Producer
Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif and Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.
Director
Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif and Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.
Director
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.
Director
A young Chahine and his lead actress commiserate over the critical failure of their movie at Cannes.
Writer
An enthralling look at the relationship between America and the Arab World from an Arab perspective. It tells the story of Yehia, a renowned Egyptian filmmaker whose life has been shaped by a pair of disrupted love affairs, one with an American woman named Ginger, the other with America itself.
Director
An enthralling look at the relationship between America and the Arab World from an Arab perspective. It tells the story of Yehia, a renowned Egyptian filmmaker whose life has been shaped by a pair of disrupted love affairs, one with an American woman named Ginger, the other with America itself.
Writer
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Director
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Six strong-willed women whose adventurous streak changed the face of film industry in early twentieth century Egypt – a time when the country was, despite the liberal ripples, still steeped in conservative tradition. The film shows how these women, different as they were in class and social background, broke taboos and dismissed conventional wisdom to fulfill their overpowering passion for filmmaking. Women Who Loved Cinema takes us to the past and brings us, seamlessly, to the present day. Aziza ... Fatema ... Behidja ... Amina ... Assia … Mary... theirs is a story that will remain indelibly etched in the memory of Egyptian cinema.
Music
Malak is a star singer who lives with her mother and her daughter, Loula, in her villa after her divorce. She falls in love with an opportunist called Lam'ey, so her daughter sets out to expose him with the help of her lover, a driver called Nasser, and the director, Ezz-ElDin who deeply loves Malak.
Producer
Malak is a star singer who lives with her mother and her daughter, Loula, in her villa after her divorce. She falls in love with an opportunist called Lam'ey, so her daughter sets out to expose him with the help of her lover, a driver called Nasser, and the director, Ezz-ElDin who deeply loves Malak.
Writer
Malak is a star singer who lives with her mother and her daughter, Loula, in her villa after her divorce. She falls in love with an opportunist called Lam'ey, so her daughter sets out to expose him with the help of her lover, a driver called Nasser, and the director, Ezz-ElDin who deeply loves Malak.
Director
Malak is a star singer who lives with her mother and her daughter, Loula, in her villa after her divorce. She falls in love with an opportunist called Lam'ey, so her daughter sets out to expose him with the help of her lover, a driver called Nasser, and the director, Ezz-ElDin who deeply loves Malak.
as Self
A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other figures, and also seeks the opinion about his works both inside and outside his homeland.
Writer
Adam is the son of a wealthy Egyptian-American family who is studying at UCLA and returns home for a brief vacation. Upon his arrival he meets beautiful reporter Hanane, with whom he begins an intense love affair, and eventually they marry. Trouble arises when Hanane' s journalistic interests lead her to the corrupt business affairs of Adam's parents, who are interested in building an American tourist compound that would allow Americans further control of Egypt's tourist industry, and make them a whole lot richer.
Producer
Adam is the son of a wealthy Egyptian-American family who is studying at UCLA and returns home for a brief vacation. Upon his arrival he meets beautiful reporter Hanane, with whom he begins an intense love affair, and eventually they marry. Trouble arises when Hanane' s journalistic interests lead her to the corrupt business affairs of Adam's parents, who are interested in building an American tourist compound that would allow Americans further control of Egypt's tourist industry, and make them a whole lot richer.
Director
Adam is the son of a wealthy Egyptian-American family who is studying at UCLA and returns home for a brief vacation. Upon his arrival he meets beautiful reporter Hanane, with whom he begins an intense love affair, and eventually they marry. Trouble arises when Hanane' s journalistic interests lead her to the corrupt business affairs of Adam's parents, who are interested in building an American tourist compound that would allow Americans further control of Egypt's tourist industry, and make them a whole lot richer.
Writer
Averroes defendeu no século XII que não havia nenhum conflito entre a fé e a razão, irritando uma seita de muçulmanos extremistas defensores do irracionalismo que fizeram de tudo para calar o filósofo.
Director
Averroes defendeu no século XII que não havia nenhum conflito entre a fé e a razão, irritando uma seita de muçulmanos extremistas defensores do irracionalismo que fizeram de tudo para calar o filósofo.
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Himself
A documentary series chronicling the life of egyptian director Youssef Chahine.
Writer
The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.
Producer
The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.
Director
The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.
This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.
