Films

In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker, is struggling to make a film that captures the pulse of his city at…

High Commendation, Jury Grand Prize, 2011 It may be a taboo subject but the simple fact is that incidences of sexual harassment in Egypt are…

After turning thirty, Gmilla’s dreams of emigrating abroad have collapsed. She meets Youssef who is also thinking of traveling and they make a pact that…

Beshay – a man cured of leprosy – has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following…

Coming of age as a teenager is hard enough without being forced to do so amid the political and social upheaval of a national revolution.…

Inspired by a true 7th century warrior, the plot follows young adventurer Mohammed Bin Alkassim with a fictional twist. At the age of 15, he…

Brothers As’ad (12) and Taha (28) barely scrape a living as rubbish pickers in ‘Hanging Gardens’ – the local nickname for Baghdad’s smouldering dumps –…