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- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsHanan TurkHani SalamaNabila EbeidEgyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world, where unconditional drive for money rules. Adam (Hani Salama), the son of a rich businessman and his American wife, meets Hanane (Hanane Turk), a journalist of modest means at the airport on his return from his studies in the US. She is part of a campaign against a wealthy elite, which has thrived on plundering its own people. They fall in love and get married. Corruption is everywhere in the country and American interests are taking over the lucrative tourist trade. Adam's rich parents and their friends in the government are at the heart of this corrupt system. Adam's mother, Margaret (Nabila Ebeid), nourishes a strange affection for her son. She is possessive to the point of violence and is ready to get rid of Hanane, whom she considers her rival. Adam turns against the global economy of which his parents are the perfect examples as he sees through the greed of international speculators and the secret ties that bind them to fanatical fundamentalist sects. The fact that Hanane's brother has become an Islamist terrorist does not help matters. The resistance that the couple has to put up makes them grow strong, for which they pay a heavy price. 52nd Cannes Film Festival, 1999.
- DirectorHala KhalilStarsHanan TurkHind SabriMenna ShalabiA personal tragedy brings a woman closer to a handful of trusted friends in this independent drama. Salma (Hanan Turk) is a middle-aged woman who has achieved success in her profession but is still searching for contentment in her personal life. After her mother unexpectedly dies, Salma is sent into an emotional tailspin, and while her stepfather (Samie Al-Adel) tries to help by letting her move into his home, nothing seem to make her feel better. One day, Salma receives the first in a series of anonymous gifts and letters from someone who appears to know her, though she has no idea who they might be. As Salma sorts through a handful of male admirers in hopes of uncovering the identity of her new benefactor, she is reunited with two close friends from her days at school, Yusriyah (Hend Sabri) and Doha (Menna Shalabi), who commiserate with her as they share their own difficult life events. Ahla al Awqat (aka The Best of Times) was the first feature from writer and director Hala Khalil, and was screened as part of the 2005 San Francisco Arab Film Festival.
- DirectorHala KhalilStarsFathi AbdulwahhabHanan TurkSawsan BadrAfter turning thirty, Gmilla's dreams of emigrating abroad have collapsed. She meets Youssef who is also thinking of traveling and they make a pact that they will help each other to emigrate more easily. But the plan goes in an unexpected direction....
- DirectorHani KhalifaStarsMona ZakiHanan TurkSherif MounirIt tells about the smallest details and crypts in the lives of four couples friends.
- DirectorJocelyne SaabStarsHanan TurkMohamed MounirFathi AbdulwahhabAfter studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed jury that a woman can't move her body or evoke act of love when society ask women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meet Beshir, an intellectual and activist who will supervise her thesis on ecstasy in Sufi love poetry. Their attraction is mutual. This could be liberation for Dunia but the constraints on women in Egyptian society goes deeper than she suspects.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsYoussraKhaled NabawyMahmoud HemidaRam leaves the nomadic life and embarks on a quest for knowledge in a pharaonic Egypt mired in political intrigue. Based on a biblical story.
- DirectorKhaled YoussefStarsHani RamziHanan TurkHassan HosnyA young couple , from a poor family are getting married. They decided to invite some celebrities and vip's in their wedding. And the surprise was that the president accepted their invitation and decide to attend the wedding. But they had fights together before their wedding and cancelled the wedding. Therefore the army forces interfered between them to get them back together and celebrate the wedding .
- DirectorMohamed GomaaStarsHanan TurkFathi AbdulwahhabKhaled SalehMariam is living a troubled life with her husband Ahmed, suddenly her life turned to a nightmare after she dreams of crimes she discovered that it's a real crime after she wakes up, she decides not to sleep anymore.
- DirectorKhaled El HagarStarsLayla OlwiAshraf Abdel BakyHanan TurkThree sisters, all of them from different mother, but one father , when the father dies leaving them with a great legacy but not be implemented unless the three met in one house.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsAdel EmamNour El-SherifYoussraMeditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
- DirectorDuraid LahhamStarsHanan TurkDuraid LahhamSaied AbdulsalamSocial drama movie about a family whose mother is dead and the father remains the only breadwinner and the responsible of upbringing his four children.
- DirectorYousry NasrallahStarsHind SabriAmr WakedGamil RatibA 48-hour journey into modern Cairo following the parallel lives of Youssef and Leila.
- DirectorAdel AdeebAdeladeebStarsMahmoud Abdel AzizNeville ArchambaultKevin CannonHossam returns home to Cairo for New Year's Eve after a year's separation from his wife. At the airport, his plans for a romantic night (and to conceive a child) are thwarted by several events, including a terrorist plot.
