Bassem Samra

Over the course of one night, two friends, Adel and Nabil, find an unconscious wealthy young man and decide to kidnap him for ransom to escape poverty and despair. As events escalate, the kidnappers’ interests become entangled with the young man’s family and a powerful man who exploits his disappearance, revealing class conflicts, power struggles, and moral collapse.

Two cousins, both from a middle-class background, finally see their dream come true when their inheritance is rightfully returned to them following their uncle’s death. Soon after, and to their shock, they discover that the inheritance is in the form of illegal goods. To liquidate these goods, they create an elaborate mobile game to sell them through it. They call this game… “Siko Siko”. The cousins enjoy a brief moment of spectacular success before a mob boss appears in their lives, claiming to be the real owner of the goods!

Mansour El-Hefny’s wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade.

Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.

10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.

After witnessing the murder of his father as a child, Ibrahim is drawn into the criminal underworld of Egypt. While making a name for himself with his best friend Ashri, he finds his high school sweetheart Houria and manages to rekindle their love, but paths intertwine with Abdel Malik Zarzor, the city's crime lord, who is connected somehow to Houria.

The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.

Mohamed, a simple phone technician, dreams of marrying Afef, a young social media influencer. But when money stands in their way, they team up with their comedian family to pursue online fame.

Three years after the events of the first film, the four brothers are trying in various ways to preserve the covenant they made to themselves to stay away from a life of theft and crime, but one event in their lives changes all that, and introduces them to new worlds for them, and puts them in very dangerous confrontations with A number of professional criminals.

After suffering a health crisis, a dodgy nightclub owner tries to turn over a new leaf — but with all the people he's crossed, it won't be easy.

A young man invents a new cheating method to escape the hell of high school, which leads him into a funny cat and mouse game with a cunning teacher.

A wife gives birth to sextuplets, forcing the husband to sell three of their children due to poverty. When the wife finds out, she decides to leave her husband and travel abroad and many conflicts arise between siblings in the future.

Playboy Amr (Ahmed Eid) studies at the Faculty of Medicine, he lives a careless life between the use of drugs and neglect of study, and then falls in love with fellow religious veiled Farah (Bushra), and tries to woo her by pretending to be religious and then she discovers the truth.

Facing financial strain, a man organizes a fake wedding to raise money. A deeply touching Egyptian drama.

The story follows Sultan, a boxer and trainer who works with his friend Saeed in a sports center. They find themselves in trouble when they stumble upon a printing press for counterfeit money.

Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery and takes part in a cheap play. Defying his father's wishes, he moves to Paris to fulfill his dreams and starts living illegally alongside many other Arabs. Ali has a life-changing experience there that he won't fully remember until he returns to Egypt.

The events of the film revolve in one day around Sultan, a veteran criminal who was released from prison. But, he is surprised by the appearance of his two sons which he knew nothing while beings forced to escape with them amid a gang pursuing him.

Limited by choices and eager for independence, a drummer and a basketball coach simultaneously agree to sign tenancy agreements with fishy terms. They meet by chance and fall in love without knowing they live in the same place.

A young amnesiac accused of murder seeks to know the truth about himself while he is on the run from the police, searching for the real killer with the help of his friend.

Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and resistance. The film follows the flight of Younes, his wife Nahila, and those around them, from their village in northern Palestine to a refugee camp in Lebanon. Some vow to continue the struggle, most simply struggle to survive. Unsparingly detailing the impact of the nakba (disaster) on Palestinian life and society and the refugees' often-contentious relationship with their reluctant Lebanese hosts, Gate of the Sun spans generations, mixing personal stories with historical events.

A group of homeless kids and their struggle to earn money by going through trash,stealing,disturbing drugs and prostitution. The film sheds the light on what makes them do up-normal behaviors to survive and that society and government are responsible for this spreading of this issue.

Roshdy is a carefree young man who spends his time at nightclubs with women. When his uncle dies, Roshdy is to receive all his fortune but on one condition: he should marry a good and committed woman.

A couple's relationship experiences some ups and downs as the societal pressures put upon them get increasingly burdensome.

The work revolves around three con men who dream of achieving great wealth in a short time, so they meet in a treatment facility to carry out the mission of kidnapping a person in the hope of making the most money from it.

Seeking a change, history teacher Allam transfers to a school in the desert, but his new life comes with more obstacles than he bargained for.

A strained relationship between a married couple ends in divorce, but the husband faces a severe financial crisis that compels him to seek help from his ex-wife to save him from prison. Together, they embark on a journey full of challenges and funny situations, during which they discover their true feelings for each other.

Sahrawi ,the leader of a gang decides to get rid of Yousef, one of his old men after he has cancer and taking money belonging to the gang. He entrusts Adel to eliminate him, as well as Farah to follow Adel, but they fall in love. Then Yousef and Adel become friends.

Embodies the artist Amr Waked in his new film [suspected Zero] characters twins, one a prosecutor, and the other a businessman, and the film is set in the framework of Action Choiky and social humane at the same time, about a shocking incident of a man who acts which shows that many of the ironies and vague positions, and are identify the perpetrator in the end the incident,

This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.

