Set in the suburbs of Cairo, this short film follows a man dedicated to pigeon fighting. His dilemma lies between embra…
On the eve of the COVID-19 outbreak, Egyptian filmmaker Amr Bayoumi films a tree that begins to invade his balcony. His…
Egyptian director Amr Bayoumi revisits his country's tumultuous contemporary past through his own family traces as the …
A woman living in downtown Cairo tries to support her family by selling potato chips. Known as "Potatoes lady" she star…
Premiered at the Venice Film Festival, this film documents the popular insurgency that overthrew the Mubarak regime in …
In this short film a kite surfer based in Qatar tells us about his passion for a sport in which the waves and the wind …
This mysterious short film is a kind of night road trip across downtown Cairo spun by the account of the dreams of its …
This film reflects on the relationship between human beings and the locusts, insects that represent one of the biggest …
The film is an unrelenting personal report of a faltering relationship between the filmmaker Nada Riyadhin and a young …
In the early hours of the first day of the New Year, the camera takes to the streets of Santiago, Chile, in search of t…
It is Egypt after the fall of Mubarak. A young Egyptian filmmaker films his Christian parents during the tense course o…
Best Documentary Films
