Buried Secrets 2009
A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.
A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
Two cousins, both from a middle-class background, finally see their dream come true when their inheritance is rightfully returned to them following their uncle’s death. Soon after, and to their shock, they discover that the inheritance is in the form of illegal goods. To liquidate these goods, they create an elaborate mobile game to sell them through it. They call this game… “Siko Siko”. The cousins enjoy a brief moment of spectacular success before a mob boss appears in their lives, claiming to be the real owner of the goods!
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.
Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master scheme to rob the bank into action, things take an unexpected turn. Little did they know that a plan is only as clever as the brains behind it.
Morgan, who is an uneducated very rich man, is used to buy everything he wants. Now the one thing we wants is a college certificate which he seeks to buy.
Years have passed since the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save themselves, in a fateful operation that is the largest, most dangerous, and most important in the history of the sons of Rizk.
After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero everyone hails him to be. Unable to distinguish reality from hallucination he unravels and forces himself to go back to where it all began.
The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.
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.
After learning to protect a truce among a community of animals, three young goats embark on an adventurous journey to keep a ceasefire intact throughout their society.
The film revolves in the context of romantic comedy and action through the character of a police officer under covered as student in a university and befriends key students to uncover a drug distribution network within the university.
Dana is on the run with his family. The boat that will smuggle them to Europe is ready for departure but his son, Alan, refuses to leave the truck. The panic rises at Dana and in his desperation he is faced with a terrible choice.
Story of Omar, son of a wealthy business man, who was in a relationship with a model, Farah, and decided to forget her after a fight with her manager in a club with whom she cheated on him. His friend introduces him to Salma, a new colleague who recently moved to the university, she had a hard past when her ex boyfriend who cheated on her with her mother and he has to do his best to win her heart
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.
When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul.
In a high school plagued by five unruly students who have failed to graduate for over a decade, the principal hires a new teacher in a last-ditch effort to restore order. Effat, the newly appointed instructor, takes on the challenge with hopes of reforming the troublemakers into model students.
It tells the story of the power and control exercised by women in marital relationships, and, in turn, the weakness of the husband’s personality, through the daily lives of Karen and her husband.
Ghada and her four kids suffer at the hands of her husband Farid who ruined their lives with his love for gambling. Farid's friend Adel tries to help them. But as Adel and Ghada fall in love, neither can ever tell the other.
Marhaba Dawle is a Lebanese television sitcom produced by Mad Films and written and directed by Mohamad Dayekh. Set in a fictional police station, the series centers on a group of security personnel and their day-to-day activities.
Widower Ramzi is going to marry Nisrine who is a lot younger than him. This shocks his son Jad and his girlfriend Sila as well as the entire family, who will do their best to get rid of Nisrine and keep her way from the family.
Meet Carole, Carine and Rola, three sisters who live in a Beirut suburb in the early 90s along with their parents, their dog, and the problems of everyday life, in one of the first sitcoms to be beloved by generations of viewers.
A crime writer finds himself the prime suspect in a murder that emulates his own novel and must now join hands with a die-hard fan to prove his innocence.
A counterfeit artist, also a single father, is forced to work with his ex-lover to craft the perfect $100 bill — all to save his dying daughter.
The story of the five sons of Farid Noh, following each of their lives and the issues they face together.
A group of young men and women of different Arab nationalities live side by side in a residential building in Abu Dhabi. The work narrates the daily relationships between them, as well as the differences that may occur between individuals who live under one roof.
When a famous fashion designer and her gardener’s daughter fall for the same man, the struggle between them soon turns into an all-out war where only one can prevail.
The play is about the work in the mortuary, the secrets of the bodies that are kept in the mortuary, the hidden world of the dead, and the many secrets that happen to them in the mortuary
Zero Degree Turn is a 2007 television series, made through the cooperation of Iran, Hungary, France and Lebanon. The program was one of most expensive and elaborate ever produced by Iran and attracted a large audience there. It is based on a real life story about Iranian diplomat Abdol Hossein Sardari who saved Jews in 1940s Paris during the Nazi Occupation by giving out Iranian passports and allowing them refuge in the Iranian Embassy. Although it has been noted that neither character names nor the story are close to Sardari's story.
An ambassador’s daughter and a farmer’s son share a love that defies class and time. When she vanishes, his world shatters – until her return years later with secrets that turn their love into a haunting reckoning.
Following years of trying to conceive, Tala decides to seek one last, unconventional method to protect her devoted marriage to Zayd and put an end to his family’s rebukes, so she hires a surrogate mother.
A group of young people downloads a fortune-telling application that reveals horrifying future incidents. Tensions mount when its prophecies start taking place.
A love triangle that starts when a love story between a strong woman and a power seeking politician deteriorates because of his hunger to power and money, and she only finds comfort with his own bodyguard.
Rana Baraket, a stunning and pampered young woman, has lived her entire life in the lap of luxury, shielded from the harsh realities of the world. When her father suddenly goes bankrupt, Rana is thrust into an unfamiliar world where she is forced to fend for herself. Struggling to hold down a job due to her lack of experience and irresponsible nature, she finds herself in a series of awkward and humiliating situations as she gets fired from every job she tries. To complicate matters further, Rana unwittingly falls in love with the very man responsible for her family's downfall. This love affair adds another layer of emotional turmoil to her already chaotic life, leaving Rana to navigate a path filled with hardship, self-discovery, and an unexpected romance that threatens to unravel her even more.
This documentary chronicles the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) in fifteen episodes. It includes interviews with Lebanese, Arab, Israeli, American and European commentators and politicians, military personnel, militia leaders and civilian victims. The content is based on historical and archived material. This 2-year project cost several hundred thousand dollars and entailed filming over 150 hours of interviews with the major players in the events that took place in Lebanon between 1976 – 1990. Moreover, the program presents in the 1st two episodes the historical background of the major events that influenced the course of the 15-year war.
The neighborhood who suffers from Parkinson's disease, Fares Yacoub, struggles to hide his first crime, which he committed by mistake against his wife
Inspired by true events, the world hidden behind a prison’s walls is revealed through the life stories of three unique women.