Arab Cinema
A list of films
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The Arab
Malek Bensmail | 106′ | Algeria | World premiere
The unnamed figure from Albert Camus’ L’étranger is reframed through the testimony of his ageing brother. -
Calle Málaga
Maryam Touzani | 116′ | Spain | Dutch Premiere
Against her daughter’s wishes, a Spanish woman fights to keep her beloved house in Tangier. -
Complaint No. 713317
Yasser Shafiey | 80′ | Egypt | International premiere
An absurd battle over a broken fridge becomes a tender reckoning with love and ageing. -
Habibi Hussein
Alex Bakri | 96′ | Palestine | Dutch Premiere
A cautionary tale about cultural colonialism, developed from the ruins of an NGO folly. -
Home Bitter Home
Ghina Abboud, Naïm El Hajj, Salim Mrad, Aline Ouais, Jihad Saade, Marie-Rose Osta | 157′ | Lebanon | World premiere
Six directors craft intimate portraits of artists striving to create and survive in today’s Lebanon. -
Palestine 36
Annemarie Jacir | 119′ | Palestine | Dutch Premiere
1930s Palestinian revolt against British colonial rule is brought to the screen through historical detail and visual splendour. -
El Sett
Marwan Hamed | 162′ | Egypt | European premiere
A graceful and lavish portrait of legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. -
Diamond Dust
Marwan Hamed | 148′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A lonely pharmacist in a perilous quest to untangle the mystery behind the murder of his father. -
Ibrahim Labyad
Marwan Hamed | 126′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A hoodlum’s climb through Cairo’s underworld is complicated by a love triangle in this gritty crime saga. -
Kira & El Gin
Marwan Hamed | 175′ | Egypt | No premiere
Action-packed anti-colonial epic about an underground resistance unit in Cairo in the 1920s. -
The Blue Elephant
Marwan Hamed | 157′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
An alcoholic psychotherapist attempts to decode a murder mystery in this stylish psychological noir. -
The Blue Elephant 2
Marwan Hamed | 135′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
The blissful life of a psychotherapist is threatened by a patient who might be haunted by a demon. -
The Originals
Marwan Hamed | 125′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A family man gets recruited by a shady organisation claiming to be the guardians of the land in this ingenious satire. -
The Yacoubian Building
Marwan Hamed | 165′ | Egypt | No premiere
A star-studded blockbuster about the interconnected lives of the tenants of a Downtown Cairo building.