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- 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.
- DirectorAhmed AwadStarsMuhammad SadHassan HosnyThoria IbrahimKatkout is the saeedi (southern Egyptian) version of El-Limby with a much lower IQ. The film starts with Katkout preparing to be killed by another family in Upper Egypt for some absurd, unclear reason that neither Katkout nor the audience can fully comprehend. Later on, he is rescued by a bunch of cops who transport him to Cairo in order to prepare him for a mission involving national security. It turns out that Katkout possesses an uncanny physical resemblance to a terrorist named Youssef Khoury who was preparing for a terrorist attack before he was haunted down by our always dependable police forces. After being set up for the assignment, we learn that a crooked terrorist organization, of unidentifiable nationality, is preparing to bomb Egypt's subway
- DirectorRami ImamStarsHani RamziNilli KarimHassan HosnyFrom the acclaimed director Rami Emam comes this comedy starring Hani Ramzi as Sultan, an extremely dumb but kind-hearted thief tries to change his life after he meets and falls in love with the perfect girl. The only obstacle in their way is her father... Will destiny keep them both together?
- DirectorAli IdrisStarsYasmin AbdulazizSalah AbdullahNadyah Al-EraqiyyahA girl thief pretending to be a nanny so she can steal a rich man's house but his 6 children made her lose her mind.
- DirectorAhmad Nader GalalStarsKarim Abdel AzizMona ZakiTalaat ZakariaUndermined by poverty the lead character, Hassan, resolves to theft in order to feed his family. While on the run from the authorities Hassan stumbles across a young fugitive named Salma who's escaping the sexually harassing grips of her step father. Unexpected twists and turns in events take place through out the story ranging from false murder accusations to intense love bonds between the characters.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsHamada HelalTawfik Abdel HamidHala FakherAn Egyptian guy who loves Boxing . He left his home and travelled to Cairo to train . He loved a girl but her dad refused him . He fights to be the World Champion
- DirectorRami ImamStarsMuhammad SadMai Ezz EldinLeblebaBooha (Saad), a butcher coming from the countryside to Cairo to find the man whom his late father left his money with, gets tangled in the big city, finds love with kouta (Maie), and gets exploited by Farag (Hosni).
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsMohamed HenediHajjaj Abdul AzimSuliman EidA rookie gangster takes part in a criminal operation and screws up, so his enemies come after him for revenge.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsHassan HosnyGhadah AdelKarim Abdel AzizThe main themes in the movie are how money and lack of parental guidance can spoil and drive children to the dark side of the world. It also highlights the state of educational institutes these days that mainly concentrate on revenue more than education and morals. Police receives information about the illegal behavior of a group of students in one of the investment universities and that they deal in drugs. One of the police Generals Azmy sets a plan to catch those students by implanting an unknown lieutenant Bassiouny among those students to know the secret of drug dealing and arrest them. As the movie goes on we see the day& night life of this corrupted group that consists of four friends: Ingy the stylish girl whose main interest in life is fashion lines, Maya whose main interest is to love and be loved by any man, Hamza the singer and Tarek (Mohamed Ragab) the possessive leader and brain of the gang. In spite of their different characters the common thing between them is drugs, corruption and night parties. Bassiouny gets involved with this group falls in love with Ingy and emotionally attached with the rest of the group as he feels pity for their circumstances that drove them to this way of life. Finally Bassiouny arrests the real drug dealers whom we find out that they are the managers of the university!
- DirectorAhmed MekkyStarsAhmad El-FishawiRania KurdiAbdel Rahman Abou ZahraA young gym teacher tries to commit suicide after a series of failures through his life, only to meet a voodoo man who gives him the power to read minds.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsAhmed HelmyYasmin AbdulazizNohad NourZaky, a lazy young man decides to work for his father's boss as a bodyguard to protect his stubborn daughter Shereen and her little brother. Soon he becomes a part of the family and a foe for Shereen's jealous boyfriend Hazem.
