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Showing 13 Films from Egypt
Another Dream
Another Dream
Another Dream brings to life the gripping, true story of an Egyptian lesbian couple. Faced with a post-Revolution backlash agai...
Arzé
Arzé
When the scooter that struggling mother Arzé buys for her son to deliver her homemade pies is stolen, the two take a desperate,...
At Day's End
At Day's End
An Egyptian family gathers for food and television in At Day's End.
Café Regular, Cairo
Café Regular, Cairo
A couple's relationship goes through its first big test in a crowded spot in Café Regular Cairo. Screening as part of the Sho...
Cairo Exit
Cairo Exit
When 18-year-old Amal becomes pregnant, she struggles with the choice between absconding to Greece with her beloved Muslim boyf...
Cairo Time
Cairo Time
In this graceful cross-cultural love story, a happily married woman (Patricia Clarkson) is separated from her husband in the ov...
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
Eight-year-old maid Toha goes to great lengths to ensure that her best friend Nelly, the daughter of her wealthy employer, has ...
Jebel Banat
Jebel Banat
Two Bedouin sisters (Sara Soumaya Abel and Jala Hesham) hide on a mountain, escaping forced marriages and embarking on a journe...
Red & Blue
Red & Blue
A young man and a girl are having a secret love affair. In a society that will never support such an illegal relationship, the ...
Souad
Souad
Amin’s assured, harrowing film follows an Egyptian university student (a breakout Bassant Ahmed) who leads a double life, prese...
The Aquarium
The Aquarium
An anesthesiologist who listens to his patients mumbling under sedation and a late night talk show host (Hend Sabri) whose call...
The Yacoubian Building
The Yacoubian Building
A record budget, an all-star cast, a script based on a best-seller: Most 28-year-old novices aren't handed this kind of project...
Today 30 November
Today 30 November
Every year on November 30, a man takes to the street with the intention of ending his own life. This year, however, he finds hi...