The East Wind

The East Wind 1975

8.80

Set in the mid-1950s when Tangier was still an international zone, El Chergui presents the city on the eve of its independence, as Aïcha resorts to magical practices to try to prevent her husband from taking a second wife. Around her, a society of women creates its own form of active resistance even as the larger independence movement grows around it. Through his unique use of montage, Smihi creates arresting images that present a society torn by the contradictions of colonialism, religion, patriarchy, and resistance. (Block Cinema)

1975

Tattah

Tattah 2013

4.30

This satirical comedy revolves around Tatah, a maladjusted, poor man from Abdeen who befriends a woman online with help from his nephew. Just as his life starts to change, the woman is kidnapped and he sets out to save her.

2013

As Not to Fly the Smoke

As Not to Fly the Smoke 1984

7.80

Fahmi Abdul Hadi .. A distinguished student of law school .. His dreams are simple and his actions are ideal and pure .. Fahmi collides with the bitter reality of life when losing his mother because he cannot afford the price of her treatment. At a time, He watches his colleagues around him spend money like water and making fun of his poverty and even refuse to help him to treat his mother. Fahmi decides to abandon the idealism and take revenge of all who failed him.

1984

The Stranger

The Stranger 2021

5.80

In a small village in the occupied Golan Heights, the life of a desperate unlicensed doctor, who is going through an existential crisis, takes another unlucky turn when he encounters a man wounded in the war in Syria. Overturning all community expectations in times of war and national crisis, he ventures forth to meet his newly found destiny.

2021

Strawberries

Strawberries 1970

1

Two young women leave their native Morocco and go to southern Spain for a season of strawberry picking. The pay promised by the greenhouse owners gives them hope for a better life when they return, both for themselves and for their families. Faced with abuse and harassment, however, with the help of a lawyer, they will denounce what they’ve endured, risking everything in the process.

1970

Love for Everyone

Love for Everyone 1965

1

When a hardworking girl meets the love of her life, her happiness is ruined when she discovers that her sweetheart is the son of the owner of the company where she works and his wealthy family adamantly opposes their marriage.

1965

Take Care of Your Neighbors

Take Care of Your Neighbors 1979

6.30

A married couple on their honeymoon lives in an eccentric apartment as they discover that they have peculiar neighbors who share their apartment illegally. The double stay at the apartment brings a series of ironic events.

1979

That Which Remains

That Which Remains 1995

6.90

Based on Ghassan Kanafani's novel, 'Returning to Haifa,' this film, set in 1967, centres on a Palestinian couple who return to the war-torn city to search for their young son Farhan, whom they were forced to abandon when fleeing Zionist acts of terrorism in 1948. Saeed and Atefeh's own house has even been taken over by a Polish Jewish family, who, it transpires, are holding Farhan hostage. It is up to the couple, with the assistance of Farhan's steely grandmother, to find a way to reclaim their lost son. One of the few Iranian films to tackle the Palestinian issue from a historical perspective, this stunning piece of work from Seifollah Daad features meticulous attention to period detail and moving performances.

1995

The Dove Hunter

The Dove Hunter 2009

3.50

Ali is a young man in his twenties who hunts doves. His relationships and vision of life develop, and he reaches the age of forty, which changes his outlook on everything he experiences in life, starting from his marital relationship to all his other human relationships.

2009

Unfinished Crime

Unfinished Crime 1990

1

Essam takes a loan from a contractor to buy a house, but the contractor starts blackmailing and threatening him to pay his debt.

1990

Rioters in the army

Rioters in the army 1984

1

Medhat, Yousry and Asfour are three friends who neglect their studies and live in a waste, despite their parents trying to reform them in vain. Royalties on the people of the neighborhood.

1984

Asmaa

Asmaa 2011

8.04

A woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.

2011

My Beautiful Teacher

My Beautiful Teacher 1971

1

Nadia moves to a secondary school for boys to teach in Cairo. But the students are not letting her do her job, until an incident happens.

1971

The Quiet Nest

The Quiet Nest 1976

1

Samia (school teacher) and Murad (movie writer) met in alexendria by accident . After they date for sometime ,they get married. their new life together came with consequences they have to deal with.

1976

Moroccan Badass Girl

Moroccan Badass Girl 2023

4.00

On the eve of her 30th birthday, Cathy discovers to her amazement that life has not been kind to her - especially her parents, her fiancé, her boss, and society. At this moment, the worst day of her life begins; in other words, a terrible day in a sardonic Casablanca will redefine her destiny. Cathy decides to start over and seeks to immigrate, but things don’t go as planned.

2023

Anklet Ring

Anklet Ring 1955

9.50

A homeless girl after her father dies, lives on the kindness of an old man who checks up on her. He invites her to live as a maid in his house. She starts seducing both him and his son, till the old man marries her and she lives with him and his wife and son.

1955

The Curse

The Curse 1984

7.00

Journalist Hamdi enters the mental hospital, claiming that he is mentally disturbed to investigate a journalistic precedent by discovering the secret of the killing of a patient, who shows some changes as a result of his integration, but he reaches the killer.

1984

Kedah Okaih

Kedah Okaih 2003

7.60

Together with a young broadcaster, the owner of a channel bets on the power of money and its potential to transform a poor girl into a succe...

2003

A Friend Indeed

A Friend Indeed 2002

5.30

Gad and Osama are childhood best friends. Osama was raised by his grandfather, as his parents died in a train crash. When presented with one job opportunity in a gulf country, they agree to let Gad take it and Osama stays behind to take care of his grandpa and Gad’s elderly mother. Five years later, Gad returns to Cairo on vacation and Osama comically convinces him to stay with them.

2002

The Joy Of A Nation

The Joy Of A Nation 1984

7.00

A Kuwaiti social comedy play presented to the leaders of the Gulf states at the Gulf Summit in 1985, which was written by Abdul-Hussein Abdul-Ridha, a satirical play that discusses family issues, family bonding and religious extremism, the play talks about the loss of children and the home, neglect of parents, and who is responsible for that.

1984