On the Pacific coast of Los Angeles, Ali and Yaffa struggle to remember the Arab Mediterranean cities they have left behind.
Ahmed (Ahmed T. Ragheb), an Egyptian-American aspiring actor, anxiously awaiting news of his latest film audition, gives in to his superstitions and sets off on a journey across Pittsburgh, trying to force the hands of fate. Lily (Grace Cooper), a photography student, meanwhile, criss-crosses the city unseen on a journey of her own, photographing and recalling scenes from her past.
An Egyptian living and working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reflects on his new surroundings through a series of images and observations. The resulting montage is a poignant cinematic postcard that explores the contradictory nature of the immigrant experience: at once lonely, frightening, and exhilarating.
When a day in the life of a beleaguered Egyptian filmmaker goes sideways, he witnesses anew issues like class and gender relations.
In Rod El Farag, one of the poorest residential areas in Cairo, obtaining meat, fruit and daily bread is a constant struggle. But the sense of community shared by the inhabitants there helps them to some extent overcome their hardships through a social practice known as ‘al Gami’ya’, or ‘the assembly’.
On a hot summer day, a taciturn teen boy makes his way through the hustle of Cairo — with a baby in tow. His arrival at a hospital reveals the turmoil beneath his muted expression, in this stark and compassionate examination of trauma.
Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.
Maverick underground American/Lebanese musician and ethnomusicologist Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls and Sublime Frequencies), lands as a stranger in Cairo, soon after the 2011 uprisings, and teams up with three young Egyptian musicians for the translation of his old songs into Arabic. Under Bishop’s mentorship, this unlikely collaboration transforms into a band, The Invisible Hands.
In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the pulse of his city at a moment when all around him dreams as much as buildings are disintegrating. With the help of his friends who send him footage from their lives in Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin, he finds the strength to keep going through the difficulty and beauty of living IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY.
Inspirado em acontecimentos reais, "Clash" passa-se quase todo numa camioneta da polícia durante uma manifestação no Cairo, durante o verão 2013, dois anos depois da revolução do Egipto.
No rescaldo da destituição do presidente islamita Morsi, uma carrinha da polícia cheia de manifestantes com convicções políticas e religiosas divergentes, atravessa a cidade em estado de sítio com violentos protestos. Saberão os detidos conciliar as suas diferenças para conseguirem sobreviver?
Amid the tumult of the Arab Spring in Cairo, vendors in a small souk observe the political upheaval while seeking to preserve an ancient tradition of fabric making.
A documentary that explores the life of one of the world's most populated cities from its streets. Shot in 2009-2012 (before and during the Egyptian revolution, and ending with the most recent presidential elections), the film explores the country's collective identity, inherent struggles, and the sentiments that lead through the historic changes taking place in Egypt today. For his third documentary, Egyptian/ American filmmaker Sherief Elkatsha rides through the congested streets alongside a diverse cast of characters-from taxi drivers to ambulances, from traffic cops to private citizens-capturing the unspoken codes of conduct, frustrations, humor, fatalism, and life-or-death decisions of driving in a city where the only rule is: there are no rules.
A short documentary film that captures the city (Cairo) in its most tranquil and calm state, from 5 am to 7 am.
Fayza, Seba e Nelly. Três mulheres egípcias com vidas completamente diferentes se unem para combater o machismo que impera no Egito contemporâneo e que está em todos os lugares: nas ruas da cidade do Cairo, no trabalho e dentro de suas próprias casas. Determinadas, elas se unem e iniciam uma série de ataques contra os homens que ousam molestá-las. Quem são essas misteriosas mulheres que tem a coragem de enfrentar uma sociedade baseada na superioridade masculina?
Juliette viaja sozinha ao Egito para encontrar seu marido que trabalha em um campo de refugiados no Oriente Médio. Enquanto ela aguarda a chegada do esposo em seu hotel, Tareq se torna responsável por acompanhar Juliette em sua visita por Cairo. Mas em meio das belas paisagens do Egito, ela se envolve num romance com o melhor amigo de seu marido e desenrola um breve affair sob o sol do Oriente Médio.
Exclusively utilizing footage from other Egyptian films that use the pyramids as backdrop, Domestic Tourism II explores the ways in which these iconic historical monuments can be reappropriated from the “timelessness” of the tourist postcard and reinscribed into the complex political, social, and historical moment in urban narratives.
Charlie Wilson é um político pouco ortodoxo: eleito pelo Texas para o congresso americano, parece mais interessado em viver uma vida boémia à custa dos contribuintes do que em realmente servir o seu país. Todavia, ele revelar-se-á o homem certo para uma das mais arriscadas operações secretas da Guerra Fria: o financiamento e apoio encoberto que a CIA deu aos guerrilheiros que travaram a invasão soviética do Afeganistão nos anos 80, a despeito da destruição virtual do país.
A Brooklyn postal worker follows her Egyptian boyfriend to Cairo where she takes belly-dancing lessons from a legendary but disgraced Egyptian dancer.
Cairo: um edifício de 70 anos de idade, apartamentos de luxo com cortiços no telhado. Zika, um libertino envelhecido, briga com sua irmã. Pius Haj Azzam leva uma segunda esposa, em segredo, para satisfazer o desejo sexual dentro de limites religiosos. Bothayna, pobre e bonita, sustenta sua família, querendo fazê-lo com dignidade intacta. Seu ex-noivo, Taha, filho do zelador, humilhado pela polícia, volta-se para o fundamentalismo. Hatem, um editor gay, seduz e corrompe um jovem das varas. Dois irmãos, coptas, um alfaiate e um factotum de Zika, coniventes por propriedades. Allah está na maioria dos lábios de todos, e a corrupção está em seus corações.
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.