- DirectorKamlah Abu-ZikriStarsIlham ShaheenKal NagaNilli Karim8 characters in one day, one city, one football match, one goal, Egypt wins one-Zero, everyone happy.. is it all real happiness? or is it just a release of repressed exploding emotions of all 8 characters on the verge of a nervous breakdown!.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsAhmed El SakkaHind SabriAmr WakedWitnessing the killing of his father as a kid, Ibrahim is dragged to the criminal underworld of Egypt. While making a name for himself, he meets Abdul-Malek Zarzur, the crime lord of the town.
- DirectorDaoud Abdel SayedStarsAsser YassinBasmaMayy KassabA man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
- DirectorHadi El BagouryStarsHani SalamaBasmaRania YoussefAbdullah is a single young Interior Designer Engineer whose many relationships with women have steered him off the right path. He's trying to choose a life partner from among four women, for each of whom he feels a strong attraction for a different reason: Dr. Farida (Rania Youssef) is married to a businessman but represent the forbidden passion for Abdullah because they're having an affair; Maryam (Yasmin Raes) represents the ideal mother for his future children, and she's trying her best to get him to marry her; his close friend Nadine (Basma) is trying to be more than a friend to him after divorcing his friend and workmate Fady (Amr Yousef); and finally, Amira (Kinda Alloush), with whom he was in love years before, but she refused to marry him because they were of different religions, as spotted heuristic role of the mother (Zizi Badrawi) prominent in the life of her son and trying to persuade him to marry and assisted by his friend.
- DirectorKhaled YoussefStarsYoussraHanan TurkHani SalamaThis drama from Egyptian filmmaker Khaled Youssef offers Western audiences an unusual perspective on the Gulf War, as a family is torn apart by conflicting personal and political allegiances. Hoda (Yousra) is a schoolteacher who became a single mother after her husband, a victim of post-traumatic stress disorder, left his family behind. Ten years later, Hoda has raised her two sons, Aly (Mohamed Nagati) and Nagy (Hani Salama), to young adulthood, and has declined to remarry, despite the presence of her supportive boyfriend Mahmoud (Hisham Selim). Nagy has fallen in love with Hayat (Hanan Turk), a student and political activist from a wealthy family, but her parents don't want her to marry a man without a fortune of his own. As Nagy tries to save enough money to convince Hayat's family he's a worthy husband, Aly decides to help by getting a job to make more money for the family; however, work is hard to come by in Egypt, so he moves to Iraq to take a position there. Once Aly has settled into his new life in Iraq, the war in the Gulf breaks out, and the two brothers discover to their horror that they're fighting in opposing armies -- Aly comes home to swear allegiance to Egypt and join their forces, while Nagy, under the influence of Hayat, has thrown his support behind Iraq. La Tempete, aka Al Assifa received its American premiere at the 2001 San Francisco Film Festival
- DirectorSameh AbdulazizStarsSalah AbdullahMahmood Al-HusainiHamad AlmutaaniZainhum makes fake wedding to regain his money from the guests and during the wedding his mother dies and he has to choose either to continue the wedding or cancel it.
- DirectorKhaled YoussefStarsKhaled SalehHani SalamaGhada Abdel RazekThe amazing story of the ambitious 'Khaled' who applies for a dealer vacancy at a casino in Egypt where he gets accepted out of numerous candidates for the job, which has changed his life ethically, socially, and psychologically. During the time he gets to know many people at work: the casino owner (Alrayes Omar Harb), a prostitute who fell for him (Zeina), and another woman (Farida), who made him fall in love with her and sacrifice everything for her.
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsMahmoud YassineAhmed El SakkaHind Sabri'El Gezira' is a film about a community of Upper Egypt residents living in El Gezira (the Island). They have their own set of rules, ethics and traditions. They also plant drugs and buy arms from Sudan. The officer in charge of the region turns a blind eye to these happenings, and in the beginning, the government takes no heed of the Island. At the start of the film, we witness the death of the old 'Kabir el Gezira' (the island's ruler), leaving the land to his son Mansour. The first half follows Mansour as he takes control of his land and must deal with a band of other drug lords who are greedy to take control of the island. The second half of the film deals with the political conflict. It follows the government's side of things (which finally decides to take action) at the same time as Mansour's side as the two react to each other's threats and the conflict escalates. 'El Gezira' is a multi-genre picture. It is a thematic film on Egyptian politics, but also a drama, romance, action and thriller.
- DirectorSandra NashaatStarsAhmed EzzGhadah AdelKhaled SalehLawyer tries to unveil the mysterious murder and linked emotionally with his Client, and soon the case to reveal more and more surprises.
- DirectorOsama FawzyStarsLayla OlwiMahmoud HemidaMenna ShalabiA child who loves the cinema struggles with his fanatic dad who finds everything ,including cinema, a sin, with the help of his mother who is sexually depressed.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsNour El-SherifLayla OlwiMahmoud HemidaThe story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by everyone. The caliph's political rivals, centered around the leader of a fanatical Islamic sect, force the caliph to send Averroes into exile, but his ideas keep on living thanks to his students.