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.
Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.
Mido studies at the Technical College, and in his spare time, he works in installing satellite dishes. His constant fall into troubles earned him the title 'Mido the troublemaker' but the gravest of his troubles is when a mysterious man approaches him for a secret mission.
The story follows a simple family whose young son, Zeko, wins the opportunity to participate in a contest for Egypt's smartest child. As they set out to attend the contest, many paradoxes happen to them during the two-day trip
18-year-old Layla, a Dutch girl with Moroccan roots, joins a group of radical Muslims. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initally, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.
An unexpected love affair quickly blossoms between aspiring down-on-his-luck reporter Salah (Abdel Halim Hafez) and the subject of his first newspaper scoop, a pretty young heiress (Zubaida Tharwat)who's soon to be forced into an arranged marriage.
Based on the Ayyat train accident that killed 361 in 2002, this ensemble drama delves into the intense human stories of the passengers in a third-class coach car during the hour and a half before the crash.
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-biographic film, in four chapters, about a family spanning from 1948 until recent times. Combined with intimate memories of each member, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained in their land and were labelled "Israeli-Arabs," living as a minority in their own homeland.
Mahmoud Shuaib, a wealthy man diagnosed with Alzheimer's, begins making unusual financial decisions. Fearing for their inheritance, his two sons take legal action to gain control of his estate.
When Egypt's climate changes , turning the country into a frozen state, a group of intelligence officers travel to Italy to get a device that can stop the frost, posing as a movie crew.
After suffering a health crisis, a dodgy nightclub owner tries to turn over a new leaf — but with all the people he's crossed, it won't be easy.
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.
The story follows Hamza, nicknamed Dragon, whose sick child needs treatment, but his financial condition is faltering, then events lead him to become rich by entering the world of human organ trafficking.
Three young female cousins living with their grandmother pay a steep price for trying to sell the family palace when a curse transforms them into men.
Naji, Makram, and Ezzat are three friends who know Saber Abdel Sadiq. The wealthy businessman admires Naji's intelligence and hires him. Naji agrees despite his knowledge that Saber runs suspicious businesses, while journalist Makram launches a press campaign attacking Saber and accusing him of a major corruption case, in which the driver (Ezzat) testifies against him, so Saber kills him. Naji's conscience awakens and he tries to help Ezzat's sister Hind uncover the killer.
Under the imminent threat of Lebanon's garbage crisis, Hala, a wild child inside of a woman, is the only one to refuse evacuation, clinging to whatever remains of home.
Sombrero is a 1986 crime comedy by Algerian director Rabah Bouberras, produced by ENTV. A gang smuggles precious diamonds hidden in a Mexican sombrero through customs, but the hat is stolen and passed from head to head, from one person to another, throughout the Algerian capital. Everyone sets out to find it...
