Hani Khalifa

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Hani Khalifa

Born January 1, 1970 · Egypt (age 56)

Hani Khalifa is an Egyptian film director. He graduated from the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo in 1993. He started his career as an assistant director and released his first feature film, Sleepless Nights, in 2003.

Known For

Sleepless NightsSleepless Nights · 2003
Sleepless Nights
★ 6.62003
MovieDramaRomance
A social romance that portrays the lives of 4 married couples who are friends. As they gather to celebrate the birthday of the daughter of one of them, their fundamental differences and their unstable marriages come to the surface as the men decide to leave for Alexandria.
Land of FearLand of Fear · 2000
Land of Fear
★ 7.22000
MovieDramaCrime
A police officer is chosen in the late 1960s for a unique and lifelong mission: to infiltrate Egypt’s criminal underworld. Stripped of his name and reputation, he adopts a new identity, living among smugglers, dealers, and nightclub owners. Over the years, he rises within this hidden world, all the while trying to balance his secret duty with the temptations of wealth, power, and desire. Against the backdrop of Egypt’s shifting political eras, his life becomes a meditation on morality, loyalty, and the fragile boundaries of identity and biblical-level metaphors.
Flight 404Flight 404 · 2024
Flight 404
★ 7.42024
MovieDramaThriller
A few days before she travels to Mecca to perform Hajj, Ghada faces an emergency which forces her to reach out to people from her tainted past with whom she had cut off contact in order to collect a large sum of money. So, as she collects the money, will she manage to go to Mecca, or get tangled up in the past's webs?
Date WineDate Wine · 1999
Date Wine
★ 6.81999
MovieDrama
Set in a mythical small Upper-Egyptian village where people live off planting dates and making of Date Wine, a stranger arrives and calls on people to travel to the abroad for job opportunities, all of the village's grown-up men leave, except for the disabled grandfather and his grandson Ahmed, upon which trouble begins to spread in the village in the absence of men along with his lover Salma. Exploring themes of Rebellion, Desire, Masculinity, Patriarchy, Spirituality and the Ancient Egyptian Mystique.
NutshellsNutshells · 1995
Nutshells
1995
MovieDramaMusic
To face the declining revenues of the hotel that Raouf runs, he announces a competition to eat the largest amount of food in order to attract more guests, but hundreds of poor people join the contest, turning it into a tragedy that demonstrates various forms of suffering.
Wall of HeroismWall of Heroism · 1998
Wall of Heroism
1998
MovieWarHistory
A representation of the lives of a group of officers and soldiers, portraying their intertwined fates and the tragedies they have to witness, both on the battlefield and at home.
The President's VisitThe President's Visit · 1994
The President's Visit
★ 6.51994
MovieDrama
In a small village, when rumors spread about the arrival of a train with the president and his American guest onboard, the village is completely transformed to host them properly, which brings the rampant corruption and hypocrisy to the surface.
MaqsoomMaqsoom · 2024
Maqsoom
★ 5.62024
MovieMusicComedy
Hind, Emy and Rania can’t really stand each other. In the 90s, during their university years, they used to sing together in a band in before personal differences tore them apart. When they receive an invitation to sing together in Aswan, the three women reunite and are forced to work together on one last show. As they come together for this surprise reunion, they find themselves in a mix of challenges and comedic moments, remembering their past and rediscovering their present.

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