Films & series: stories, characters & cast

Rachida

A schoolteacher tries to recover a daily life after violence makes her classroom a target.

The Blessed

Two generations move through the same Algiers night with different memories and expectations of the city.

Délice Paloma

An Algiers fixer’s ambitions draw family, money and a new recruit into the same precarious enterprise.

Bab El-Oued City

A baker’s impulsive act unsettles an Algiers neighbourhood.

L’Oranais

Two friends face the distance between independence and its promises.

The Rooftops

A day above Algiers reveals the tensions within the city.

The Repentant

A return home cannot erase the consequences of violence.

Héliopolis

A father and son disagree about Algeria’s future in 1945.

The King of Algiers

Two old accomplices try to begin again in Algiers.

Sultan Achour 10

A fictional royal court turns modern concerns into comedy.

El Dama

Family loyalties and criminal pressure intersect in Bab El Oued.

A Summer in La Goulette

Three friends test the boundaries of love, family and religion in a seaside neighbourhood.

As I Open My Eyes

A young singer claims her voice in Tunis on the eve of political upheaval.

The Man Who Sold His Skin

A refugee’s route to the woman he loves passes through the international art market.

Under the Fig Trees

A summer harvest becomes a meeting place for work, attraction and conversations between generations.

Dear Son

A father’s carefully ordered life falters when his only child becomes increasingly difficult to reach.

Ashkal

Two investigators follow a trail of fire through unfinished buildings and unresolved political history.

Buried Secrets

Three secluded women find their fragile domestic world disturbed by the arrival of strangers.

Dachra

A student investigation takes three friends from a forgotten crime to an isolated village.

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

Four boys, a dream of the sea and a friendship tested on Casablanca’s streets.

Casanegra

Two childhood friends pursue a way out as the city draws them into another risky deal.

Much Loved

Friendship and daily survival among women whose work makes them both desired and condemned.

Razzia

Five lives connected by a city, a past and the desire to choose their own direction.

Volubilis

A newly married couple hopes for a home of its own amid unequal lives in Meknes.

Hounds

A father and son accept a criminal errand that draws them into a long Casablanca night.

The Unknown Saint

A thief returns for buried money and finds his hiding place has acquired devoted visitors.

Mimosas

An uncertain mountain route becomes a journey through trust, obligation and the limits of belief.

Blessed Benefit

An ordinary worker’s prison sentence prompts an unexpected reassessment of the pressures waiting beyond its walls.

Captain Abu Raed

A discarded pilot’s cap turns an airport cleaner into a neighbourhood storyteller with an unexpected responsibility.

AlRawabi School for Girls

Bullying and revenge disturb the order of a prestigious girls’ school.

Wadjda

A green bicycle becomes the focus of a young girl’s determination to choose her own adventures.

The Perfect Candidate

A doctor’s campaign to repair the road to her clinic grows into an unexpected political challenge.

Barakah Meets Barakah

Two young people from different social worlds try to find a place for romance in Jeddah.

Norah

A young woman and a newly arrived teacher discover a shared language through the desire to create.

NAGA

A secret outing becomes a frantic journey through the desert outside Riyadh.

Rupture

A Saudi couple’s hopes for a new beginning turn into psychological uncertainty in London.

Scales

A girl challenges a fishing village’s demand that daughters be given to the sea.

The Book of Sun

A high-school student discovers that making a film can change more than his timetable.

Last Visit

A family emergency exposes the distance between a father and his teenage son.

Roll ’Em

An aspiring filmmaker discovers Jeddah through an encounter with an older cinematographer.

Head to Head

An airport pickup goes wrong and two unlikely colleagues enter a criminal world.

From the Ashes

A school fire exposes tensions that an ordinary timetable had kept hidden.

The Matchmaker

An office infatuation leads an IT worker to a desert resort with unsettling promises.

Hajjan

A young camel jockey races to protect the animal that connects him to his family.

Within Sand

A merchant’s hurried journey home becomes a struggle for survival in the desert.

The Tambour of Retribution

An executioner’s son falls for a wedding musician’s daughter in a divided neighbourhood.

My Driver and I

A girl growing up in Jeddah finds an enduring friend in her family’s Sudanese driver.

Hobal

A family isolated in the desert must decide whether obedience can protect those they love.

Saify

A debt-ridden cassette seller mistakes a dangerous recording for his chance at wealth.

Yesterday After Tomorrow

Two brothers find a doorway to the past and a chance to meet the father they lost.

A Matter Of Life And Death

Two unusual outlooks on mortality collide in Jeddah.

Ahmad In Joy

A young volunteer discovers the pleasure of helping others.

Alone

Grief blurs the boundary between solitude and illusion.

Antagonist

One man’s choices reveal an argument within himself.

Ashura's Voice

A boy searches for connection in a mourning procession.

Beyond The Shifting Sands

Contemporary art becomes a search for an evolving identity.

Circles Of Life

Saudi artists reflect on memory and changing identities.

Desert Warrior

A fugitive princess seeks allies across seventh-century Arabia.

Esc

Virtual courage offers refuge from grief and responsibility.

