"cairo"
Natacha Atlas: The Pop Rose of Cairo
Blending live concert performances, behind-the-scenes footage and revealing interviews, director Fleur Albert's documentary offers a compelling portrait of Anglo-Egyptian pop singer Natacha Atlas. Known for fusing Western electronica with the sounds of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, Atlas has been one of international pop music's biggest s..
Tony Cairoli: The Movie
With seven motocross world titles to his name, the legendary Tony Cairoli is one of the all-time greats of the sport. But how did the Sicilian get to the top? That story is revealed in the new documentary Tony Cairoli the Movie.
L’oca del Cairo, ossia Lo sposo deluso
A miserly marquis and a wealthy old count contrive to marry girls in each other’s protection. Everything seems to be going to plan, until a giant goose starts raining money from the sky. After the success of Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart began composing L'oca del Cairo and Lo sposo deluso but gave up on both of them. The two fragmentary..
The Shadow of Cairo
After her mother's death, Maya, an ordinary Egyptian girl, sets out to become a Superhero vigilante.
Cairo, IL
Sitting between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, Cairo, Illinois geographically mirrors its namesake: Cairo, Egypt. This piece blends a variety of footage from the region – some found and some filmed – to create a non-linear exploration of Cairo and its past, pain, and promise.
Dark Streets of Cairo
A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing some precious jewels.
Café Regular, Cairo
In a regular cafe in Cairo a relationship goes through its first big test.
Marouf, the Cairo Cobbler
Shown in Cannes 1947.
Cairo 52
In 2001, Egyptian police raided a floating gay disco on the Nile and arrested 52 men for obscene behavior. The indignity that these men faced is captured in this animated short.
Hello Cairo
A young Kuwaiti man called Sulaiman gets hit by a car driven by an Egyptian man in Cairo which caused him to loose his memory. The driver takes care of Sulaiman and helps him to get back to normal life.
Khamis invades Cairo
Khamis arrives from his hometown to work in Cairo, but his millionaire brother abandons him. Khamis is forced to work as a maid at the house of his old friend, dancer Najia, who becomes a movie star. At her home he meets several businessmen and discovers that everyone is engaged in illegal work and is surprised to find that his brother is following..
At Cairo's Railway Station
Reda, a young salesperson meets Malak in the railway station who asks him to play the role of her husband before her rich parents who live in Upper Egypt.
Vinyl Bazaar - Take Me Back To Cairo
Victor Kiswell met le souk au Caire. Il en rêve comme d’une mine d’or. Mais pas Le Caire d’aujourd’hui, il recherche Le Caire du milieu des années 1950 aux années 1970. A l'époque, les soirées et les ondes de radios sont envahies par des mélopées orientales, vitaminées de jazz, de bossa-nova ou de rhythm&soul. Pendant une vingtaine ..
A Cafe in Cairo
When her British parents are killed when an Arabian desert bandit launches an attack on their encampment, their young daughter is spared and brought up as an Arab known as Nadia. The bandit who killed Nadia's parents wishes to marry her. She is ordered to steal some documents from a British secret service agent. Lost film.
Why was Cairo Calm
It begins in the days after Sadat's assassination in 1981 by an islamist cell of army officers. The American media had led an outpouring of shock and grief in the United States at the death of the heroic president. All the western leaders then travelled to Cairo to say goodbye to the man who had courageously changed the course of history. But then..
Cairo 30
Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.
Cairo Exit
A powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for contemporary Egyptian cinema, 'Cairo Exit' is a gritty and uncompromising work from a major new cinematic talen..
Cairo-Baghdad
One of the earliest Iraqi films, the plot revolves around a young Iraqi man working as a writer who flees to Cairo after being accused of murdering his uncle. He stays with a friend and gets to know his friend's daughter, eventually falling in love with her. He requests to marry her, and his friend agrees to his proposal. The young man continues to..
Cairo Time
Three stories take place over the course of a single day in Cairo. Lila, a retired actress, is looking for Sameh, her last co-star. Salma, is dating Wael and is in Wael's friend's apartment, after their marriage breaks down. Hazem is a young drug dealer on the run from Alexandria to Cairo and picks up an old man with Alzheimer's disease. The six ch..
Taxi to Cairo
Frank and his S&M partner are surprised by Frank's harridan mother when she walks in on the pair in an amorous clinch. Frank's mother threatens to disinherit her son if he does not settle down and get married. Frank hires the actress Klara to pose as his wife, and the pair moves into a quaint country house. Soon the newly weirds are both after the..
