Karim Kassem

Al-Gama'a

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

The Nightmare

Fares

A mother's journey in search for her son's murderer. The story unfolds between the past, present and even nightmares which gives subtle clues and hints to guide the mother to the murderer.

Teby We Asmetek / W-elli Ma Yeshtiri Yetfarag

An anthology drama with a unique format — every three episodes tell a complete, self-contained story about a different couple navigating a different relationship challenge. Covering 15 themes across its first season, from infidelity and domestic conflict to social media's impact on modern love, the series stars Hani Salama alongside a rotating cast of leading actresses. Relatable, bingeable and sharply observed.

The Stories

Shams

The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.

Sons of Rizk 3: Knockout

Ramadan

Years have passed since the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save themselves, in a fateful operation that is the largest, most dangerous, and most important in the history of the sons of Rizk.

To Each His Own Cinema

Young Youssef Chahine (segment "47 Ans Après")

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

When We Were Young

A thriller about five friends who, after their graduation from the AUC, start working for Professor Selim Mansour, who is involved in illegal activities. But in the wake of a murder, everything changes.

Very Private

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Zienhom

Jimmy

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U-Turn

Khaled

Yara abandons her dream job as a navigation officer for the sake of her possessive husband Youssef, while Khaled causes a tragic accident that puts Yara in grave danger.

The Escape

Mahmoud is a young engineer who misses on a job at his university due to corruption. As he stands up to a businessman, the latter frames him for murder and Mahmoud is forced to flee in an attempt to prove his innocence. But another tragedy awaits him when his brother gets killed.

Lucifer's Kingdom

In a local Egyptian neighborhood, the death of the headman Fathy Eblis gives way to a series of vengeful acts and unleashes chaos upon the people.

Sons of Rizk

Ramadan

Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.

Sons of Rizk 2: Return of the Lions of the Land

Ramadan Rizk

Three years after the events of the first film, the four brothers are trying in various ways to preserve the covenant they made to themselves to stay away from a life of theft and crime, but one event in their lives changes all that, and introduces them to new worlds for them, and puts them in very dangerous confrontations with A number of professional criminals.

Manna'a

The story of a group of people in the working-class neighborhood of Al-Batiniya in Egypt, each living through their own struggles, ambitions, and crises in complex circumstances that threaten their stability. The story of Manaa occupies a central position as she faces social and psychological challenges.

Words on Paper

مروان أديب

When a major character is murdered by a hit-man in Beirut, an Egyptian in the city is charged with the crime. Against a backdrop of mystery and suspense, the story continues to unfold until the true culprit is revealed.

Gauze x Cotton

John

The events take place within a private hospital between the team of doctors, nurses, nurses and patients in a cynical comedy as the hospital is located on the hot road, making this hospital of special character both in terms of the workers who have accepted the work in this remote seasonal location or in terms of inmates from two resorts or Arabia or emergency passes on the way to travel the hospital.

Hepta 2: The Last Debate

Ammar

The film embarks on a journey into the world of romantic relationships with their ups and downs and their impact on human lives through a number of different stories, and it presents a new perspective on love that goes beyond traditional concepts and reveals unfamiliar angles.

Final Scene

Eight darkly twisted tales tackling controversial topics that are made to show the thin line between good and evil, love and hate as well as truth and lies.

Sawah

Samir / DJ Skaarab

On his way to a DJ Championship in Brussels, a young Egyptian is mistaken for an illegal immigrant and detained in a country he's never heard of before.