- DirectorKhaled MareiStarsFares BakrAhmed HelmyMenna ShalabiHassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his exceptional project.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsMuhammad SadHala ShehaAbla KamelA young man trying to find a job to get money to be able to marry the one he loves.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsMuhammad SadHassan HosnyAbla KamelEllambi how stole from his uncle and go to prison and then he escaped from prison and during the hunting he makes an accident
- DirectorAli RagabStarsMuhammad SadYasmin AbdulazizHassan HosnyKarkar (Mohamed Saad) young rich who caused a shock Electric insanity, and after the death of his father, uncle trying Asim (Hassan Hosni) exploit his illness and fraud on him to get his money, and at the same time trying aunt (Ragaa Al-Gidawy) are the other grabbing the money, they make a deal the two on fool (Karkar), and, following events in the struggle between good and evil.
- DirectorAhmed YousryHazem FoudaStarsMuhammad SadZeinaEzzat Abu OufAn Egyptian business man who got an enchanted neckless of good luck. One day it got stolen and he begins a journey to get back his stolen neckless
- DirectorMohamed YasineStarsMohamed HenediLekaa El KhamisyHassan HosnyThe story of the movie deals with the idea of revenge between families in south Egypt, through two families "El Zanaty" and "El Gebaly"
- DirectorSaeed HamedStarsMohamed HenediDonia Samir GhanemHassan HosnyHenedy plays Taimor, a Young man studies music. He loves his colleague and intends to marry her. Her mother, who believes in magic, refuses their marriage. He disguises in conjurer's clothes called Nosa to let her accept their marriage. Taimor discovers more about world of magic and faces troubles.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsMohamed HenediDawood HussainHeba NourA poor guy wants to be a famous singer, but he is a failure. once his mother dies, he knows from her that he has a millionaire twin brother living in Dubai
- DirectorAmr ArafaStarsAhmed El SakkaMona ZakiHassan HosnyA young ambitious veterinarian and his clumsy brother in-law inherit their uncle's safari theme park in South Africa, and must stop it from shutting down with the help of the uncle's daughter.
- DirectorAhmad Nader GalalStarsKarim Abdel AzizAhmed AnanSuliman EidMahmoud (Karim Abdel Aziz), is a poor but a hard working parking attendant who lives a happy and calm life with his father and wife Mona (Menna Shalaby) who is pregnant in their first baby boy; Mahmoud's life changes in one night when he witnesses a murder while at work. He gets hold of the killers wallet and uncovers his identity then soon after the troubles started to chase Mahmoud and his family.
- DirectorAhmad Nader GalalStarsKarim Abdel AzizMagdy EdrisHani El-SabbaghA guy whose father was an assisstant to a drug dealer who killed him . So when the guy when he grow up he worked with the same dealer . At the end he killed the dealer for his father .
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsSherif MounirKarim Abdel AzizMona ZakiAn Egyptian woman discovers that her husband is in fact a Jewish Mossad agent working for Israel. He takes her and their two children to Israel by force and tries to convince her to live with him by force. Mostafa, an Egyptian Intelligence Agent sent by SSI, travels to Israel and tries to help Salwa return to Egypt.
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsAlaa Waley El DinGhadah AdelKarim Abdel AzizAbboud is forced to serve at the military with his friends in sinai and discover there lots of funny and epic situations with some drug dealers
- 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.
- DirectorMuhammad al-NajjarStarsAhmed HelmySherine Abdel WahabHassan HosnyStudent at the Institute of Technology work in the installation of the satellite faced by a very big problem but he can surpass and express it in peace for the first time.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsAhmed HelmyNourKhaled El-Sawi"Tarek " young and romantic works in one of the mobile operators, by chance enters on an adventure to save his love of unreal danger.
- DirectorAmr ArafaStarsAhmed HelmyGhadah AdelHassan HosnyA girl fabricated a story of abduction to a simple young man aiming request for a ransom from her father, a wealthy businessman to recover the money that she inherited from her mother from her father's Scrooge.
- 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 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.
- DirectorAshraf FayeqSarah WafiqStarsMuhammad SadMai Ezz EldinHassan HosnyEllembi is is a lawyer who got angered in his head and meet doctor who installs a chip in his head and uploaded to him law database to become successful lawyer
- DirectorSaeed HamedStarsMohamed HenediHanan TurkLotfy LabibNader saif eldeen and Afet elsherbiny are two competing Egyptians newspaper reporters who expose the truth but the Channel Manager rejects that for fear of government.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsMohamed HenediBushraKhaled ZakiTaha is a failure man, he is fired from all jobs he did suddenly he find himself working with dangerous gang and becomes the leader of it.
- DirectorAhmed El GendyStarsAhmed MekkyDonia Samir GhanemMaged El-KidwaniA boy living in a poor neighborhood is working as a police agent.
- DirectorKhaled MareiAbdelrahman YasserStarsAhmed HelmyZeinaSherry AdelAs an owner of an ad agency lies in hospital with many broken bones, he narrates his story to a doctor. He fell in love with two women of contrasting characters, one independent but cold, another submissive but overbearing.
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsAhmed HelmyDonia Samir GhanemIbrahim NasrMagdi is a young man who lives alone because of his obesity which keeps him away from his friends. He gets into many situations that makes him uncomfortable, so he decides to ask his uncle for help.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsMohamed HenediCyrine AbdelNourEzzat Abu OufA teacher left his poor village's governmental school and went to Cairo where he teaches in a private school where most of the students are sons of ministers and businessmen.
- DirectorWael IhsanStarsMohamed HenediSherry AdelYaser GalalAmir is a reckless Naval Academy student trying so hard to impress the father of the girl he loves, who happens to be his academic professor and neighbor.
- DirectorNaji Abu NowarStarsJacir Eid Al-HwietatHussein Salameh Al-SweilhiyeenHassan Mutlag Al-MaraiyehIn the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.
- DirectorHaifaa Al-MansourStarsWaad MohammedReem AbdullahAbdullrahman Al GohaniAn enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsKais NashifAli SulimanLubna AzabalTwo childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
- DirectorZiad DoueiriStarsAdel KaramKamel El BashaCamille SalamehAfter an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
- DirectorAnnemarie JacirStarsMohammad BakriSaleh BakriTarik KoptyA father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family drama from Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You).
- 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 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!
- DirectorMohamed AminStarsAhmad RizqFathi AbdulwahhabAhmed EidThree sexually-frustrated friends are determined to watch a porno video but have no private place, no VCR, and no TV, so they go on a misadventure in which their group constantly increases, taking on more and more sexually-frustrated people and falling into one mishap after another, all because of the restrictions of society.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsKarim Abdel AzizKhaled El-SawiNilli KarimWhile trying to help an inmate at the mental hospital, a psychotherapist unravels mysteries he never thought existed.
- DirectorNadine LabakiStarsZain Al RafeeaYordanos ShiferawBoluwatife Treasure BankoleWhile serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
- DirectorMahmoud SabbaghStarsHisham FageehFatima AlBanawiSami HifnyA middle-class man meets a girl from a rich family, and the two begin dating in a society where such unions are frowned upon.
- DirectorMahmoud al MassadStarsAhmad ThaherMaher KhammashOdai HijaziAhmad a construction worker gets tangled up in an unfortunate business deal leading him to prison. He meets fraudster Ibrahim who ruins his last hope to prove his innocence. Ahmad is awakened by the realisation that life in prison might be better than the one he has on the outside.
- DirectorFaris GodusStarsSohayb GodusBaraa AlemIsmail AlhassanIn 2010, high school senior Husam, his best friend Maan, their one-time foe Ibrahim, and their teacher Orabi set out to produce a no-budget horror movie.
- DirectorAhmed AbdullahKamla AbouzekriMaryam Abu-OfStarsAhmed HelmyAmr WakedMona ZakiTen separate stories about the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsAdam BakriLeem LubanyEyad HouraniA young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsTawfeek BarhomQais AttaallahHiba AttalahMohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorAmeen NayfehStarsAli SulimanAnna UnterbergerMotaz MalheesA Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.
- DirectorMohamed RasheedyStarsMohamed Maher AklSeven years, Seven stories and one question "Change". What makes us the absolute opposite of ourselves. The story of the dramatic change of the young Egyptian generation after the Arab Spring.
- 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.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsElia SuleimanManal KhaderGeorge IbrahimSeparated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
- DirectorDaoud Abdel SayedStarsMahmoud Abdel AzizSherif MounirAida RiyadSheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his handicap and dreams of riding a motorcycle like every sighted person, he also spends his nights smoking marijuana with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father's house. He knows everything about his neighbors and their secrets and love affairs.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorFadi HaddadStarsTahani SalimShady KhalafHaifa Al-AghaA romantic comedy about a love story between Jordanian Monaliza, and Egyptian Hamdi, set in present day Amman among a community of nosy stereotypes and quirky characters.
