Fig Leaf Studios

On a handmade set re-creating her Casablanca neighborhood, a young Moroccan filmmaker enlists family and friends to help unearth the troubling lies built into her childhood.

Cairo, 1964. Alaa, a 12-year-old boy, and his three younger siblings hear shouting from the street. Outside, the crowd is cheering for a man. The children can barely believe their eyes: the man is their father, Ibrahim.

After an 82-day separation, Adam travels a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.

Ahmed drives through the derelict nightscape of Cairo, anxious to secure money to pay for an abortion for a young woman - a procedure that must take place immediately. He comes across an intriguing group of young people, led by a woman who aims to solve the enigma surrounding a giraffe rumoured to be hidden at the Cairo zoo. As an absurd chain of events unfolds, Ahmed is distracted from his mission

Six different characters roaming in Alexandria along with their fears. Amr comes back to meet his father in his death bed, not sure how he can speak up and show his true feelings. Moussa spends his day afraid of crossing a street until he finds amends with his side of the road. Dahlia, on her wedding day, seems lost in worries about her off white marriage. The young girl discovers her grandmother's decay through her play time. After her husband's death, Rawya starts a habit of sleeping late, however, discovers a new exciting life at night. Maha, packing for leaving the country, starts questioning the change that happened or might happen in her life. They share the same creepy feelings in the same city but never meet

Our place is on fire and we are on fire with it. If that, what we are, is not any longer and an eternal search begins - for who we are, where we stand and where we should go.

The film revolves around the relationship of two teenage sisters in one of Egypt's Nile Delta cities, one of them holds a secret life in the virtual world.

Going through a journey in the streets of the empty city, except from him and his beloved, loaded with unsteady and contradictory feelings towards her, after their relationship had come to an end recently. He runs in the streets of the empty city, trying to catch her; she on her tricycle and he, after her, on foot. Out of breath, he reaches the milk shop “Alban Wady El-Neel” at the end of his journey, unable to define what feelings he carries for her, any longer..

Egyptian short movie

A policeman, a belly dancer, a white rabbit, a secret agent, a man hopelessly in love: the cast of characters in Islam Kamal’s hyperactive comedy EXPIRED is sourced directly from the tropes of Egypt’s film history of the last thirty years. The film places its protagonists in stereotypical situations, ranging from courting to interrogations, using satire and humor as a vehicle for socio-political commentary. A manifesto of sorts from the young, independent film scene in Egypt.

Hadir, 20 year old girl , lives with her marginalized mother, violated by the gazes of the repulsive male neighbor, wants to attach her as a second wife, surrounded by a higher socioeconomic class at her work place, attending a birthday party of them and dance in order to capturing the eyes, who soon lose interest, leaving her Stuck between two worlds, not belonging to either of them.

Adam only wants to land his skateboarding trick at the mall, but Khalid the security guard is having none of that and takes his skateboard away. Adam & his friend George must find a way to get it back.

The film is based on the true story of a meeting between the two filmmakers and an unknown European. This meeting took place one evening in 2017, in a bar in Beirut. The man was on his way to join the Kurdish militia at war with the Islamic State on Syrian territory.

A man and a woman meet while seeking cover from the rain. The conversation that follows could lead them to a new surprise in life.