A Mission in an Old Movie

Walking Across Egypt

January 1999 •English

An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.

A Hero from Upper Egypt

December 1991 •Arabic

Antiquities dealer Heridi asks his nephew Jaber to deliver a gift not knowing that it contains a rare statue that he plans to sell. Jaber is chased by two gangs to seize the statue, Aziz's gang sends Safi to seduce Jaber but she decides to take the statue for herself.

Entombed

May 2016 •English

Mickey leads Minnie on a treasure hunt in the Valley of the Tombs, but when the two are separated the adventure might prove too stressful for Mickey.

Zimtstern und Halbmond

December 2010 •German

German ship captain Gottfried Hinrichs reluctantly retires to his Bavarian home, hoping to find comfort when his daughter Barbara moves back home, convenient now she has become a commercial pilot. So he dishes out the usual objections when she tells to have found her mate, while ma Lisbeth tries to shush. When the lovers turn up for Christmas Eve, a culture shock follows, for her dream prince is Palestinian unemployed would be-pilot Kamal Abu Khalil, and neither 'liberal' parent extends effective tolerance to Islamic in-potential laws. Ultimately Gottfried is worn down, but then the incompatible religious marriage norms seem to break up the couple itself. It gets even worse when his parents found out and fly in, while she feels neglected as Kemal starts an electronic muezzin Internet firm with a friend.

Caesar and Cleopatra

December 1945 •English

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

Bread and salt

January 1949 •Arabic

Buthaina and Saber both live in the "el eish wal el mal7" neighborhood, but when Buthaina starts working for Bahjat Bey, her simple life begins to change, and Saber is shocked by her sudden change in attitude toward him.

Hidden Strike

July 2023 •English

Two elite soldiers must escort civilians through a gauntlet of gunfire and explosions.

The Great Fava Beans of China

August 2004 •Arabic

Mohy Al-Sharqawi is a young man whose grandfather and his uncles form a smuggling gang. As Mohy is a coward who cannot go along with them, he goes to live with his mother and step-father but they send him to China to represent Egypt in a cooking competition which gets him into a lot of troubles

Legally Exposed

January 1997 •English

An archaeologist's life long search for a unique relic is rewarded when he finds an object that has the power to turn anyone into a sex-starved maniac with the push of a button, or transform them physically from one gorgeous body into another.

Lost in a Harem

December 1944 •English

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

Ali Baba & the Gold Raiders

January 1999 •Indonesian

Ali Baba steals hidden treasure from some raiders who then seek revenge on his family.

Omar Marzouk - War, terror and other funny stuff

October 2005 •Danish

Thunderlust and The Middle Beast

March 2015 •English

Long-haired, loud, and a real long way from home. The hip thrusting glam metal band with an image problem has come to a part of the world that suffers the same. The Middle East. Their mission: make music videos, and get out alive. The band are furious though when they learn that management has given the job of directing their videos to a relatively inexperienced Jordanian film maker by the name of Anas. Dealing with the band's egos, tantrums and paranoia, Anas struggles to help the band create the right image for their new songs. It all makes for a volatile but hilarious mix. The band soon falls apart though and Anas faces even greater pressure to pull the video clips off. For as he knows too well; in a world that rocks, image makes the difference.

Uncle Saddam

July 2000 •English

Everything you've ever wanted to know about Saddam Hussein (but were afraid to ask).

The Junior Olsen Gang and the Black Gold

January 2009 •Norwegian

Norwegian engineers are searching for oil and Egon Olsen convinces his friends to buy stocks in the oil market. In the process, Egon, stumbles upon a scheme to fool the Norwegian Government that there is indeed no traces of oil in the North Sea. The Olsen Gang tries to tell the ministry the truth about the oil but they are caught by Sheik El-Altan who, in order to make sure the boys keep their mouths shut, kidnaps Valborg and brings her to Egypt.

The World on a Dove's Wing

January 1989 •Arabic

Reda, a taxi driver, drives the wealthy widow Imane who has just returned from abroad. She lets him drive her to run errands, and he helps her break her sweetheart, the engineer Hassan, out from a mental hospital.

Esther Manito: #NotAllMen

August 2022 •English

In her award-winning stand-up show, Esther Manito (Live At The Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show) looks back at the era of lad mags, landlines and cock-n-ball graffiti. A time where the media said her Middle Eastern heritage was filled with misogynistic men, whereas the West absolutely had (and still has) sexism sorted. Has lad culture really improved? Does 90s Essex have the answers?

1995

July 2024 •French

In 1994, Ricardo gave up his dream of being a filmmaker. At twenty-four, he has already, in a way, accepted his destiny: that of a simple citizen, anonymous, lost in the immensity of consumer society. He will never be an artist. A call from Radio-Canada, however, rekindled the artistic flame of the young man whose application was selected among the finalists of the show La Course, 1994-95 Edition.

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

March 1965 •English

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.

Kid Millions

November 1934 •English

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.