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Every fairytale has a reality. Al-Johara is a Qatari take on the classic Cinderella fairytale accentuating Arabic traditions with a modern twist.

A professional Qatari photographer is intrigued by the rebellion of a teenage girl from her conservative family as they take pictures of the frescoes in a cultural village. She pursues the teenage girl, documenting her rebellion, until the family rebukes her. After discovering the girl's hideout, the photographer follows her into an amphitheater, where she expresses her inner voice.

Nasser is an imaginative boy coping with his parents' divorce by escaping to a magical place he created in his mind, where his alter ego - Captain Nasser - lives.

Latifa, a rude and vain woman and her long-suffering maid Rosie get trapped in an elevator. Latifa becomes downright nasty in her treatment of Rosie, blaming her for the mechanical failure. This brings emotions to a head, and Latifa goes on a journey in her mind, in which she confronts her own egotistical nature and rediscovers the lessons of humility and respect she learned as a child.

King Richard the Lionheart of England arrives in the Holy Land to continue the battle for Jerusalem.