A documentary filmmaker in Cairo is having difficulty finishing his film Read More »
Tag Archives: Egypt
The Choice (1971) Al-ikhtiyar – Youssef Chahine
Mysterious murder occurs in Cairo, the body was founded two months later. Read More »
Omaret yakobean / The Yacoubian Building (2006) Marwan Hamed, Adel Imam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra
Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Read More »
11’09”01 – September 11 (2002) Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi
Eleven directors from 11 countries each contribute an 11-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001. Read More »
We Are the Bus People (1979) Ehna Betoa El Otobees
Adel Imam and neighbour Abdel Moneim Madbouly are taken to a Police station Read More »
The Revolt of the Mamalukes / El mamalik (1965) Atef Salem, Nabila Ebeid, Mohamed El Sebai, Aminah Rizq
After suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump Read More »
The Conqueror of Atlantis / Il conquistatore di Atlantide (1965) Alfonso Brescia, Kirk Morris, Luciana Gilli, Piero Lulli
Hercules searches for a mysterious “phantom invader” that is raiding villages in the desert for gold. Read More »
Life or Death / Hayat ou maut (1954) Kamal El-Shaikh, Yusuf Wahbi, Madihah Yusri, Imad Hamdi
A man with cardiac problems, had heart attack and sent his daughter Read More »
Alexandrie… New York (2004) Youssef Chahine, Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Yehia, Youssra
Yehia, an Egyptian director from Alexandria goes to New York Read More »
Fangs / Anyab (1981) Mohammed Shebl
“Anyab” makes the most of the “horror-as-social-commentary” ideology Read More »