First Funeral Day

A family loss exposes years of distance.

Friends Game

A video-game advantage sparks an unexpected counterattack.

Guardian Of History

A museum guard becomes an unlikely defender of antiquities.

Hijra

A pilgrimage becomes a search for a missing granddaughter.

Human Tide

Pilgrims bring different lives and hopes to Hajj.

Irtizaz

A funeral becomes a test of social ambition.

Jareesh Salam

A girl fights to reclaim a football and a memory.

Just A Tone

Humour becomes a response to hurtful criticism.

Man On Stage

Witnesses recall Abdullah Al-Jaffal’s theatrical beginnings.

Moms Cry Too

A Saudi mother faces isolation in Florence.

Mubham

Reality becomes uncertain inside a troubled mind.

National Escape Trip

Skipping class leads two students into a competition.

Off Rate

A student searches for balance beyond academic results.

Opening Ceremony

A child carries two conflicting responsibilities.

Raising Voices

A young Saudi artist builds a life through music.

Roots Between Shores

Returning home feels like arriving in a foreign country.

Scream Of An Ant

Leaving home opens a difficult path towards independence.

Serial Writer

A story assembled by 76 writers without a shared plan.

Seven Summits

A Saudi climber pursues the highest peak on every continent.

Sharshura (The Hearse)

A hearse driver encounters an unseen world.

The Cradle

A child’s visits to a cemetery become lessons in loss.

The Fakenapping

A desperate son devises a scheme to unlock family money.

The Golden Fish

A fisherman pursues a lifelong dream at sea.

The Last Recording

Lost recordings prompt a new understanding of memory.

The Man Who Stumbled By His Words

A novelist’s creative block becomes a crisis of identity.

The Precious Gift

A child reconsiders what makes a gift valuable.

The Scene

A Palestinian family holds together beneath the ruins.

Two Out Of Ten

An exam tests friendship as well as knowledge.

Unidentified

A police clerk searches for a dead girl’s identity.

Unknown

A son struggles to secure his father’s burial.

Wajoom

A mysterious assessment forbids questions.

A Mosquito

A tiny singer dreams of reaching Umm Kulthum.

Afen

The chase for viral success becomes physically dangerous.

All In One Night ( Aion )

An imaginary companion pushes a recluse outside.

Alroshan

Traditional wooden screens reveal an architectural intelligence.

Aseer Memory

An archivist preserves a region’s documents and place names.

Azur

A bicycle links a son to an absent father.

Business Bag

A flying bag pulls its owner out of routine.

Diaa Shamsi

A teenager’s ambitions clash with her mother’s concerns.

Does It Hurt Too Bad To Look At Me?

A desert journey prompts doubts about an engagement.

Farasan Boat 128 Km Away From Anchorage

A short fishing trip becomes a prolonged fight for survival.

Gum

A child tries to make sense of first love.

Hello My Dear

Opening a window breaks a long period of isolation.

Holes

An apartment search exposes a troubled family history.

Kemokazi

A Jeddah artist questions what kind of life to pursue.

Khamsen

A burglar discovers that his target house is occupied.

Lail Nahar

A public scandal forces a singer into an unlikely marriage.

Malika

A girl sets out to recover her grandmother’s imagined crown.

Market Dynamo

A retired man finds a new rhythm at the auction market.

Mera, Mera, Mera

One surviving word unsettles a neighbourhood facing demolition.

Midnight Snack

A kitchen mystery prompts a homemade investigation.

Noor

The career and personal journey of footballer Mohammed Noor.

Othman In The Vatican

A Saudi artist reflects on the influence of Italy.

Pavlov's Bells

A controlled classroom becomes a surreal experiment.

Saeed's Day

One late morning sets off a chain of mishaps.

Sarih

A quiet portrait of a camel herder’s daily life.

Sugar

A body supplier faces a darker demand from his customer.

The Certainty

A nanny’s death challenges a young man’s conscience.

The Edge

A conversation exposes the distance inside a marriage.

The Extraordinary Misadventures Of The Amazing Boy Super-blurry

A boy’s strange powers go unnoticed by his family.

The Post

Six witnesses give different meanings to one sudden death.

Two Sisters

A disastrous interview overshadows a lavish birthday party.

When The Light Shines

A cultural foundation preserves Saudi artistic memory.

When The Shelves Hymn

An antique shop holds clues to a missing father.

The Dreamer Dreams

A young visionary enters a dream world of hidden meanings.

Tied

A son conceals a death from his blind father.

Underground

Saudi musicians describe finding their sound and audience.

Where's The Imam?

A hunt for rent money takes an absurd turn.

Basma

A homecoming shaped by family silence

Route 10

A desert road becomes a trap

Alhamour H.A.