Director
This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.
Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion
Yehia, um famoso diretor egípcio, fica obcecado pela sua jovem estrela, Amir, enquanto participa da greve geral de 1987. Fantasiando sobre os filmes que eles fariam juntos, Yehia eleva Amir à categoria de Messias cinematográfico e também se encanta por Nadia, uma atriz revolucionária.
Writer
Yehia, um famoso diretor egípcio, fica obcecado pela sua jovem estrela, Amir, enquanto participa da greve geral de 1987. Fantasiando sobre os filmes que eles fariam juntos, Yehia eleva Amir à categoria de Messias cinematográfico e também se encanta por Nadia, uma atriz revolucionária.
Director
Yehia, um famoso diretor egípcio, fica obcecado pela sua jovem estrela, Amir, enquanto participa da greve geral de 1987. Fantasiando sobre os filmes que eles fariam juntos, Yehia eleva Amir à categoria de Messias cinematográfico e também se encanta por Nadia, uma atriz revolucionária.
Self
Trio is a cinematic series of filmed portraits that shows, in a single large, fixed and silent shot of 3 minutes and 20 seconds, three people free to do what they want.
Self
Focusing on key Arab films produced in the last 20 years. Férid Boughedir traces the development of the film-makers' concern to produce more socially aware cinema. Themes include the issue of Palestinian homeland rights and the nature of Arab identity. The film-makers also share a desire to develop a strong poetic tradition.
Writer
Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.
Rafah
Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.
Director
Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.
Writer
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 effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.
Director
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 effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.
yehia (old)
After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
Producer
After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
Writer
After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
Director
After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
N°133
Reel 14 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.
Morando na Alexandria em meio à dura realidade da Segunda Guerra, o adolescente Yehia se retira para um mundo de fantasia. Obcecado por Hollywood, ele sonha em estudar cinema nos EUA. Porém, quando se apaixona e descobre as mentiras da ocupação europeia, ele começa a reavaliar sua identidade.
Producer
Morando na Alexandria em meio à dura realidade da Segunda Guerra, o adolescente Yehia se retira para um mundo de fantasia. Obcecado por Hollywood, ele sonha em estudar cinema nos EUA. Porém, quando se apaixona e descobre as mentiras da ocupação europeia, ele começa a reavaliar sua identidade.
Writer
Morando na Alexandria em meio à dura realidade da Segunda Guerra, o adolescente Yehia se retira para um mundo de fantasia. Obcecado por Hollywood, ele sonha em estudar cinema nos EUA. Porém, quando se apaixona e descobre as mentiras da ocupação europeia, ele começa a reavaliar sua identidade.
Director
Morando na Alexandria em meio à dura realidade da Segunda Guerra, o adolescente Yehia se retira para um mundo de fantasia. Obcecado por Hollywood, ele sonha em estudar cinema nos EUA. Porém, quando se apaixona e descobre as mentiras da ocupação europeia, ele começa a reavaliar sua identidade.
Producer
Producer
The story of the friendship that develops between two men with quite different world views. One, a water carrier whose wife has died twenty years before, spends his days thinking about her. The other, who works in the funeral business, spends his life in the pursuit of pleasure because he recognizes that death will bring an end to all enjoyment. They meet and become friends. Through this friendship the water carrier is encouraged to change his morbid way of thinking and to enjoy life.
Producer
Depois de passar doze anos na prisão, o ativista político Ali volta para casa. Sua família espera ansiosamente por ele, com esperança de que os vá salvar da tirania de seu irmão mais velho, Tolba. Porém, eles logo percebem que a moral e o idealismo de Ali deram lugar à conformidade e apatia.
Writer
Depois de passar doze anos na prisão, o ativista político Ali volta para casa. Sua família espera ansiosamente por ele, com esperança de que os vá salvar da tirania de seu irmão mais velho, Tolba. Porém, eles logo percebem que a moral e o idealismo de Ali deram lugar à conformidade e apatia.
Director
Depois de passar doze anos na prisão, o ativista político Ali volta para casa. Sua família espera ansiosamente por ele, com esperança de que os vá salvar da tirania de seu irmão mais velho, Tolba. Porém, eles logo percebem que a moral e o idealismo de Ali deram lugar à conformidade e apatia.
Director
The construction of the Aswan dam as seen by those who took part in it: engineers, workers, Egyptians, and Soviets.
