Under the Fig Trees 2022
Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections.
Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections.
Adam is allergic to love, but somehow ends up engaged to both his boss's daughter and his first love. Now he must try to keep his double life a secret.
Years have passed since the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save themselves, in a fateful operation that is the largest, most dangerous, and most important in the history of the sons of Rizk.
Film describes the miserable existence of a charcoal-burner who is barely able to feed his family. His search for work in town ends in failure and he is forced to return to his village.
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
In what could be considered a follow up to Al Qasimi’s 2020 work Mother of Fire, she once again invokes the figure of the jinn (spirits in Islamic mythology) to explore the ghosts of British imperialism in the UAE. As its spectre lingers on the horizon, two teenage girls seek to liberate a pirate damned to spend purgatory on a site now being developed into a hotel. Originally commissioned for Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present, Al Qasimi entangles historical narratives with contemporary notions of piracy. In examining how it has been historically and culturally represented, new perspectives of old mythographies come into focus. (Myriam Mouflih)
Dr. Raafat faces challenges and difficulties in raising his three daughters, Fawzia (Sanaa Younis), Soso (Shreihan) and Nadia (Ijlal Zaki).
Two cousins, both from a middle-class background, finally see their dream come true when their inheritance is rightfully returned to them following their uncle’s death. Soon after, and to their shock, they discover that the inheritance is in the form of illegal goods. To liquidate these goods, they create an elaborate mobile game to sell them through it. They call this game… “Siko Siko”. The cousins enjoy a brief moment of spectacular success before a mob boss appears in their lives, claiming to be the real owner of the goods!
In this dystopian thriller, with civilization a thing of the past, a man puts his family in peril when he reluctantly lets outsiders into his compound.
The kidnapping of a little girl creates tension and suspicion in Algiers. Only Dounia, a brilliant psychiatrist, and Sami, a police inspector, can unearth the demons of the past.
Trump’s declarations concerning Israel and a Palestinian immigrant’s uncle’s medical diagnosis conspire to throw the latter into crisis, push him into provocative encounters, and jeopardize his relationship.
Yassin (Hisham Magdy) and Sara (Hana El Zahid) meet and find themselves in romantic, comedic situations. Omnia (Mai Omar) and Tarek (Ahmed Saadany), the most famous couple on social media, share with us their real story. Amal (Asmaa Galal) and Mohamed (Mohamed Sharnoubi) discover the betrayal of the love of his life. Yasra (Huda El Mufti) embarks on a crazy adventure against her fiancé (Mohamed Salam). What will these hours do in the lives of our heroes?
Kareem, a divorced young man, seeks the help of his girl friends from college to get back to his wife, Gigi. However, most of them like him, which makes the situation even more complicated as he tries to win Gigi back.
After learning to protect a truce among a community of animals, three young goats embark on an adventurous journey to keep a ceasefire intact throughout their society.
In a high school plagued by five unruly students who have failed to graduate for over a decade, the principal hires a new teacher in a last-ditch effort to restore order. Effat, the newly appointed instructor, takes on the challenge with hopes of reforming the troublemakers into model students.
Hammaam lives with his big family in a crowded Egyptian alley. As he is jobless, he loses his girl to a rich suitor. He then decides to leave for Amsterdam where his uncle has immigrated long ago. As soon as he arrives he loses his money and passport and gets assaulted in an inn. Adriano the young Egyptian emigrant saves his neck and helps him find his uncle who dumps him. Hence, Hammaam stays with a group of young Arabs. After his tiring journey between failure and success he falls in love with a young lady who helps him fulfill his dream of buying a certain famous restaurant. As his business flourishes, he returns home to visit his family proud of his success.
A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.
When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul.
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master scheme to rob the bank into action, things take an unexpected turn. Little did they know that a plan is only as clever as the brains behind it.
A social comedy about the Gulf society, told through the story of an ambulance and the emergency calls it responds to. It also deals with the many issues of concern to the regular citizen like spoiled meat, politics, and economics.
