Karim Kassem

My fate and your destiny

An anthology drama with a unique format — every three episodes tell a complete, self-contained story about a different couple navigating a different relationship challenge. Covering 15 themes across its first season, from infidelity and domestic conflict to social media's impact on modern love, the series stars Hani Salama alongside a rotating cast of leading actresses. Relatable, bingeable and sharply observed.

Al-Gama'a

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

Words on Paper

When a major character is murdered by a hit-man in Beirut, an Egyptian in the city is charged with the crime. Against a backdrop of mystery and suspense, the story continues to unfold until the true culprit is revealed.

The Escape

Mahmoud is a young engineer who misses on a job at his university due to corruption. As he stands up to a businessman, the latter frames him for murder and Mahmoud is forced to flee in an attempt to prove his innocence. But another tragedy awaits him when his brother gets killed.

Very Private

Lucifer's Kingdom

In a local Egyptian neighborhood, the death of the headman Fathy Eblis gives way to a series of vengeful acts and unleashes chaos upon the people.

When We Were Young

A thriller about five friends who, after their graduation from the AUC, start working for Professor Selim Mansour, who is involved in illegal activities. But in the wake of a murder, everything changes.

Zienhom

The Stories

The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.

The Nightmare

A mother's journey in search for her son's murderer. The story unfolds between the past, present and even nightmares which gives subtle clues and hints to guide the mother to the murderer.

U-Turn

Yara abandons her dream job as a navigation officer for the sake of her possessive husband Youssef, while Khaled causes a tragic accident that puts Yara in grave danger.

Sons of Rizk 2: Return of the Lions of the Land

Three years after the events of the first film, the four brothers are trying in various ways to preserve the covenant they made to themselves to stay away from a life of theft and crime, but one event in their lives changes all that, and introduces them to new worlds for them, and puts them in very dangerous confrontations with A number of professional criminals.

To Each His Own Cinema

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Final Scene

Eight darkly twisted tales tackling controversial topics that are made to show the thin line between good and evil, love and hate as well as truth and lies.

Manna'a

The story of a group of people in the working-class neighborhood of Al-Batiniya in Egypt, each living through their own struggles, ambitions, and crises in complex circumstances that threaten their stability. The story of Manaa occupies a central position as she faces social and psychological challenges.