Producer
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Writer
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Director
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Writer
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother--a famous novelist--is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the novelist seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?
Director
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother--a famous novelist--is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the novelist seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?
Writer
Tarek loves his cousin Zubaida and travels to Spain to work in bullfighting under a pseudonym. Zubaida comes to Spain in search of her lover, but despite his pleas for her to return to Morocco, she continues to follow him.
Director
Tarek loves his cousin Zubaida and travels to Spain to work in bullfighting under a pseudonym. Zubaida comes to Spain in search of her lover, but despite his pleas for her to return to Morocco, she continues to follow him.
Director
Uma aldeia rural egípcia tenta, sem sucesso, manter o acesso à sua água. Informados de que só podem irrigar suas terras alguns dias por mês, vários aldeões são presos por excesso de irrigação. Embora a ameaça externa pareça originalmente unir os aldeões, surgem algumas divergências.
Writer
Renegotiating the representational paradigm of nationhood the film draws a heterogeneous picture of Egyptian society as well as Soviet workers as they embarked on the momentous dam enterprise. The films presents a vision of a nation deep rooted in unity as well as diversity. The films projection of a renewed imagining of the nation inadvertently acknowledges a new and nuanced understanding of its goals, political objectives, and how these impact the personal within it. (KHOURI)
Director
Renegotiating the representational paradigm of nationhood the film draws a heterogeneous picture of Egyptian society as well as Soviet workers as they embarked on the momentous dam enterprise. The films presents a vision of a nation deep rooted in unity as well as diversity. The films projection of a renewed imagining of the nation inadvertently acknowledges a new and nuanced understanding of its goals, political objectives, and how these impact the personal within it. (KHOURI)
Director
In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility, invents the mystical figure of Rajeh, and tells stories to villagers about the exploits of Rajeh, who kills and maims and steals. One day the mayor (Nasri Shamseddine) tells the villagers that Rajeh is heading to the village itself and they better be careful. Two smart men notice that the mayor was lying and that it is all his imagination. So they go on making good on the fictitious person and steal money and assault the mayor in the dark saying that they were Rajeh. Eventually, an old man with the name of Rajeh arrives in the village, amid public fears. Then it became obvious that Rajeh was merely a seller of rings for weddings and he wanted to marry his son to Fairuz the nephew of the mayor. The two bad guys willingly go to jail for making use of the mayor's joke.
The story of a 40-year-old married woman who has fallen into idleness and does not know how to approach the revolutionary events in her country. She finds a new meaning in life when she falls in love with an aspiring young student. “I shot FAGR YOM GUEDID in 1964. I count it among my best films and still stand by it completely. It is about the class whose assets were nationalized after the 1952 revolution. I explored the question of whether this class still had a place in Egyptian society.”
Director
The story of a 40-year-old married woman who has fallen into idleness and does not know how to approach the revolutionary events in her country. She finds a new meaning in life when she falls in love with an aspiring young student. “I shot FAGR YOM GUEDID in 1964. I count it among my best films and still stand by it completely. It is about the class whose assets were nationalized after the 1952 revolution. I explored the question of whether this class still had a place in Egyptian society.”
Screenplay
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
Director
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
Director
As Hamdy fights with a fisherman and kills him in front of his daughter, he goes to prison as the fisherman's daughter goes blind. After his release, he tries to atone for his sin by approaching her. They fall in love and get married, but when he finds out that she can regain her sight, he panics.
Director
Beautiful dancer Warda finds herself homeless. She finds a job at a cotton ginning plant. She loves Abdo who runs the plant, and she kills the elderly Shahawi, the plant owner who wanted to assault her and runs away with Abdo, while Metwally, the owner's son chases them.
Director
The story deals with an upscale family that is down on its luck. As the butcher Madbouly foots the bills for the entire family, the authoritative Berlanty is the one in charge. When the carpenter Ragab falls for Madbouly's niece Amal, Berlanty insists he finishes his education first.
Director
A young employee tries to cover for his colleague, whom he loves, after he discovers that she embezzled money from the company they work in. As he gets accused of her crime, he gets involved in her husband's murder and tries to escape.
