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- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsAdel EmamYoussraSalah AbdullahThe film is about a conflict between a corrupt and a despotic businessman who wants to abuse his secretary for bargaining with a wealthy dealer, and a poor, simple young man who meets this girl and seeks to save her in defiance of the businessman and his guards.
- DirectorAdel AdeebStarsSami El-AdlAdel AdeebHagag Abdel AzimZain, a graduate of the Higher Institute of Music, lives with his mother, his brother Ramzi and his sister Houria, who suffers from living conditions after the death of their father 15 years ago, and while the family refuses to marry the neighbor of their neighbor, Rizk, Zain welcomes his belief that they love each other sincerely. Poor physical condition and his desperate attempts to work on the subway as a singer in front of passers-by or working with a submerged orchestra, Fawzia bint Radwan Pasha is in love with Zain but her rich father refuses to marry Zain poor.
- DirectorAtef El-TayebStarsAhmed ZakiHala SedkiSalah AbdullahAfter his discharge from prison , Mansor take his revenge and become hunted by the police.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsNaglaa FathiAhmed ZakiFarid ShawqiYehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsFardous Abdel HamidFarid ShawqiAhmed ZakiA driver spending his life on the roads fell in love with a woman married to a crippled man. Soon their dreams of becoming free collide with their harsh reality.
- DirectorKhairy BesharaStarsAhmed ZakiTayseer FahmyKamal El-ShinnawiDocumentary film director Ahmed El-Shazly is working on a new film about a cotton gin, One of the workers reveals to him the truth about what is happening in this mill, and he is killed, which makes Ahmed and his girlfriend more interested in the truth.
- DirectorAtef El-TayebStarsAhmed ZakiAthar El-HakimAdawy GheithThe film puts the lights on the struggle of youngsters to afford a proper life for marriage Through their small incomes,and the ordeal of finding a house in crowded cairo,so it follows a young couple's longing for their simpliest dreams,to be together.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsMervat AminAhmed ZakiAbdel Halim HafezWhen Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.
- DirectorRadwan El-KashefStarsSeif AbdelrahmanManal AfifiHamdy AhmedThis film is an exploration of what happens to places in general, and people in particular, once the menfolk abandon an Egyptian village to investigate the greener-grass on the proverbial 'other side'. The womenfolk, those too old and those too young are left behind... and as the years pass, only letters return, telling tales of loneliness and hard-times. A young man, Ahmed, grows-up under these surroundings and has to deal with being the de-facto man-in-charge; when several of the migrant workers return one day, everyone has to come to terms with things being forever changed.
- DirectorRaafat El-MihiStarsYehia El-FakharanyMaali ZayedTahiyyah KaryukaRefaat is a teacher who has a heart condition and marries Salwa, the poor and stranger to Al-Warraq neighborhood, despite the opposition of his mother, who is trying to convince him to divorce her in exchange for his right to inherit, Salwa fears for her husband's life due to his illness, and despite her lack of belief in miracles, she resorts to seeking blessing from Sheikh Tallawy and Saint Demiana.
- DirectorDaoud Abdel SayedStarsMahmoud Abdel AzizSherif MounirAida RiyadSheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his handicap and dreams of riding a motorcycle like every sighted person, he also spends his nights smoking marijuana with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father's house. He knows everything about his neighbors and their secrets and love affairs.
- DirectorAtef El-TayebStarsSharif AbdulhamidAaliyah AbdulmoneimNimat AbdulnaserHassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters, his father owns a workshop that got suspended due to taxes problems. Hassan tries to provide money before the workshop is sold on the auction.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsMahmoud HemidaLucyAbdulmoniem Aakefa businessman tries to collect his dept (5million) to a big criminal in only five days.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsNaglaa FathiAhmed ZakiAida RiyadFollows the story of two lower-middle class women trying to survive with their dreams in 1980's Egypt.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsAhmed AbdelazizMervat AminHussien El SherbinyReturning rich from the Gulf to find his brothers and sisters relationships falling apart.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsAdel EmamFardous Abdel HamidNagah El-MoguiThe life of a football player named Fares who goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife, job, sexual desires and football.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsDalidaMohsen MohieddinShouweikar1947 Cairo. Washerwoman Lavandiere dreams of escaping reality through movies. A charming organ grinder offers excitement, but a cholera outbreak threatens her son. Desperate, she fights to save him.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineFarouk BeloufaStarsMahmoud Al MelejiHuda SultanShukri SarhanFreed after spending 12 years in jail, a man's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family expectations.
- DirectorOsama FawzyStarsMahmoud HemidaSalwa KhattabAbdalla MahmoudStory humorously focuses on the extended family of bachelor bus driver Sayed. His best friend, Ringo, a nice boy who indulges in violent hashish binges, is secretly engaged to Said's sexually frustrated sister, Insherrah. But macho Sayed won't hear of Insherrah marrying another bus driver, and, pathetically, he seeks a husband for her in a better social class.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorAhmad AbdallaStarsKal NagaYousra El LozyHany AdelKhaled returns from USA to his mother's funeral at his hometown: Alexandria, Egypt. He decides to make it a fresh new start even if it meant mending his first love story yet it proved a horrific failure. Khaled clashed big time with a changing more conservative Alexandria but He also stumbles upon fresh youth struggling for their under-ground music bands, art and ideas. in the middle of all the confusion, Will it ever all makes sense at the end? A question for the youth and the city to answer.
- DirectorKhaled MareiStarsFares BakrAhmed HelmyMenna ShalabiHassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his exceptional project.
- DirectorDaoud Abdel SayedStarsAsser YassinBasmaMayy KassabA man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
- DirectorNabil MalehStarsBassam KousaWafaa MouselleyMohammed Esh-Sheikh NaguibSalem dreams of being an actor but is still working in a gas station, only his love for Nada can make things easier for him.
- DirectorYousry NasrallahStarsAhmad Mohamad AhmadChohdi SrourMenha BatraouiThe struggle of Aristocratic family after the political desicisons taken in the 60's era of Egypt. Yasser is the grandchild whose parents are getting a divorce due to this struggle. A journey inside the family and the major changes due to Moral and Political ideologys.
- DirectorAyten AminStarsKal NagaLeblebaArwa GudahA dramedy about illness, intimacy and death sparkles with the lighthearted touch of Director Ayten Amin. Hussein, played by Khaled abol Naga, is a terminally ill, yet charming architect who enjoys a solitary routine in his old family home, and a variety of female visitors. Not realising his past is about to catch up with him, Hussein's sister and her grandson move into the house, disrupting a well established lifestyle, and forcing him to re-examine his ideas about life, love, and family.