Return to the Land of Wonders (2004)
Not long after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi returns to her home city

01:27:54
Documentary, War
Phantom Beirut AKA Ashbah Beyrouth (1998)
Late in the 1980s it seems like the Lebanese conflict will never end. Khalil returns to Beirut

00:58:25
Drama
About Some Meaningless Events (1974)
In search of a subject for their film, a group of directors ask passers-by about their expectations

78:02mins
Documentary
Freedom Fields (2018)
An intimate look at post-revolution Libya through the eyes of an aspiring all-female soccer team,

01:38:13
Documentary
Casablanca Beats AKA Haut et fort (2021)
Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the

01:42:07
Crime, Drama, Romance
The Aquarium AKA Genainat el-Asmak (2008)
A 48-hour journey into Modern Cairo following the parallel lives of Youssef and Leila.

01:48:12
Drama, Romance
The Talisman (1987)
A family tormented by paranormal and demonic activities in their home After rejecting a warlock’s

98:29mins
Asian
About Baghdad (2004)
About Baghdad is the first film made about Iraq after the fall of the Ba’ath regime in July 2003.

01:29:24
Documentary, War
The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived AKA Saat el Tahrir Dakkat, Barra ya Isti Mar (1974)
This film is the one and only testimony shot in the depths of the former “Liberated Zone” of

01:04:33
Documentary
Fangs (1981)
An Egyptian remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show from 1981, completely reinvents O’Brien’s

100:08mins
Asian
Sofia (2018)
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy, she finds herself

85:45mins
Drama
The Night AKA Al-lail (1992)
The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan, a key battlefield in the

01:53:35
Drama, History, War