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Ya Donia Ya Gharani
Moving drama about three friends from their youth who suddenly discover that their lives are pointlessly passing by. Set in a working-class area of CaPublished on: -
Silence, on tourne
Intelligent mix of melodrama and comedy by the master of Egyptian cinema. Lightly ironic portrait of the Egyptian world of showbiz is also a subtle…Published on: -
Hotch Potch
Ya mahalabia ya is a complex satirical comedy, with political undertones, about film-making at the time of British domination under their puppet King Farouk. A…Published on: -
Al Ghaarkana
Al Ghaarkana is a colourful mythological story filmed on the edge of a desert in a remote shanty town by the sea.An unmarried beauty has…Published on: -
Love in the Fridgidaire
Love in the Fridge, shot in Egypt, is debut film by the Sudanese director Said Hamed. A black comedy about a man without a wife,…Published on: -
Mohamed Bayoumi
This documentary about the first pioneer of Egyptian film-making, the long-unknown Mohamed Bayoumi, is a subtle investigation into the life of the painter, photographer, poet,…Published on: -
You Are My Life
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Beggars and Noblemen
‘I have nothing. I want nothing. I am free.’ That is the philosophy of the characters in Beggars and Noblemen. Officer Nour El Din is…Published on: -
Violets Are Blue
A tragi-comedy filled with colourful scenes which show the dreams and also the realistic limits for the people living a marginal existence in Cairo. Violets…Published on: -
Three on the Road
A road movie which leads across modern Egypt. Three on the Road is an interesting mixture of feature and documentary and is about difference faiths…Published on: