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Browse 9 movies from Station Films
Aisha, a 26-year-old Sudanese woman, lives in Ain-Shams, a neighborhood in Cairo with a large African migrant community. The authorities’ indifference to the violent tensions between Egyptians and various African nationalities, has allowed different gangs to seize control of the neighborhood. The situation quickly turns sour after one of them offers Aisha security in exchange for a favor.
May 2025
Two lifelong friends travel to Spice Island for a carefree summer, only to find that something between them is beginning to change.
Nov 2026
A retired singer from northern Sudan, Mona, burdened by guilt for covering up a man's death, hires his southern widow, Julia, as her maid. Unable to confess her role in the tragedy, she hopes to move forward, but the country's growing unrest threatens to reveal her secret.
Nov 2023
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.
Feb 2020
When Isra’a discovers she is expecting another baby amid the civil war in Yemen, she and her husband decide she should have an abortion. But this creates enormous difficulties – in their relationship and elsewhere. A moving story from an all-too-often forgotten crisis region.
Aug 2023
Today is a big day, it's Pepper's estranged son's birthday. He disowned her 20 years ago for becoming a drag queen. A chance meeting with Charlie, an eight-year-old boy, reminds her the importance of family and doing the right thing.
Jan 2014
What happens when love is unrequited, misdirected or misinterpreted? Chanel—is it more beautiful than even young love? Watch Annabelle Dexter Jones and Keilani Asmus in a short film that ponders some of life's most enduring questions like where do loyalties truly lie and how much will a girl put up with for one exceptional Chanel tote?
Feb 2018
An exploration of the plight of Sudanese refugees deciding between settling into their current spaces or waiting to be relocated yet again. After escaping the war in Sudan, Abdullah finds himself compelled to work in a nursing home in Cairo where he has to confront his past and make life-altering decisions.
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While her situation is deteriorating, a sick mother watches her son and daughter going through her tragedy and their new reality.
Nov 2022