The play "The Game of the Sultan" is about an age that appears lost and speaks of fear, silence and sickle-marshaling the heads of slaves, and of human beings who reject power and money and stand up to injustice in order to achieve justice.
Professor Saad seeks to be a novelist but all his attempts to write a novel fail. His wife, Suhair, always complains of his inability to write. Suddenly, he receives a message from his cousin, the immigrant millionaire, announcing that he will travel and visit. Sohair and Saad are plotting to make Shaukat give them some of his money, are they successful?
The wife is absent from the house, and the husband takes the opportunity to catch his breath, where he frequents the entertainment and the dancers, with the help of her nephew who brought him to watch her husband.
A comedy about the life of the young man Zaki, who dreams of becoming a famous singer and actor and in order to realize his dream is exposed to many interesting and exciting comedy situations
Najwa and Farouh are trying to convince Hanan that her husband, who died, was a traitor to get her out of a state of extreme sadness, but do they have another reason for what they are doing?
Mohamed Reda & Hassan Al-Roubi & Ahmed Ammar & Amal Diab & Mohamed Tantawi & Rashad Othman & Laila Sabounji
Fairuz "The Story of a Lifetime", it showed a rare interview of her. Her early life, her establishment of as a new star and her relationship with Assi and the family.
Salma Shamel’s Those That Tremble as if They Were Mad is a wry lamentation of a future not grasped. In the aftermath of Egypt’s 2011 revolution a government committee was set up to compile an archive of the revolution’s events, only to be dissolved following a coup. Through a parade of the committee’s ephemera of CD-ROMs, certificates and contracts, Those That Tremble mourns what could have been, to a soundscape of mass distress.
In the prosecution, Jalal Salah is accused of stealing his car, denying Nadia's presence with him in the incident for fear of the oppression of her brother. Jalal sees that he is withdrawing from his car. His statement from the prosecution provided that Salah left the town and his father. At the same time, Hamza Salah is not hiding in his home. He tells him that Jalal is not serious about his relationship with her and her relationship with Hamza is growing. Jalal knows that Salah has not left the town and ordered his men to kill him. Hamza decides to leave the town. At the time, Jalal is able to attack Laila, killing him and handing himself over to the police.
Ahmed Shukairi's visit to Medina takes on a different character, where he tries to explore the great efforts that have been made to develop it while preserving its heritage at the same time.
An experimental short film explores the concept of identity, its limitations and how it is formed Through social and cultural contexts. It also addresses the idea of death As an inevitable event and destiny.
An old town id under the affection of the mythical story of the Tree of Sidra.
In this two-part tour through the streets of Lebanon, a colorful Palestinian cab driver offers offhand insight into the region’s fraught political and social climate through boisterous serenades and excitable outbursts.
Broken Record is a poetic journey through Iraq in search of an Iraqi/Turkman song, which the filmmaker Parine Jaddo’s mother used to sing, and recorded with her brothers in 1960. Though she knows the melody, she no longer remembers the lyrics and her curiosity takes her around the country in search of it, giving rare insight to Iraq’s rich musical culture and heritage, much of which has been burnt and lost.
Is it possible to talk about death in war time? This question is exposed through four people who lost friends and relatives in four different Lebanese regions.
The Hebron Hills garbage dump serves the Israeli settlements in the area and is a source of an eked-out livelihood for 200 Palestinian families from in and around the nearby Palestinian village.
During a clandestine tour in Italy, an interview between an immigrant and two journalists takes an unexpected turn. The disclosed events prove to be dreadful.
Palestine in the Eye chronicles the profound impact of Hani Jawharieh’s death for the PLO Film Unit. The film reflects on his life through interviews with family, colleagues, and his own cinematography, including the moment of his death while filming for the Unit in 1976. Although the film has later been attributed to Mustafa Abu Ali, the Unit’s method of work was to describe everyone as a collective of “workers,” and we see this in the film titles, which collectively list the names of all those who participated as a non-hierarchical collective. Through this reflection on Jawharieh, we are offered an understanding of the workings of the Palestine Film Unit and its international connections.
An Egyptian woman is trying to look after her four children, especially in the lead-up to and aftermath of her divorce from their father. However, over time, the circumstances around her gradually change on all levels.
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.
