Youssef Chahine Movies

As Hamdy fights with a fisherman and kills him in front of his daughter, he goes to prison as the fisherman's daughter goes blind. After his release,...

A young employee tries to cover for his colleague, whom he loves, after he discovers that she embezzled money from the company they work in. As he...

Tarek loves his cousin Zubaida and travels to Spain to work in bullfighting under a pseudonym. Zubaida comes to Spain in search of her lover, but...

Reel 14 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison...

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under...

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by French film critic Jean-Louis Comolli on the Egyptian director Youssef...

An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.

A Vision on Landmines Still Present in Egypt – Through a Satirical Attack on the Government and Its Perception of Human Life

A mother and her daughter explore together the trajectory of four generations of women from their family, an Egyptian family from the Levant where...

In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility, invents the mystical figure of Rajeh, and tells stories to...

The High Dam project led to the creation of new communities and the reclamation of land. The film tells the story of a young girl living near the...

A film about the sacred oil used by the church during special occasions in Egypt.

The film depicts the October 6, 1973 war between Egypt and Israel.

Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention...

Beautiful dancer Warda finds herself homeless. She finds a job at a cotton ginning plant. She loves Abdo who runs the plant, and she kills the...

Six strong-willed women whose adventurous streak changed the face of film industry in early twentieth century Egypt – a time when the country...