Female Cousins 2012
Three young female cousins living with their grandmother pay a steep price for trying to sell the family palace when a curse transforms them into men.
Three young female cousins living with their grandmother pay a steep price for trying to sell the family palace when a curse transforms them into men.
In a small Central African village, boyhood friends Djimi and Koni have come of age under a post-colonial government that levies crippling taxes and legally robs local farmers of their meager crops. When impulsive Koni savagely attacks a visiting government official, the resulting massacre forces the two friends on a journey that will transform them from boys into men, from farmers into soldiers and from villagers into revolutionaries. "We fight in one world so we can live in another," declares Koni as the two battle shoulder to shoulder against government troops. But while Koni embraces the politics and carnage of their dangerous new guerilla existence, Djimi longs for the simplicity and grace of the village life they've left behind. As the rebels move closer to victory, the two friends move closer to a clash of their own.
In the northern mountains of Lebanon, a Syrian man hoping to reunite with family torn apart by war encounters two Palestinian children whose own stories of exile provide a glimpse into the uncertainties he must face as a refugee.
Since the death of Jesus, Mary Magdalene has withdrawn from the world. Her hair has turned white, she eats berries, drinks water from the rain and sleeps among the trees. Alone in the heart of the forest, she remembers her lost love. She looks for a way to find him.
The movie is about a very naive young man, who wants to fix his house before it falls, but does not have the money, and rich girl who likes to spend money uncontrollably, whose father is scrooge, who would not give her access to her trust fund. In order to force her father to give her money, she stages a kidnapping with the assistance of her best friend and the naive young man, who ends up falling in love with her.
An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.
A combination of three short films tackling the subject of AIDS, a subject approached by three different directors.
Two newlyweds on their honeymoon discover that they are different in almost every way — but can these opposites attract?
To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.
For an estimated population of 4 million, Lebanon boasts some 200,000 foreign domestic workers, contracted under a system of full custodianship that deprives them of basic rights. Implemented since the start of the civil war (1975), this system is borrowed from similar ones in the Gulf countries. It is predicated on a transaction whereby the worker is not providing a service, but is rather commodified as a product, with specialised agencies organising their import under conditions not unlike modern-day outposts of slavery. Director Maher Abi Samra places his camera inside the offices of the El Raed agency with the full complicity of its owner Zein. Diligently, unobtrusively, he observes and probes. The components of this state-sanctioned system come undone methodically
Mehdi decides to get Married. The problem is he's already a married man and a father of two. He wants to take a second spouse, but he doesn't know how to break the news to his wife, Hayat.
A comedy about Dido, who plans with his friends to rob the rich scientist, who discovers the matter and transforms them by one of his experiments into tom thumbs, which makes them encounter many exciting adventures.
“Asmahane” recounts the story of a Lebanese girl who fled her country after losing her family to war, to become a belly dancer in Morocco, fitting in seamlessly into the north African country’s culture. The events take place in a scary Casablanca, where the main character, a Christian Lebanese woman, forges connections with Moroccans on her way to look for a better life.
Al Zubarah tells the story of life in the old coastal city of Al Zubarah, one of Qatar’s most significant historical sites. From the break of dawn and the echo of morning prayer, the director, Abderrahmane Sissako travels with his audience through the alleys of the old city, into mosques, courtyards and markets, mapping the traditions and daily lives of one nation in a changing world. Goods are seen arriving on dhows from the sea and on camel caravans from the desert – through capturing a day in the life of the city the film articulates how a country became a global port with international visitors. The crisp clear pictures brushed with a special painting-effect across the film makes it feel timeless and eternal.
Ali, a self-made middle-class businessman, finds himself torn between two loves: The woman he's about to marry and his old flame who barges back into his life. What will his heart dictate?
The film revolves in the context of romantic comedy and action through the character of a police officer under covered as student in a university and befriends key students to uncover a drug distribution network within the university.
Hassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his very exceptional project.
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Teacher Abdullah might be the perfect person to modernize Al-Naseem School. But can he first tame its rowdy students, especially Meshal, where others fell short?
After Somaya marries a man in his sixties, she becomes a stepmother to two daughters and a married son and lives a quiet life. However, after her husband's death, her luck goes downhill, and she finds herself in conflict with everyone around her.
Data Bank is a cultural competition program that was shown on Saudi television in the eighties, presented by the Jordanian media program Omar Al-Khatib. The idea of the program is to ask a question to six contestants on the stage in front of an audience, whoever knows the answer presses a button in front of him and answers, if his answer is correct, his balance increases, and if it is wrong, the balance decreases, which collects the largest balance is the winner,
It tells the personal story of an Emirati MMA fighter who defies his limitations and faces violent conflicts within the fighting world, intersecting with mafia elements, psychological entanglements, and police suspense. A former trainer stands by his side and tries to help him.
To earn seven million SAR from their mother’s rich boyfriend, four siblings agree to perform 14 tasks and end up in comedic but sometimes dangerous situations.
The events revolve around the life of (Abu Ruwaished) and his ramified and intertwined family consisting of his sons and daughters who are married to his sons and brother (Abu Marzouk). The whole family lives in the same house. The events deal with the relationships between each couple and the comic situations that happen between them.
On what was supposed to be the most beautiful night, a white wedding dress becomes a shroud for dreams. A shocking accusation that tarnishes the honor of the bride, Layla, on her wedding night, turns the lives of two families upside down, transforming joy into mourning and endless conflict It ends. As the news spreads like wildfire, forged evidence emerges, tightening the noose around the innocent girl. In a race against time, Layla tries to unravel the threads of the conspiracy before her life and her family's future are forever sealed.
The Kuwaiti TV series (Al-Faraj Ba'd Al-Shidda) recalls the solidarity and support of the people of Kuwait, including merchants and the rich, in donating during the time of famine between 1867 and 1870, which was called (Year of Al-Hailaq). The Year of Al-Hailaq is a famine that struck Kuwait, beginning in 1867 during the reign of Sheikh Abdullah bin Sabah Al-Sabah. Al-Hailaq is a word that means destruction or perishing. The regions neighboring the Emirate of Kuwait were exposed to a massive drought that was not expected. Kuwait was fortified and had the ability to survive this drought. The Kuwait Wall became the main destination for these afflicted people.
A musical entertainment program presented by Hassan Al-Raddad, in which an elite group of stars compete in an atmosphere full of singing, fun, and challenges that test their musical knowledge and artistic talents.
A family of amateur entrepreneurs must come together to convert their failing fish shop into a thriving business, but branching out isn't easy.
The series delves into Umm Abdullah's struggle between her desire to reunite her daughters and the harsh reality imposed by marital problems. However, reality confronts her with human contradictions and fluctuating emotions within her home, culminating in Buthaina's crisis, which leads her to decide Separation from her husband after their relationship reached a dead end.
Karim and Salem return to Dubai after graduation to establish a celebrity psychotherapy clinic. Karim is busy at work while Salem spends his time on his father's yacht. Then Karim's personal life gets more complicated.