- 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.
- DirectorJayce SalloumElia SuleimanThis highly kinetic tableaux of uprooted sights and sounds works most earnestly to expose the racial biases concealed in familiar images. Relying on valuable snippets from feature films such as "Exodus", "Lawrence of Arabia", "Black Sunday", "Little Drummer Girl", and network news shows, the filmmakers have constructed an oddly wry narrative, mimicking the history of Mid East politics.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsMenashe NoyElia SuleimanBaher AgbariyaAn examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.
- DirectorMoustapha AkkadStarsAbdallah GheithMona WassefHamdy GheithThe story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."
- DirectorMoustapha AkkadStarsAnthony QuinnOliver ReedRod SteigerIn 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
- 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.
- DirectorAli F. MostafaStarsFahad AlbutairiShadi AlfonsFadi RifaiThree estranged childhood friends (Omar, Ramy, Jay), travel on a road trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut in memory of their lost friend. If what happens en route doesn't make them crazy, it might just bring them closer.
- DirectorZiad DoueiriStarsRami DoueiriNaamar SahliMohamad ChamasIn April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid. He then takes Omar and May there using her underwear as a white flag for safe passage. Family tensions rise. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.
- DirectorElia SuleimanStarsElia SuleimanTarik KoptyKareem GhneimFilmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
- DirectorAbdallah Al-KhatibStarsAbdallah Al-KhatibAfter the Syrian Revolution, Al-Assad's regime besieges the district of Yarmouk, largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. Yarmouk is cut off. The director records the daily deprivations while celebrating the people's courage.
- DirectorDhafer L'AbidineStarsDhafer L'AbidineNajla Ben AbdallahAhmed BerrhoumaAhmed joins his father Habib, whose state of health is deteriorating. They find themselves in a chaotic situation for which neither is prepared.
- DirectorDarin J. SallamStarsKaram TaherAshraf BarhomAli SulimanA 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
- DirectorZaid Abu HamdanStarsSaba MubarakFarah BsiesoHanan HilloYears after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more question marks are raised.
- DirectorBassel GhandourStarsEmad AzmiBaraka RahmaniMonzer ReyahnahA crime caper set in the labyrinthine alleys of East Amman where a blackmailing voyeur sets off a series of unintended events, causing the lives of residents to collide and spiral into chaos.
- DirectorFahad AlammariAyman SammanStarsFouz AbdullahZyad AlamriFahad AlbutairiHe who has a trick in their bag, they shall use it. An anthology of social deception and trickery in four unlikely places.
- DirectorMaha HajStarsAmer HlehelAshraf FarahAnat HadidWaleed dreams of a writing career while suffering from depression. He develops a relationship with his neighbor - a small-time crook. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
- DirectorOsama FawzyStarsLayla OlwiMahmoud HemidaMenna ShalabiA child who loves the cinema struggles with his fanatic dad who finds everything ,including cinema, a sin, with the help of his mother who is sexually depressed.
- 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.
- DirectorYahya AlabdallahA journey of three young Palestinian running for the students councils in refugees school in Jordan, from announcing the election till the end of the academic year.
- DirectorWidad Shafakoj"17" is a social exploration into the lives of young women who are passionate about a sport they have been told was only for men. The film follows the Jordanian under-17 women's football team as they prepare for the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016. Coming from different backgrounds, each of the girls has faced a different set of challenges as a national team player. But now they come together to face their biggest challenge yet.
- DirectorAmjad Al RasheedStarsMouna HawaHaitham AlomariYumna MarwanA widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws.
- DirectorMai MasriStarsMaisa Abd ElhadiNadira OmranRakeen SaadA young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.
- 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.
- DirectorMahmoud al MassadStarsBashir Mammon MraishIsmael AbedSaeb Abu AlraghebAthens, 1983. The world press reports that 4-year old Bashir is killed in the assassination of his father, Mamoun Mraish, a top PLO lieutenant. Father and son are declared dead but when they arrive at the hospital Bashir turns out to be still alive. But if Bashir is fully alive today, what happened to the dream he and his father were believed to have died for?