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‎Hilal works in the drug trade, then forces his younger religious brother Diaa to work with him, but Hilal is thrown in jail and Diaa finds himself responsible for his brother's illegal work and taking care of his family and fights a war that he knows nothing about‎‎.‎

Crushed by society’s expectations, a sterile, divorced woman in her mid-30s attempts to start over… until her obsession with being a mother transforms her from victim to predator.

Ali believes his late girlfriend's soul has been reincarnated in a goat. His mother forces him to visit a spiritual healer, where he meets Ibrahim, who suffers from severe depression and hears mysterious noises, in a way to find hope, Ali, his goat and Ibrahim head on a trip across Egypt hoping to help each other overcome their problems.

Fajr is a famous temptation star, and the heroine of the first feature film of a young director. She rejects the kissing scene in the film, which provokes the director and the producer, and everyone tries to reach common ground to complete the film and get out of this dilemma.

Magdy and Sama, a retired couple in their 60s, live quietly in their Cairo apartment. Their calm routine is disrupted when their fridge breaks down. What should be a simple repair spirals into a bizarre, months-long battle with a shady maintenance company. As the fridge remains unfixed, so does everything else, pushing them to confront not only the cracks in the system but also in their own sense of purpose.

A married couple get a chance to rediscover their relationship during a power outage as they were settling their divorce.

Both Mahmoud and Zeinab join hands to search for the original version of the first Egyptian independent film that was made back in the 1980s, all copies of which were either destroyed or confiscated for unknown reasons by the government film agency, an entity that governed film production and distribution at the time.

The sea and the city. Man and woman. Fear, willingness, loss and regain. A journey full of encounters and engagements into which He plunges to regain his collapsed world, in a foggy mysterious passage between wake and dream. Inspired by Naguib Mahfouz’s The Dreams.

The history of systematic oppression of women in Sudan dates back to the 16th century. Heroic Bodies presents many examples of the ways in which the female body was regarded and treated as property, from women forced to live as concubines or slaves, to genital mutilation and facial disfigurement. Women’s rights advocates—most of them women, but also a few men—tell stories of horrific traditions and oppression, as well as brave resistance and change.

Through the lives of the characters and their simple daily details we discover together the downtown neighborhood and feel its spirit which is reflected in the various similar and contradicting worlds which this neighborhood brings together.

Egyptian short movie

A short film about 2011 Egyptian revolution, directed by Imad Maher

A man and a woman meet while seeking cover from the rain. The conversation that follows could lead them to a new surprise in life.