Dystopian Patterns 2021
Something happened to that city. Could be Beirut.
Something happened to that city. Could be Beirut.
The Cuckold is a controversial dramatic feature that pushes a camera lens through the peephole of American taboo, focusing on the flashpoint where racial and sexual tensions collide. While set against the backdrop of a little-known fetish in the swinging lifestyle called 'cuckolding', The Cuckold tells the broader story of two suburban couples and two urban men whose lives collide in a tale woven together by the threads of deceit, lust, and primal vengeance. It also explores the consequences and risks in looking beyond the skin in search of love.
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels, sending them into a downward spiral of painful events.
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
An engineering college student invents the first of its kind robot in the Middle East, in an attempt to avenge his father's death and achieve justice, which gets him pursued by the authorities.
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
1516, Legend has it that the king of Algiers had a wife named Zaphira. When the pirate Aroudj Barbarossa arrives to liberate the city from the Spaniards, he is determined to conquer Zaphira as well as the kingdom itself. But is Zaphira willing to let him, or is she plotting for herself?
Touda is a sheikha (traditional singer and dancer) who performs in dingy bars to make ends meet. But Touda has a passion. She struggles for her art to be recognized and to ensure a better future for her deaf-and-mute son Yassine.
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters' life stories. An intimate journey of hope, rebellion, violence, transmission and sisterhood that will question the very foundations of our societies.
Maryam and Nasser are set to travel from Riyadh to attend their father’s wedding in Abu Dhabi, until the flight is cancelled. Undaunted, they decide to make the journey by car instead. Their time together will mend a relationship that has frayed since their mother’s death as they share their feelings about their overbearing father––but, they underestimate the many hazards of the desert road, including an angry stranger whose terrifying pursuit has the brother and sister driving for their lives.
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
A suspense thriller that revolves around a pregnant woman who carries a lot of mysteries about her pregnancy, and her relationships with the people around her.
It follows the story of Azouz and Mahdi, two policemen who are completely different in personality and character. One is reckless and the other is honest and loyal to his family. Their partnership in work leads them to a series of events full of action and comedy.
Alexandria, Egypt, 1940. Three young Egyptians come to the aid of a woman being attacked by three British soldiers. One of them is arrested and thrown in jail. When the military surrounds the police station and begins an all-out assault, it's up to one man, Gen. Youssef al-Masri, to defend his prison and protect his people.
At a strict girls’ school, a mysterious fire blazes out of control. Now everyone's questioning whether it was an accident — or arson.
Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
A spin-off from the Abandoned city movie focusing on the mysterious man and his son in the night of the Abandoned city
The events of the play decided about King Lear, who decided to distribute his possessions to his three daughters, and because his youngest daughter consented to him, he deprived her of his blessings, and another for his distribution of property stipulated that one of his numbers in choosing specific constructions for everything and expelling their father
A social drama about four marginalized prostitutes in Marrakech and their complex relations with their families and society at large.
The series "Zanghat Arreeh" is a historical social drama, the events of which take place in 1945 in the city of Tripoli in Libya. It highlights the suffering of the Libyan people under the rule of the British administration that was installed in Libya after World War II and the defeat of Italy. In the absence of any media or legal interest, the British military administration facilitated procedures for foreign communities at the expense of the sons of the homeland. The series also highlights the social life, customs and traditions that prevailed among the residents of Tripoli of all religions and ethnicities, united by one city and one homeland, in which they share their joys and sorrows.
Ghasaq captures the intense situation in the cities of Misurata and Tripoli from September 2014 to December 2016, the date when Giza, the last stronghold of ISIS in Sirte was liberated. Ghasaq narrates the struggle and unification of the Libyan people from all ages and backgrounds in their fight against extremism and terrorism, eventually becoming victorious after the sacrifice of hundreds of martyrs.
In a Bedouin setting, the events of the series reflect many aspects of the everyday life of citizens, highlight the lived reality with all its social problems, in a satirical comic framework.
Follows a part of al-Qaramanli dynasty's reign over Tarabulus (Tripoli, Libya) that takes place between 1783 and 1795, Hassan Bek, the son of Ali Pasha, is known for his fairness and his valor in defending his country, which arouse the hatred of his two brothers, Ahmad and Yusuf, especially after the governor, Ali Pasha, falls ill with tuberculosis, leading to a power struggle.