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- DirectorTamer AshryStarsMahmoud HemidaShereen RedaFarah YusufWhen a retired old man in Cairo begins to learn about the extinction of dinosaurs, it sets off a series of events that will give his life renewed meaning.
- DirectorAmr SalamaStarsAhmad El-FishawiMaged El-KidwaniAhmed MalekAn Islamic cleric has a crisis of faith when he hears the news that his childhood idol, Michael Jackson, has died.
- 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.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsRosaline ElbayTara EmadMenna ShalabiA 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!
- 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.
- DirectorAhmad Nader GalalStarsAhmed HelmyLaila Ezz El ArabMahmood El-FishawiA guy lives the same day over and over and deals with the same events each time which changes the way he looks to his life.
- DirectorKhaled MareiStarsFares BakrAhmed HelmyMenna ShalabiHassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his exceptional project.
- 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.
- DirectorHadi El BagouryStarsAmr YoussefAhmed MalekAhmed DawoodDr. Shukri Mokhtar is a renowned social psychology specialist, best known for his ability to answer the simplest questions. He decides to give one last lecture on the very simple question: "How do we love?"
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsMaged El-KidwaniEyad NassarSawsan BadrA re-imagining of the 2002 al-Ayyat train incident in Egypt which took the lives of over 360 passengers and civilians, depicting some of the problems that spread out in the Egyptian society this days.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsMaged El-KidwaniMenna ShalabiKhaled El-SawiSamir is the head of a small family and a bank employee and stable in his work, but separated after the decision to reduce the employment and then surprise that his bank balance zero and after days find a box with a mobile phone to meet a call changed his life.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsKarim Abdel AzizKhaled El-SawiNilli KarimWhile trying to help an inmate at the mental hospital, a psychotherapist unravels mysteries he never thought existed.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsAhmed El SakkaHind SabriAmr WakedWitnessing the killing of his father as a kid, Ibrahim is dragged to the criminal underworld of Egypt. While making a name for himself, he meets Abdul-Malek Zarzur, the crime lord of the town.
- 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.
- DirectorHala KhalilStarsHanan TurkHind SabriMenna ShalabiA personal tragedy brings a woman closer to a handful of trusted friends in this independent drama. Salma (Hanan Turk) is a middle-aged woman who has achieved success in her profession but is still searching for contentment in her personal life. After her mother unexpectedly dies, Salma is sent into an emotional tailspin, and while her stepfather (Samie Al-Adel) tries to help by letting her move into his home, nothing seem to make her feel better. One day, Salma receives the first in a series of anonymous gifts and letters from someone who appears to know her, though she has no idea who they might be. As Salma sorts through a handful of male admirers in hopes of uncovering the identity of her new benefactor, she is reunited with two close friends from her days at school, Yusriyah (Hend Sabri) and Doha (Menna Shalabi), who commiserate with her as they share their own difficult life events. Ahla al Awqat (aka The Best of Times) was the first feature from writer and director Hala Khalil, and was screened as part of the 2005 San Francisco Arab Film Festival.
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsAlaa Waley El DinHassan HosnyAhmed HelmySalah eldin inherit administration of a school from his father, but he abusive its management due to his lack of experience.
- DirectorHussein KamalStarsAdel EmamAbdel Moneim MadboulySaeed AbdulghaniAdel Imam and neighbour Abdel Moneim Madbouly are taken to a Police station after an altercation with a bus conductor. They are mistakenly arrested with a group of suspected terrorists and taken to a maximum security jail.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsGhadah AdelKal NagaAida RiyadYehia (Khaled Abol Naga) rents an apartment in the Heliopolis suburb of Cairo away from his parents' & close to his Banking & stocks investment work company, to discover that the spirit or ghost! of an ex-tenant Tahany is present in the apartment. Along with the rural girl from Menya Nagwa (Ghada Adel) who knocks on his door one day, He starts a journey to explore more about Tahany or hopefully find her for Nagwa!. The journey explores much more than he expected.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineKhaled YoussefStarsKhaled SalehMenna ShalabiYoussef El SherifEgyptian movie deals with the issue of corruption in Egypt and the Egyptian police excesses, embodies all of this in the character of the police officer, "Hatem".
- DirectorSameh AbdulazizStarsSalah AbdullahMahmood Al-HusainiHamad AlmutaaniZainhum makes fake wedding to regain his money from the guests and during the wedding his mother dies and he has to choose either to continue the wedding or cancel it.
- 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.
- DirectorKhaled YoussefStarsAmr SaadSomaya El KhashabAmr Abdulgalilthe movie discuss the people of random areas in Egypt and the unjust from the government toward these people
- DirectorSameh AbdulazizStarsAhmad BedairKhaled El-SawiSalah AbdullahA terrorist group trying to blow up a nightclub and when a terrorist goes to blow the club finds that there are people who do not deserve death
- DirectorTarek AlarianStarsAhmed El SakkaHanan TurkAmr WakedThis Egyptian action film is about Tito (Ahmad Al Saqa), who was sentenced to 16 years in jail after a burglary when he was a kid. After he gets out, he goes back to crime with a corrupt police officer (Khaled Saleh), but also befriends Fares (Amr Waked), and the two open up a unique restaurant. Fares introduces Tito to Nour (Hanan Turk), a physician, and they fall in love, and Tito tries to leave his life of crime.
- DirectorAhmad Nader GalalStarsAhmed HelmyMenna ShalabiKhaled El-SawiTriplets Prince - Bebo - Semsem (Ahmed Helmy) are taking advantage of similarities between them and outwitted the people, till meet a psychiatrist crook Suleiman al-Halabi.