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Coffin of the Memory

August 2001 •Arabic

After an interruption of thirty years. Christian Ghazi resumes his cinematographic work with the documentary "Coffin of the Memory". The film mixes newly shot interviews with archive images. In the interviews it sheds light on two basic issues, solitude and economic situation. Through images and simple daily situations, Christian Ghazi draws a portrait of the Lebanese society, a society drowning in its contradictions and its search for an empty individualism and the superficiality of daily consumption, that of production, ideas, time and space.

The Ornament of the World

November 2019 •English

Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this documentary retraces the 800-year period in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.

The Tentmakers of Cairo

April 2015 •Arabic

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 Friend Indeed

August 2002 •Arabic

Gad and Osama are childhood best friends. Osama was raised by his grandfather, as his parents died in a train crash. When presented with one job opportunity in a gulf country, they agree to let Gad take it and Osama stays behind to take care of his grandpa and Gad’s elderly mother. Five years later, Gad returns to Cairo on vacation and Osama comically convinces him to stay with them.

Hassan and Boklos

April 2016 •Arabic

The story of the two conjoined brothers, whom are exposed to funny situations, along with their cousin who got involved in their problems.

Ablution

September 2017 •English

The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion.

The Headmaster

July 2000 •Arabic

Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the school and achieve good results, while salah is dealing with his trust issues and his need to prove himself by getting out of his father's shadow. with the help of Hussien, his girlfriend Wafaa, and his two friends Atef and Lemby .. can he run the school his own way?

The Most Dangerous Man in the World

January 1967 •Arabic

Mister X is the head of an international smuggling ring in Chicago and arrives in Cairo to practice his activity. The police know about him and begin to watch him. The police exploit the great resemblance between X and the airport employee Zaki, so they exploit him in their mission, and the events follow in a comic form.

The Danish Experience

August 2003 •Arabic

When Kadry El Meniawy becomes the minister of Youth and sports, the attractive woman Anita from Denmark comes to Egypt for cultural exchange between the two countries. As she stays at the minister's villa, his sons try to get close to her while he also falls for her.

Ali Baba

March 2018 •Arabic

Ali seeks to achieve his personal interest even if it is at the expense of others, and if he is surprised that he has a daughter in her twenties, then here are the comic contradictions in which he falls.

The Bathhouse of Malatily

July 1973 •Arabic

The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man.

ياقوت

March 1934 •Arabic

An Egyptian version of Topaze, adapted from the famous Pagnol play.

The Treasure : Love & Destiny

August 2019 •Arabic

A sequel to The Treasure (Part 1) - Reality & Fantasy (2017) The movie resumes with the stories of Hatsheput in the Pharaonic era, Ali al-Zaibaq during the Ottoman era and Beshr al-Katatini, head of State Security Investigations Service, who faces new challenges in work and love, whilst pointing his son, Hassan, towards a treasure through his recorded will.

HIV

October 2014 •Arabic

Icflix presents the first Arabic film to portray the story of HIV and its impact on the social settings of those infected with the disease. This movie explores the life of an HIV patient Yousef as he tries to reclaim the life he once had.

The Wedding of Zein

January 1976 •Arabic

Everyone in his village believes that Zein is a simpleton, a half-wit, an amiable buffoon. Thus, his braying laughter and public declarations of love for village maidens only win laughter rather than anger, beatings or worse. However, Haneen, a wandering Muslim holy man, perceives something more in this figure of fun: genuine piety and an inner radiance, marked by a powerful spiritual intelligence. One other person sees more in Zein than most do- the beautiful, pious and sedate young girl in the village.

Lila Says

January 2005 •French

Based on a controversial French novel, Lila Says tells the story of a quiet young poet named Chimo who develops a crush on the pretty, blond Lila, a girl who recently moved into his Arab ghetto with her aunt. When the leader of a rival gang also falls for Lila, the ensuing love triangle initiates a journey of sexual discovery -- and sets off a chain of devastating events.

Excuse My French

January 2014 •Arabic

A 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.

Fun Band

August 1970 •Arabic

fun band released in 1970

The Blue Elephant 2

July 2019 •Arabic

A meeting with a new inmate in the psychiatric hospital flips Dr. Yehia's life upside down. She prophecies that the death of his entire family is only three days away.