After being caught one too many times, Amr El Barouqy, a famous jeweler with a weakness for women, is forced to put aside his traditional male pride. When his strong-willed wife Yasmine insists on building a healthier and more balanced life together, the couple turn to relationship counselor Dr Kareem and embark on an unconventional therapy program to save their marriage. However, instead of bringing them closer, each step unleashes a new wave of chaos, turning their attempt to fix their relationship into a series of escalating disasters.

Yehia runs a catering business with his sons, Ref’at and Galal; the former is engaged to marry Karima, who actually loves his brother and is trying to find a way to reveal her feelings for him; while he himself is in love with Shadia who just returned from the UAE, but fear the differences between them.

Follows the escape journey of 4 complete strangers who were accused of a murder they did not commit.

A well-known director working for an independent channel who discusses political issues on air, gets to know a television announcer and the pair fall in love. Their wedding plans are put on hold due to a murder that threaten to turn everything up-side down.

Two youths fall in love. However, their relationship is not without problems which are typical of relationships today.

The grandson of Antar Abassi enters a fierce battle with Asad Alrijal, and tries to beat him with all his strength in order to win the heart of the most beautiful girl in the tribe.

Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer, before she can kill his half-brother.

The film follows the touching stories of various people in Downtown Cairo as they try to find balance in their lives and deal with its ups and downs.

Inspired by the Italian movie Malèna, it has a similar story but is less artistic and lacks a plot. With her husband out of the country. Rouh lives in Bolak El Dakror with her mother-in-law. Rouh's neighbors cause her a lot of problems since several of them desire her and want to pressure her into having an affair. As Rouh pushes back against her neighbors' lust, two of them set her up.

A documentary which depicts the life of Bassem Samra and his friends and family. The film discusses issues concerning love and the veil.

Artist/writer/director/producer Siegfried follows a street hustler/artist Sansa who makes his way from Paris to Russia using his street smarts. Sansa is charming and careless, living the bohemian life. His encounters are numerous, mostly with feminine characters, until he gets attached to an old and eccentric orchestra conductor who becomes a kind of father figure.

Yearning to get back with Ehab, Salma finds her loveless marriage, his devastating secret, and society’s opinions stand in their way.

The film tells the story of Shams El Zanati from its origins, tracing the events that took place before Marshal Barai and his men attacked the oasis. It focuses on the upbringing of Shams and the formation of his character, as well as his relationships with his friends, companions, and the inhabitants of the oasis.

Raouf escapes of the control his grandmother Rawyah Hanim after she traveed to Germany and he movd with his grandfather Romman. After his grandfather's death, he decided to marry Manar, who he is attached to, but as his grandmother returned home and moved to live with him, life turned upside down dramatically as she tries to control his and his wife's lives.

Reem is a young political activist who works for an advertisement company. As she tries to uncover the truth behind the incide of the Battle of the Camel, she accompanies her friend Farah to Nazlet Al Seman where she meets and falls for Mahmoud, one of the people involved in the incident.

The film follows an unemployed man called “Bors” (Gecko), who hails from one of Cairo's slums, and the hardships he faces while trying to get married to the girl he loves.

The film revolves around a man who can spend all of his life in a difficult life by lying and cheating. He is connected to a girl who seeks to marry him and is disappointed to be associated with another man until he finds himself alone, which causes him to continue the monument again.

The story of a group of young intellectuals living in Egypt as friends, having a lot of ambition and joy, but with the beginning of the Iraq war , it casts a harsh shadow on the group, preventing one of them to travel abroad to continue studying.

The film presents a parallel reality in the context of its events where it is assumed that (America) has turned into a developing country, and that (Egypt) has become a superpower, and amid the suffering suffered by one of the young people in America (Bassem Samra), trying in every way to migrate to ( The great Republic of Egypt), but what stands in its way as a stumbling block is the proliferation of bureaucratic procedures he faces for the dream of emigration to Egypt.

A family has a traumatic accident that causes it to engage in a major conflict between its members, due to their involvement in a crime.

A married couple heard a strange story during their honeymoon about a night where the moon is absent, the desert is angry, and the people on the outskirts of the Siwa Oasis believe that Satan is searching for a bride.

The events take place in a comedic context, where a businesswoman named (Magda) is exposed to many harassments, but she survives her enemies’ attempts to harm her, and is able to obtain her full rights from them.

Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah's The Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.

Sentenced to death for committing rape, a convict navigates his final trying days alongside his allies and enemies in prison.

Living on the edges of Cairo’s Embabah neighborhood, several residents seek to better their circumstances following the January 25 Revolution.

A dancer leaves a folklore troupe to work in a nightclub on El-Haram street. Three men get into a conflict over her. Which one will she choose?

The work deals with a set of interlocking stories about the relationship of men and women, and raises many issues such as the lack of understanding between husbands, marital rape and its impact, as well as the delay in the age of marriage.

A love affair blossoms between a wealthy businesswoman and a simple accountant after a chance encounter, leading to a series of humorous situations. The work focuses on the social and psychological differences between the two characters, questioning whether love can transcend all these disparities.

Sami and his wife Sarah are packing to move to the USA where they intend to open a restaurant. Rania, Sarah's sister, goes to their house to take them to the airport, but some unexpected and unforeseeable events take place in the apartment.

A group of young people pushed by circumstances to an unknown fate controlled by a human demon, represented by a malicious electronic application that infiltrates their smartphones and controls their lives and guides them to the amateur.

An Egyptian family comes together for food and TV.