A traditional comedy series, which deals with the memoirs of Juha and his son, the poet Ajib, their adventures in trade, and their passage in funny situations that expose them to embarrassment, their determination and their efforts to earn the sustenance of their day and to satisfy Juha's wife, the greedy.
The Kuwaiti comedy series حاور زاور, produced in 1972, features a series of humorous and socially reflective scenarios centered around everyday challenges and misunderstandings in Kuwaiti society. Each episode presents a standalone comedic plot that draws on interactions among neighbors, friends, and family, using humor to highlight social issues and relationship creating an engaging viewing experience that resonated with audiences of the time.
Married to Rasheed with whom she runs a school, Hela thinks she has the perfect husband. Only because she doesn’t know his secret…
In 1967, three brothers from the Badr Al-Dajji family live on his personal path, Haji, the older brother who owns a sweets shop, the middle brother who died early, and the younger brother who takes what he is unjustly entitled.
The elder spreads ruin everywhere, and asks his sons Alqam and Hazbona to work to change Ajaj to become a liar, a deceitful and a spiteful so that he can fulfill his old prophecy of spreading destruction in the world through the ruler of the city of the winds
The series in the form of social drama deals with the life of a deaf and dump orphan who cannot express his sufferings and demands and faces severe injustice from his relatives who seize his money.
Salha is divorced from her cousin Abdul Rahman. Despite their divorce, he lives with her in the same government house and has another wife. As Salha owns half of the house, he cannot sell it without her consent. Many funny situations occur between them because of her jealousy of her ex-husband’s wife.
Abu Radh, a crafty and opportunistic mailman, projects an image of poverty to those around him. In reality, he's a silent partner in multiple lucrative ventures that have made him incredibly wealthy. As he juggles his secret fortune with his humble facade, the question remains: can he keep his hidden wealth under wraps, or will the truth eventually catch up to him?
"Darb Al-Zalaq" is a classic Kuwaiti TV series that offers a window into Gulf Arab culture through the comedic and often poignant tale of two brothers, Hussein and Saad. Driven by their desire for quick wealth, they embark on a series of ill-fated business ventures, only to find themselves repeatedly caught in the traps of their own making. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing society, the series explores themes of greed, family ties, and the unpredictable twists of fate that are central to Arab storytelling. Through humor and satire, "Darb Al-Zalaq" reflects the challenges of balancing tradition and modernity in the Gulf, making it a cultural touchstone that resonates with audiences across generations.
The story revolves around a Kuwaiti man in his late fifties who fears that his fortune will be lost overnight due to an economic blow that will destroy him. He finds no escape except through his half-brother, who holds Saudi citizenship and lives in Dubai and works as a failed and unlucky veterinarian. Events begin to accelerate after they meet together in the midst of many funny paradoxes and amusing situations.
A Kuwaiti mother has six daughters and one son struggling with her daughters after leaving her husband's house to start a new life.
"Al-Aqdar" (Fate) is a 1978 Kuwaiti drama that follows Khalifa, a man torn between tradition and change as he considers a second marriage to fulfill his dream of fatherhood. Set amid Kuwait's transformation following the oil boom, the series explores family conflicts and the impact of modernization on personal and generational values.
Four individuals at a crossroads in life are given the chance to take both paths, and decide which road is best for them.
The events revolve around the grandmother (Hababa), who tells her granddaughter Lulwa and Nadia every day a story from the stories of the Thousand and One Nights, so that the scenes follow between the grandmother and the events of the story she tells, and the stories shed light on human values and social issues.
Bu Nasser has everything from money and a name and he lacks nothing but the presence of a male son who bears his name, and because of the mockery of some of his competitors by trading him because he is "the father of the girls" and does not have a male son, his friends advise him to marry a second so that the boy has a son, so he decides to look for another wife with the help of Bu Duaij Al-Tajer.
In the wake of a pilot’s death, a scandal engulfs a high-ranking government official — but two intelligence officers set out to prove his innocence.
A few Kuwaiti students leave in the 50's to the University of Cairo in Egypt, the land of art and openness and experience exceptional love stories.
The events revolve around the disobedience of the parents through the family of Jassim Al-Kharaz and his children, who hinder their parents and care only about their own interests.