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2026 - ٢٠٢٦




Based on a text from the recent Egyptian novel The Revolution of 2053, by Mahmoud Uthman, and referencing a scene from Chris Marker’s La Jetée (1962), a time-traveller recounts his vision of the future of the Pyramids area, and by extension Egypt, in the year 2026 - a vision that strains to reach beyond, yet remains severely confined by the present’s imaginal constraints.

Director: Maha Maamoun
DOP: Kareem Seif
Editors: Louly Seif - Maha Maamoun
Cast: Ahmad Kamal

Country: Egypt
Genre: Experimental
Year: 2010

Bahari - بحري




One night, Amr wanders alone in the streets of Bahari, the marginalized eastern shore of Alexandria. While he collects material for an art project he is allured to film a playful group of children. Two locals are provoked by Amr's actions leading to an encounter that evokes elusive fears and desires.

Director/ Screenwriter: Ahmed Ghoneimy
DOP: Islam Kamal
Editor: Perry Moataz
Cast: Yasser El Beltagy - Amr Wishahy - Mohamed El Sayed

Country: Egypt
Genre: Fiction
Year: 2012

Ahmed 27 - أحمد ٢٧




A young man is trying to get an ID.

Director: Nermeen Salem
Screenwriter: Houda El Soghiar
DOP: Mayye Zayed
Editor: Mohamad El-Hadidi
Cast: Ali Darwish - Ahmed El Rafey - Mohamed El Kateb

Country: Egypt
Genre: Fiction
Year: 2010

It Was Related To Me - بلغني أيها الملك السعيد




A complex relationship between two Egyptian brothers.

Filmmaker: Mohammad Shawky Hassan

Country: Egypt
Genre: Experimental
Year: 2012

Senses - حواس




Souad is a young nurse who falls in a one-sided love relationship with a comatose patient, Yoseif. She checks up on him regularly throughout the day. We watch how she deals with Yosief's case - will Yosief be able to communicate with her?

Director/ Screenwriter: Mohamed Ramada
DOP: Omar Hossam Ali
Editor: Ahmed Hamdi
Music Composer: Shady Isaak
Cast: Solafa Ghanem - Hassan El Kredly - Tarek Mandour

Country: Egypt
Genre: Fiction
Year: 2010

The Frog - الضفدع




Director/ Editor: Shady Kodsi
DOP: Micheal Magdy - Eslam Youssef - Ahmed Safy El-Din

Country: Egypt
Genre: Experimental
Year: 2013

A Bird On The Bridge - طائر على الجسر




A video that was ignited in my head by the notion of identity explored during my stay in Arles, France, for six month, just after the beginning of the Egyptian revolution in January 2011. 

Director: Ahmed Nabil
Music Composer: David Bowie
Cast: Sarah Awad

Country: Egypt
Genre: Experimental
Year: 2013

Dream 79 - حلم ٧٩




Director/ Editor: Islam Kamal

Country: Egypt
Genre: Fiction
Year: 2011

Remote City - شالي غالي




A trip through the desert to the Siwa Oasis in the Egyptian Western Desert, where human traces are lost in space without borders and time.

Director/ Editor/ DOP: Islam Kamal

Country: Egypt
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2010

Home - بيت




Director/ Screenwriter: Belal Hosny
DOP/ Editor: Mark Lotfy
Art Director: Zeinab El Shorbagy - Belal Hosny
Cast: Ahmed Haddad - Iman Imam - Naglaa Younis

Country: Egypt
Genre: Fiction
Year: 2007

Two - اتنين




A father and his daughter and the importance of their relationship.

Director/ Screenwriter/ Puppet Maker: Mokhtar Talaat
Animator: Ahmed Abd Elmoneim
DOP/ Editor: Mansur Alshreef
Music Composer: Ibrahem Ahmed

Country: Egypt
Genre: Animation
Year: 2012


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Marimba - ماريمبا




Sanad, a 24-year-old snobbish guy whose only concern in life is what brands he’s wearing or what phones he’s holding. On one Friday night, his friends pick him up on their way to a gathering. He rides in the car, not paying any attention to the old homeless man who has been sitting in front of his house for over a week. At the gathering, everyone is having a blast: chatting, smoking, drinking and getting less sober by the minute. Back at his house, his friend drops him off. While getting out of the car, he gets asked about the old man. He doesn’t give it any thought and walks back to the house. Stumbling to get in, he drops his keys and that’s where he “sees” the old man for the first time, yet does nothing to acknowledge his existence. The next day, on his way to meet up with the same friend, he witnesses an act of kindness that opens his eyes and makes him realize that he has to do something good to the old man.

Director/ Screenwriter/ Editor: Amer Halasa
DOP: Robert Abboud
Producer: Zaid Bawab
Cast: Issa Abu Aita - Mounir Khader - Kamal Odeh

Country: Jordan
Genre: Fiction
Year: 2013

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To Remember

RIP Ramadan

RIP Ramadan
The Egyptian film director Mohamed Ramadan died in a snow storm in Saint Catherine mountain on Wednesday, Feb. 19th, 2014 in Sinai, Egypt.

RIP Bassel

RIP Bassel
The Syrian filmmaker Bassel Shehade was killed by a mortar grenade in Homs on Monday, May 28th, 2012 in Syria.