The Arab

The Arab 2026

1

Haroun is an old bachelor who has lived in Oran for several years. A retired civil servant, he leads a reclusive life until the day he meets Kamel in a bar—a journalist to whom he tells an incredible story dating back to 1942. He claims to be the brother of ‘the Arab’ killed in a story told in one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus. An Arab with an erased name: Moussa. Through anger, assertions, details, and confidences, Haroun finally convinces the journalist to listen to his story. His confession is a cry of freedom and distress—but above all, a cry of revolt: against an abusive mother, against a country that failed to achieve true independence, against a book, and against a famous French writer.

2026

Farce

Farce 2017

4.42

A beauty expert, a drug dealer, and a bungling revolutionary end up in the grips of an extremist group after meeting on a plane to Lebanon.

2017

Mr. Ex

Mr. Ex 2023

4.29

Farid is an elusive individual renowned for his absence rather than his presence. He gained fame through the alias "Mr. Ex," as he became sought after by men to assist in their marital separations. However, the situation takes an unexpected twist when Farid's former love, Tiba Al-Akkad, reemerges onto the scene.

2023

Cabareeh

Cabareeh 2008

6.95

A typical day at a nightclub at Al-Haram street is turned upside down when a terrorist decides to blow up the building. A plunge into the lives of a group of people who are drastically different but equally interesting.

2008

Le Retour

Le Retour 1979

10.00

In the early 1970s, Lakhdar, an Algerian peasant, is forced to leave his desert land and his family for France, but immigration weighs on him and he dreams of returning. This day arrives, he walks in Paris, events decide otherwise.

1979

The Road

The Road 1964

7.00

The carefree existence of a spoiled man comes to an end when his mother is arrested. With no education or tangible skills, the man’s only salvation lies in finding his mysterious, rich father whom he has never met. Moving from Alexandria to Cairo, the man becomes embroiled in an affair, while also falling for a pure-hearted journalist who is attempting to assist him in his aimless, futile journey. Adapted from Naguib Mahfouz’s 1964 novel of the same title.

1964

Aida

Aida 2015

1

A Paris-based Jewish music teacher is battling a malignant tumor. Convinced that her days are numbered, she decides to return to Morocco to reconnect with her roots and regain forgotten childhood memories.

2015

Return My Heart

Return My Heart 1957

5.43

In Egypt forties and before the 14th of July revolution in 1952, a poor family lives in a prince's palace where the father works as a gardener. The family has two children Ali and Hassan. Ali grows up liking the prince's daughter who loves him too. Now grown ups, they realize how impossible this love story is. Joining the army, Ali fights in Palestine while the brother joins the police and is part of the King's guards. Ali gets back from Palestine and joins the secret military movement that will soon rule Egypt, The Free Officers. The revolution starts and the Free Officers are now in charge, putting Ali against his brother as a guard for the king and also against his lover, the prince's daughter as the revolution will confiscate all her family's wealth.

1957

Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day?

Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day? 2022

4.70

The director turns the diary of his sexual adventures into a serial narrative in the style of “One Thousand and One Nights”. This polyamorously-minded queer musical applies the same playful approach to folk tales as it does to Egyptian pop music.

2022

Mica

Mica 2021

5.70

10-year-old Mica, lives with his mother and sick father in a slums near Meknes. He starts apprenticing for his father’s friend, a handyman in a tennis club in Casablanca. After going through humiliation and even being physically abused, Mica starts to understand his situation, and does everything in his power to change it.

2021

Into reverse

Into reverse 2017

1

It’s a typical morning in Cairo, and a clash erupts on a one-way street in a crowded neighbourhood. An angry face-to-face confrontation between two car drivers erupts, an apoplectic male driver screams at a frightened determined female driver. Who will win this battle of wills?

2017

Hassan and Nayima

Hassan and Nayima 1959

7.20

A love story similar to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet taking place in the Egyptian Countryside.

1959

Cairo 6,7,8

Cairo 6,7,8 2010

7.35

Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.

2010

The Fourth Man

The Fourth Man 2022

4.00

An aspiring filmmaker takes a leap of faith and agrees to make a commercial film in a short time, unaware that the process sets him onto a comedic adventure.

2022

The Gang of El Max

The Gang of El Max 2024

1

El Maxiky is accustomed to carrying out theft and smuggling operations alone without help. However, he gets embroiled in a major operation that requires outside assistance but eventually discovers that those he chose for help are implicating him in problems that threaten the operation's success.

2024

Badis

Badis 1989

1

Story of two women in a small fishing village, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan territory. Touria is married to the school teacher, who suspects her of infidelity and confines her to the house. Touria befriends Moira and together they learn how to dance the flamenco.

1989

My Wife's Dignity

My Wife's Dignity 1967

6.00

Mahmoud spends all his time chasing women. As he tries to approach his colleague, she rejects him until he asks her to marry him, but she stipulates that if he cheats, she will do the same. After they get married, she discovers his betrayal and starts to make him think that she's cheating on him.

1967

Adam

Adam 2019

6.92

Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter Warda. Their routine of housework and homework is interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It is Samia, a young woman looking for a job and a roof over her head. The little girl is immediately taken with the newcomer, but her mother initially refuses to allow a pregnant stranger into their home. Gradually, however, Abla's resolve softens and Samia's arrival begins to offer all of them the prospect of a new life.

2019

Hamada Getting Rich

Hamada Getting Rich 2005

5.10

Hamada is so desperate to get rich that he participates in all TV competitions hoping to win one day. Fate smiles on him and he indeed wins a sum of 1 million dollars. But life is not a wish-granting factory, is it?

2005

A Gaza Weekend

A Gaza Weekend 2022

7.30

Israel is sealed off after the outbreak of a deadly virus and Gaza has become the safest place in the region, leaving a British journalist and his Israeli girlfriend trapped on the wrong side of the border. With no one else to turn to, they must entrust two Palestinian street merchants who promise a way out in exchange for much needed cash. What follows is a hilarious culture clash comedy-adventure as the couple desperately try everything to get back home.

2022

First look at the balloon

First look at the balloon 2025

1

Choosing a life partner through a program that depends on admiration at first sight. If there is no admiration, the balloon is popped.

2025