Cairo Cinema Days 7
from
07 May 2024
UNTIL
31 July 2024
Cairo Cinema Days is a film program devoted to showcasing the latest in Arab Cinema. Featuring new Arab productions from the past year, it offers an opportunity to watch the most recent feature-length films emerging from the Arab world and its diaspora.
The 7th edition presents highlights from Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, and Sudan.
This year's edition introduces a new approach, marking a cinematic season celebrating Arabic cinema from May to July.
Stay tuned for announcements revealing the titles for each month!
PROGRAM FILMS
The Teacher
Palestinian schoolteacher Basem (Saleh Bakri) experiences personal devastation following a tragic in...
Q
Jude, a Lebanese-American filmmaker, returns to Lebanon and seeks to understand her mother Hiba's de...
ANIMALIA
Happily and heavily pregnant Itto is looking forward to a relaxing day as her husband Amine and forb...
MANDOOB
In the heart of Riyadh, where desperation and opportunity collide, MANDOOB brings forth the gripping...
MACHTAT
Mahdia, Tunisia. Fatma and her daughters, Najeh and Waffeh, work as “machtat”, traditional musicians...
Bab el Shams
In the beginning was Palestine, and the story of Younes (Orwa Nyrabia) began, known as Abou Sale...
AIDA RETURNS
Aida Returns is a poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story...
BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS
Rafik is a desperate man. Released from a Tunisian prison, where he served four years for smashing u...
The Memoirs of M. A. Draz
Decades after his death, Noha ElKholy uncovers letters, diaries, and photographs left behind by her...
HAJJAN
Brothers Matar and Ghanim live in the endless desert of Saudi Arabia. When tragedy strikes, young Ma...
FROM ABDUL TO LEILA
The odyssey of Leila, a French woman of Iraqi origin who, after an accident and years of exile, reco...
DESERTS
Both gawky associates, Mehdi and Hamid, who work for a collection agency in Casablanca, roam remote...
Heroic Bodies
“Heroic Bodies” highlights the development of the Sudanese women’s movement within the framework of ...
Inshallah a boy
After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal is struggling to cope with the upheaval in her life. H...
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A peanuts street vendor who turned into one of the stars of the modern history of Egyptian literatur...
My lost country
Filmmaker Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez uses family photographs, extracts from letters and audio recordings...