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- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsMahmoud Al MelejiNagwa IbrahimEzzat El AlailiA small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.
- DirectorAtef El-TayebStarsAhmed ZakiLeblebaAfaf ShoiebA famous corrupt personal injury lawyer finds himself in the middle of a case where he has to choose between his money love and the interest of one of his customers who appears later to be his own son
- DirectorKhaled MareiStarsFares BakrAhmed HelmyMenna ShalabiHassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his exceptional project.
- 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.
- DirectorChadi Abdel SalamStarsAhmed MareiAhmad HegaziNadia LutfiAn Upper-Egyptian clan robs a cache of mummies and sells the artifacts on the illicit antiquities black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
- DirectorSaeed HamedStarsMohamed HenediMona ZakiAhmed El SakkaIt's a story about Khalaf Al Dahshori a young man from a small village in Upper Egypt (Sa'ed). Who gets a scholarship to the American University in Cairo, after getting the 2nd highest grade in the country. He is now living this new Americanized lifestyle, and beginning to forget about his roots trying to fit in.
- DirectorSherif ArafaSherif ArafaYehia HassaneinStarsAdel EmamYoussraKamal El-ShinnawiA family man frustrated by bureaucracies of Egyptian public system as well as difficulties of life finds himself inadvertently accused of terrorism.
- DirectorMohamed DiabStarsNilli KarimHany AdelMuhammad El-SebaiSet entirely in an 8m police truck, a number of detainees from different political and social backgrounds are brought together by fate, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of former president Morsi from power.
- 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.
- DirectorAtef El-TayebStarsAhmed ZakiMahmoud Abdel AzizMamdouh Abd El AleemA simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army where he was deceived to believe that political activists are his homeland enemies, but not for so long.
- DirectorAli Abdel-KhalekStarsMahmoud Abdel AzizNouraYehia El-FakharanyAs ethics is degraded in the Egyptian society; a chemist deceive his punk brother with a nonnarcotic drug that he created to prove that it's all delusional. So the punk tries to convince him to produce the substance for a greedy drug lord.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsAdel EmamNour El-SherifYoussraMeditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
- DirectorAmr SalamaRami GheitStarsAhmad DashAhmed HelmyKinda AlloushA Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.
- DirectorHesham IssawiStarsMohamad RamadanMaryhanAhmad BedairA powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for contemporary Egyptian cinema, 'Cairo Exit' is a gritty and uncompromising work from a major new cinematic talent, Hesham Issawi.
- DirectorMohamed DiabStarsNilli KarimBushraMaged El-KidwaniUnfolds the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt.
- DirectorAmr SalamaStarsHind SabriMaged El-KidwaniHany AdelA woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.
- DirectorKhaled MareiStarsAhmed HelmyEdwardAimi Samir GhanemA 30-year-old Egyptian goes back to Egypt after living in America for 20 years, but he has a hard time coping with the difference, especially after he loses his identity and all his money and becomes stuck in Egypt.
- DirectorAmr ArafaStarsAhmed El SakkaMohamed IbrahimMona ZakiHe (Sherif Mounir) returns from Europe after inheriting from his former boss, bringing the curse that killed his boss' family to his family's doorstep.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsRosaline ElbayTara EmadMohamed MamdouhA man who works in a pharmacy as a part time job to aid his financial status finds out that his father has been exterminated by a savage brute and sought to avenge him, then unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsFaten HamamahAhmad MazharAminah RizqThis compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFarid ShawqiHind RustumYoussef ChahineA newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsYoussraYoussef ChahineHussein FahmyDuring a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Yehia, a famous Egyptian director, finds himself obsessed with Amir, the leading man in one of his movies, and Nadia, a woman he desires to work with.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsOussama NadirMohsen MohieddinNour El-SherifIn the middle of his own heart surgery, an Egyptian filmmaker remembers his life. In fact his old self, as a child, is accused of the attempted murder of his new self. Through the metaphoric trial, we are drawn into his life in relation to the Egyptian revolution, his constant need for success, and the effect the American Dream has on him.
- DirectorAnwar WagdiStarsNagib El-RihaniLaila MouradAnwar WagdiIn this classic musical, poor old Hamam, a modest arabic teacher, falls in love with the young and beautiful Laila, his aristocratic pupil. Soon, he must decide between his unrealistic feelings or sacrificing his love for her own good.
- 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.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsSuad HusniShukri SarhanSanaa GameelA corrupt mayor, who rules the village's people with power and injustice, forces another poor man's wife secretly to marry him in order to have a child.
- DirectorTarek AlarianStarsAhmed EzzAmr YoussefAhmad El-FishawiFour brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsKarim Abdel AzizKhaled El-SawiNilli KarimWhile trying to help an inmate at the mental hospital, a psychotherapist unravels mysteries he never thought existed.
- DirectorWael MandourYousry NasrallahStarsMona ZakiMahmoud HemidaHasan El-RaddadA female talk show host in Cairo stirs up political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues.