyptian short film to discuss the issue of harassment in Egypt

2009

Al Adashari

Al Adashari 2006

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Al-Adashari is a nickname he got because he has six toes on his right foot, making eleven toes on his feet. He is one of the residents of Haret El Dabaa who has always hated his bad manners, and they knew a lot about his past in theft.

2006

Microbus

Microbus 2021

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On just another regular day in Cairo, Egypt, 18-year-old Nour gets a call from her brother that he will no longer be able to pick her up. To avoid being late to work, Nour has to take a microbus, not knowing that this trip will forever change her.

2021

Cream of the Crop

Cream of the Crop 2021

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Set in a jam-manufacturing company in Alexandria, the film presents the lives of a number of employees at a time when they face financial difficulties. As they attempt to find an outlet for their financial problems, they get trapped together. The events unfold in the vein of black comedy.

2021