Our Algeria

Our Algeria 1959

10.00

"Djazaïrouna", produced by the cinema service of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA), is a montage film intended to inform the international community at the UN in 1959 on the objectives pursued by the Algerian resistance during the war of 'Algeria. Independence in Algeria (1954-1962). In 1959, Djamel-Eddine Chanderli and Mohammed Lakdar-Hamina produced Djazaïrouna (Our Algeria) from images taken by René Vautier and Doctor Pierre Chaulet. This film, completed a little later and will result in the film “The Voice of the People”. This documentary on the history of Algeria through a montage of current events, traces the political and military actions of the A.L.N, the demonstrations of December 1960, and the attack on a fortified French base on the border between Algeria and Tunisia.

1959

Divination and the Curse

Divination and the Curse 1970

1

A businesswoman owns a hotel for women and has ten lifelong friends. A fortune teller tells her that one of her friends will die every year.

1970

8 in the Air

8 in the Air 1980

6.00

Director: Esam Al-Sayyed (Director) Mohamed Shaker (Director) Writer: Hamdy Abbas (Writer) Cast: Samy Maghawry Saeed Al Saleh Rawia Saleh Magdy Kamel George Sedhom Hala Fakher (more)

1980

Algiers

Algiers 2025

8.00

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.

2025

No Other Land

No Other Land 2024

7.92

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

2024

Taqasim

Taqasim 1999

1

Taqasim, shot in the streets of Cairo, is a voyage to the hidden treasures of Arabic music and to the participation of Jewish musicians. With stylishly shot music and unforgettable back-ally jams played by Felix Mizrachi, Zehava Ben, Abraham Salman and others, this film brings classical Arabic music raw and captivating.

1999

Very Humane

Very Humane 2009

1

Mahmoud is a twelve years old child . He works alongside his studies on one of the buses, where he collects fares from customers. This is a profession that requires the owner to be young, but like any other child, he begins to grow, and only his honesty, frankness, and strength will intercede for him to overcome the challenges he faces.

2009

The Incident

The Incident 2017

1

At a bus stop near Beirut, a veiled Lebanese woman and a migrant Syrian worker get in a tumultuous moment and are arrested. They must argue their innocence in the face of the only witnesses: a bus full of women on their way to Koran school, each with her version of the truth.

2017

Eagles of the Republic

Eagles of the Republic 2025

6.80

George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like moth drawn to flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the project.

2025

The Charcoal Maker

The Charcoal Maker 1973

10.00

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.

1973

Kazanova

Kazanova 2019

8.00

A love story that combines an advertising director and fashion designer, but an unexpected event that turns events upside down, which threatens this love.

2019

The Emigrant

The Emigrant 1994

5.68

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.

1994

8 X Al Hawa

8 X Al Hawa 1985

1

The events revolve around a family trying to collect their inheritance. When they meet, strange situations occur and suspicion prevails, as each of them believes that there is someone who wants to seize the inheritance alone.

1985

Perfume

Perfume 1970

1

After her mother's death, a little girl calms her sadness and anxiety with the traces of her mother's perfume on her pillow, while the father revives his desires on his wife's perfumed dress. After spraying the last drop of the perfume, the quest for a similar scent begins with the hope of finding relief and ending their pain.

1970

Khartoum

Khartoum 2025

6.00

Forced to leave Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of war, five citizens of Khartoum — a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two young bottle collectors — reenact their stories of survival and freedom through dreams, revolution, and civil war.

2025

Chtar 50

Chtar 50 2015

1

Qmar, a young blind woman, is embroiled in an election fraud operation, she lets herself to be dragged into it until she decides to denounce it. The group of fraudsters does not hesitate to react violently and kidnap her.

2015