The Sand Castle 2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
Munir travels to a remote island to contemplate a drastic action. He is haunted by a cryptic parable passed down to him by his mother. In the silence of his isolated island sanctuary, he encounters the enigmatic Valeska and her rough-hewn but loyal son, Karl. Although few words are spoken, simple acts of kindness begin to overcome their mutual distrust. Munir’s heavy burden is gradually eased and his desire for life reignited
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.
A social drama about four marginalized prostitutes in Marrakech and their complex relations with their families and society at large.
When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul.
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Quran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
In 2013, in Cairo, a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.
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.
Halim has been married to Mina for a long time, with whom he runs a traditional caftan store in the medina (old town) of Salé, Morocco. The couple has always lived with Halim's secret – his homosexuality – about which he has learned to keep quiet. However, Mina's illness and the arrival of a young apprentice upsets this balance. United in their love, each will help the other face his fears.
In 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.
Two newlyweds on their honeymoon discover that they are different in almost every way — but can these opposites attract?
"Victim or Hero" is a short film about the battle between fate and willpower. Do we accept the role of the world’s victim, or take control as the hero of our own story?
To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.
In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the country around them, the women in the village try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark by sabotaging the village radio, and then destroying the village TV.
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.
The role of events in the seventies of the last century, when Kuwait was an example of human and material development and progress. The series deals with several social and humanitarian issues, such as social class, materialism, love of control and equality between men and women, through three families that struggle directly and indirectly among themselves.
The events of the series revolve around “Abu Ibrahim” (Saad Al-Faraj), whose house burns and loses all his family, after which he lives a stage of schizophrenia and a painful and poignant life because of his feeling of guilt for what happened.
When a thief steals Omaima's car, he finds her child inside and he takes her with him. Omaima's life begins to collapse, as she believes that she has lost her daughter, which makes her devotes her life to supporting the orphans' rights in various care homes.
Five female students gathered in a residence in one of the Gulf countries, where they live a life full of excitement, adventures, and happy and sad surprises, and they went through a semester that cannot be forgotten. So the question they want remains: Will they achieve the goal of this study mission?
It deals with the love story of a party designer who falls in love with one of her classmates at the university, but fate prevents their connection... The events follow in more than one dramatic line, dealing with issues of youth, human relations, and love. The current and previous times, as for Taif, she said about her role, “I embody the role of Umm Ahmed, who is kind-hearted and “walks” on the intention … and Aseel Omran, my niece, I love her very much, and I will be shocked by her because of her evils, and her impure intention, even though I wished her to be a wife to my son, with He loves another girl, and that's where problems happen.' The series is complete with action.
A few Kuwaiti students leave in the 50's to the University of Cairo in Egypt, the land of art and openness and experience exceptional love stories.
A romantic frame, written by Heba Al-Mashari Hamada and directed by Muhammad Al-Qaffas.
Married to Rasheed with whom she runs a school, Hela thinks she has the perfect husband. Only because she doesn’t know his secret…
Set in Kuwait in 1988, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.
Living under the same roof with her family, a widowed matriarch manipulates the life of her children and their spouses, sparking conflict over tradition and personal desires - all in the name of a love that stifles.
"Darb Al-Zalaq" is a classic Kuwaiti TV series that offers a window into Gulf Arab culture through the comedic and often poignant tale of two brothers, Hussein and Saad. Driven by their desire for quick wealth, they embark on a series of ill-fated business ventures, only to find themselves repeatedly caught in the traps of their own making. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing society, the series explores themes of greed, family ties, and the unpredictable twists of fate that are central to Arab storytelling. Through humor and satire, "Darb Al-Zalaq" reflects the challenges of balancing tradition and modernity in the Gulf, making it a cultural touchstone that resonates with audiences across generations.
A Kuwaiti mother has six daughters and one son struggling with her daughters after leaving her husband's house to start a new life.