Director
Jamila, an Algerian girl who loves her homeland, joins the nationalist movement to liberate her country from French occupation. Based on the life of Djamila Bouhired, who was arrested and tortured by the French Algerian government, Chahine's first explicitly political film managed to galvanize wide solidarity with the Algerian resistance from across the Arab World, starting in Egypt.
Qinawi
Na caótica estação central de Cairo, o humilde vendedor de jornais Qinawi se apaixona por Hannuma, uma mulher de espírito livre que dribla as autoridades para vender refrigerantes aos passageiros. Ao ser rejeitado, sua obsessão se torna perigosa à medida que entra num estado de insanidade.
Director
Na caótica estação central de Cairo, o humilde vendedor de jornais Qinawi se apaixona por Hannuma, uma mulher de espírito livre que dribla as autoridades para vender refrigerantes aos passageiros. Ao ser rejeitado, sua obsessão se torna perigosa à medida que entra num estado de insanidade.
Director
He is forced to marry his cousin (Yasmina) after their uncle leaves them a large inheritance, provided that the two get married. The two accept marriage as a visual marriage and separate after receiving the inheritance, but during the honeymoon in Aswan they fall in love.
Director
Horeya, the nurse is trying to help the patient Ahmed get out of his emotional shock.
Story
Hamidah trabalha num navio e planeja se casar com o primo Ragab, que é obrigado a se ausentar por muito tempo. Enquanto ele está fora, Hamidah se apaixona por um homem rico. Ao regressar, Ragab toma conhecimento da relação e faz de tudo para reconquistá-la.
Screenplay
Hamidah trabalha num navio e planeja se casar com o primo Ragab, que é obrigado a se ausentar por muito tempo. Enquanto ele está fora, Hamidah se apaixona por um homem rico. Ao regressar, Ragab toma conhecimento da relação e faz de tudo para reconquistá-la.
Director
Hamidah trabalha num navio e planeja se casar com o primo Ragab, que é obrigado a se ausentar por muito tempo. Enquanto ele está fora, Hamidah se apaixona por um homem rico. Ao regressar, Ragab toma conhecimento da relação e faz de tudo para reconquistá-la.
Screenplay
O jovem beduíno Essam descobre a tirania do governante de sua tribo e decide derrubá-lo. Para isso, ele se infiltra na corte real, conquista a confiança do rei e se torna seu conselheiro. Uma cigana se apaixona por ele, mas o denuncia ao rei quando descobre que Essam ama outra mulher.
Director
O jovem beduíno Essam descobre a tirania do governante de sua tribo e decide derrubá-lo. Para isso, ele se infiltra na corte real, conquista a confiança do rei e se torna seu conselheiro. Uma cigana se apaixona por ele, mas o denuncia ao rei quando descobre que Essam ama outra mulher.
Director
O jovem engenheiro agrícola Ahmed ajuda os agricultores a produzir melhores colheitas de cana de açúcar, e sua nova prosperidade preocupa o latifundiário Taher Pasha. Ahmed está apaixonado pela filha de Pasha, mas prefere esconder sua relação por causa da rivalidade entre seus respectivos pais.
Director
Director
Screenplay
A cantora Fikria é casada com Farid, um homem consumido pela sua paixão pelo jogo. Durante uma viagem de trem, ela tem um acidente. Ao voltar para casa, ela recebe ordens do marido para se esconder, para que ele possa receber o dinheiro do seguro e pagar suas dívidas.
Director
A cantora Fikria é casada com Farid, um homem consumido pela sua paixão pelo jogo. Durante uma viagem de trem, ela tem um acidente. Ao voltar para casa, ela recebe ordens do marido para se esconder, para que ele possa receber o dinheiro do seguro e pagar suas dívidas.
Director
Hemaidah is a Farmer who hates country life. He hates working in fields and taking care of the animals in his farm. Though unsatisfied with her, he marries Zebeidah, a woman in the same village.
Writer
O amável Amin leva uma vida humilde com sua esposa e filhos. Depois de ser enganado com um investimento duvidoso, a família perde sua estabilidade e Amin morre. Logo depois, seu fantasma começa a observar a consequência de suas ações para a sua família.
Director
O amável Amin leva uma vida humilde com sua esposa e filhos. Depois de ser enganado com um investimento duvidoso, a família perde sua estabilidade e Amin morre. Logo depois, seu fantasma começa a observar a consequência de suas ações para a sua família.
