Amr Abed

The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.

A group of youngsters; a rich, a poor, a liberal, and a religious, all of them live a life full of turmoil and indecisiveness. The film depicts their lives, their love stories, and their dreams, and how their own hesitation impedes the fulfillment of their aspirations.

Three different personalities, the first tries to pursue his career in singing, the second is a dreamy Christian woman who falls in love with a Muslim youth, while the third works in the field of sports training.

A group of youngsters establishes a private university after failing to get high grades in high school. They reveal through this university a lot of errors and constraints in the educational system in Egypt, which affect even their personal lives.

A family participates in a competition to win the title of the “Ideal Family” as a solution to their problems.

Wael El-Magic is an ambitious young man who wants to have a better life at any cost. He leads a group of friends as they form a swindling gang, which gets them into a lot of trouble.

When a day in the life of a beleaguered Egyptian filmmaker goes sideways, he witnesses anew issues like class and gender relations.

The film takes place in the heart of Cairo's hustle and bustle, where a young couple tries to sell their car before traveling abroad, but the husband remains torn between leaving the country with his family or staying in Cairo alone.