Movies:

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 c...

A philosophy teacher finds himself and his ethics surrounded by a corrupt society, and as he's mistaken for an exorcist and fortune-teller. He uses logic and psychological tricks to practice wizardry, until he masters it and controls people, meanwhil...

The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his sister Shafiqa alone with their old grandfather, whereupon Shafiqa is forced to succumb to the temptations of Diab, the district chief's son. As their si...

Ramadan is a poor young employee who wants to marry his fiancée Alia but can't afford it. He plans to steal and hide the employees' salary bag, then turn himself in and serve his sentence so that he can get married after. Upon his release, he finds o...

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effec...

Sharif, his wife Su'ad, their daughter Sarah, their son Hany and his mother are all living in the shelters after their house was demolished. Due to the inhumane standard of living in the shelters, they go to live in the courtyard of the family house....

Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress o...

The film tells the story of an ex-burglar who is struggling to lead a normal life with his wife and little son. His elder brother pressures him to return to burglary....

A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power....

Nazik is a senior employee of the family planning agency, and her husband, Dr. Hussein, is a gynecologist and obstetrician. Weeks after her daughter's wedding party, the family planning expert discovers that she is pregnant while her daughter carries...

Azza escapes from her family’s home after being incessantly harassed by her stepfather. On her journey, she meets Medhat and agrees to live in his house, where she meets Magda and they become friends. Things get complicated when Magda dies and Azza p...

An adaptation of "crime and punishement",a young educated man's descendance into madness and paranoia after commiting a crime,and finding confort in the company of kind hearted but abused poor prostitute in the middle of his turmoil....

Magdy, the struggling student at the Faculty of Medicine, meets Souad, the wife of his professor Dr. Fikry, and she admires him and asks her husband to let him work in his clinic. They get involved in a relationship, but events take a tragic turn....

The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economical...

Mahrous flees Upper Egypt in an attempt to escape Aweida's vengeance drive. As he starts to prepare for his marriage, he learns that Aweida has been released from prison and that he is on his trail....

A university girl wants to get married, but she fails both times she gets engaged for various reasons. Dr. Rajaee’s circumstances prevent him from hastening his marriage to Sally. At the same time, the worker Firdous gets engaged to Ashour, the car m...

Said and Nabil are friends. Said can't have children, and Dr. Nabil decides to help him by transplanting part of the brain of poor man Abdul Qawi to him, who suffers from severe fatigue after the operation, while Said is unable to have children despi...

A wrongfully convicted man falls in love with his fellow inmate. They decide to get married after their release and seek revenge on a corrupt businessman....

High school teacher Mahmoud lives with his entire family in a tiny apartment. The landlord's attempts to evict them reaches the point of enlisting the Devil’s help....

The story of four friends after their graduation as they start their careers, including Ahmed who leaves Laila behind when he travels to get his PhD despite her objections. A furious Laila tries to get Hamdy to marry her as revenge despite the age di...