The Exterminating Angel

Perfect Strangers

January 2022 •Arabic

A dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on the table, exposing juicy interactions and dark secrets.

Re/cycle

June 2019 •English

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-effect time sequence.

اللقاء الثاني

March 1967 •Arabic

صراع مع الملائكة

May 1962 •Arabic

The Guest

February 2008 •Persian

A young taxi driver who is a happy man encounters lots of different stories through his daily life. One day, he is driving a young American woman and he enters an unusual and protracted adventure which he should follow to the end. The American woman has lost the address she is going to refer and it is almost impossible to reach her relatives. The young driver believes that he should help the woman until she finds her relatives and this issue causes many problems between him and his fiancee. He also has other problems regarding the American woman and his unusual friend.

ذكريات التلمذة

June 1965 •Arabic

Romance Anónimo

Invalid date •English

When a disenfranchised, world-famous photographer is interviewed by university students and presented with a portfolio of his life's work he is transported back to his very first photoshoot with a special yet mysterious subject.

This Is Not Me

September 2025 •English

This Is Not Me is an intimate, haunting exploration of identity, longing, and the truths we try to hide. A raw, dreamlike film built from five striking monologues. Each character reveals the parts of themselves they’d rather keep hidden, blurring the line between confession and performance.

Apricity

Invalid date •English

Apricity is a story that follows Ominis, a young man struggling to complete a song his late mother wrote but never finished. Set in an empty bar, the story unfolds as Ominis encounters Lucy, who helps him rediscover the melody—— and the memories—— that connect him to his past. Through music, Ominis finds closure and warmth in a world without his mother, highlighting the beauty of healing and human connection.

المرأة

July 1949 •Arabic

دعني والدموع

March 1964 •Arabic

Leila, ghadet el camelia

April 1942 •Arabic

A night film adapted from the story of Ghada al-Kamiliya produced in 1942 and directed by Togo Mizrahi

Scandal in Zamalek

January 1959 •Arabic

A man and his sister-in-law are suspects in a murder; they do not know that the man's wife is involved.

Unicorn Wars

October 2022 •Spanish

An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluey and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.

Les Misérables

October 1943 •Arabic

Victor Hugo's classic novel of Jean Valjean, pursued through the years by an unbending foe, the cruel lawman Javert.

The Life of Darkness

March 1940 •Arabic

A middle-class family. The son gets a law degree and wants his son to be a lawyer, but the son wants to be a novelist. The son is surrounded by bad friends, so he is led by them into a life of debauchery and slips into the abyss, betrays trust, misappropriates his father's money, and steals his mother's jewelry to satisfy his mistress's demands, which leads to his mother's death.

The Circus

December 1968 •Arabic

One of the traveling circus troupes in the Egyptian villages suffers from many problems due to the small number of spectators and its failure to keep up with the times. The son of the troupe owner, who has finished his studies, comes and tries to develop the troupe, canceling some shows and adding others. He faces opposition from the old members, but he succeeds with the help of all of them.

Cria

September 1998 •Portuguese

Diabetes

November 2017 •English

A narcissistic fitness fanatic argues with his significant other over breakfast about who is the healthier of the two.

Layla

December 2018 •English

In this 60 second art piece, a dog named Layla is called upon by nature to defend harmless daisy flowers from the wild grass that is conquering their territory.