Easy money and escalating deception

Masameer: The Movie

Robots, unlikely heroes and social satire

Masameer Junior

A good deed goes wildly wrong

Champions

A coach learns to see his team differently

Zero Distance

A photograph raises a terrifying question

Valley Road

A lost boy finds a path of his own

The Journey

An animated journey into an Arabian legend

Menahi

A rural outsider discovers city life

Keif Al Hal

Family expectations pull in different directions

HWJN

Two unseen worlds share one house

The Cello

A perfect instrument carries a terrible cost

Siwar

Two families confront a switched beginning

From the Ashes: The Pit

Survival below a schoolyard

Shabab El Bomb

A desert lizard changes Amer's trip

Shabab El Bomb 2

Amer turns a confrontation into a new plan

Shabab El Bomb 3

A summer trip with too many expectations

Al Zarfa

A failed robbery leads to a film-set escape

King of the Ring

A wrestling dream demands discipline

Harka

A young fuel seller carries his family's debts.

Hanging Gardens

Two brothers find a troubling treasure in a Baghdad dump.

Dirty Difficult Dangerous

Love seeks a way through precarious lives in Beirut.

Koora

A lost football leads two children into a locked house.

Alam

A school flag draws a teenager into a political choice.

How I Got There

Two friends mistake stolen weapons for a route to wealth.

Slave

Public outrage makes a filmmaker question his own past.

Yallah, Yallah, Beenah!

A film collector's home opens onto a strange adventure.

When Red Blooms

The pursuit of perfection turns against a young woman.

The King's Poem

A poet speaks about the cost of online ridicule.

The Child in His Own Closet

Childhood memories return through the feelings they leave behind.

Matchstick

A young man searches his memories for answers.

Last Chance to Fall in Love

A first love returns after half a century.

Forward

A phone call from the future unsettles a hacker.

Casting

The wish for privacy leads a man into deeper difficulty.

Zabarjad

Returning home does not offer the fresh start a student expects.

Requiem for Silence

An intrusive sound changes the texture of everyday life.

Lucky You're Mine

Newlyweds face a crisis that makes communication difficult.

Octopus

Beirut's daily life continues among the ruins of an explosion.

Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Ancient City of Dadan

Archaeologists search AlUla for the traces of an ancient city.

Fragments from Heaven

A nomad and a scientist search the desert for different futures.

To My Son

A return to Abha reopens a family's wounds.

Jeanne du Barry

An outsider enters the court of Louis XV.

Behind the Mountains

A father asks his son to believe he can fly.

Backstage

An injury exposes a dance company's tensions.

Saeed

A boy resists a separation within his family.

Me & Aydarous

A secret date becomes a battle inside a van.

Thiiird

A Beirut garage gathers lives under pressure.

The Mother of All Lies

A miniature neighbourhood opens a buried history.

Khaled El Sheikh: Between the Thorns of Art and Politics

Music and public life shape an artist's path.

Four Daughters

A mother and her daughters revisit a divided family.

Fever Dream

A former football star pursues fame with his daughter.

The Ride

A working mother faces the pressures of the road.

Street 105

A routine police shift becomes a struggle to survive.

Kum-Kum

A seaside tragedy leaves a lasting fear.

I'm Fine

A boy's attachment to a puppet opens a magical question.

Fishy

Two children carry a small hope into wartime.

Fishbowl

A writer confronts her fears by making a film.

The Old School

An employee returns to an office he barely recognises.

The Menace from Above

A small fish confronts an unexpected sea monster.

The Last Thread

An actress questions the limits she has accepted.

Saleeg

An overflowing pot changes a lonely woman's dinner.

Jameel Alsaeed

A job interview becomes a question about happiness.

Fiasco Run

A sleepless man's family refuses to let the night end.

Art Block

An advertising designer faces a deadline and creative silence.

Antidote

A boy's recording holds a singer's changing voice.

The Last Winter

Two friends share a winter shaped by homesickness.

Hadi Aleies

Camels connect Saudi landscapes, work and memory.

Detour

A remote posting slowly distances a worker from his dreams.

Takki

Young friends in Jeddah try to build creative lives while negotiating work, relationships and the expectations around them.

Whispers

A businessman’s death leaves his family with questions that the official explanation cannot settle.

Masameer County

An animated Saudi comedy turns everyday frustrations into extravagant adventures for an eccentric community.

Tahir’s House

A struggling fish shop becomes the starting point for a Jeddah family’s risky attempt to reinvent its fortunes.

Crashing Eid

A Saudi woman’s visit home for Eid becomes a test of whether her family will accept the man she wants to marry.

Khuyut Al Maazib

A young apprentice confronts a harsh master in the world of traditional bisht weaving in Al-Ahsa.

Khareef Al Qalb

Two families discover that their daughters were exchanged at birth, forcing them to reconsider what makes a parent.

Tash Ma Tash

Everyday Saudi life through changing comic stories

Selfie

Social questions through comic portraits

Shabab Al Bomb

Youth, friendship and everyday mishaps

Al Maktab

An awkward boss and a courier-company crew

Jameel Jedan

Waking up to a life that moved on

Share Al Asha

Women's aspirations in 1970s Riyadh

Thanawiyyat Al Naseem

A teacher challenges a difficult classroom

Minho Waladna

Two families discover a switched past

Studio 21

A struggling television station keeps going

Ureem

A driver's job opens a world of encounters

Dakkat Al Abid

Intersecting lives under slavery and displacement

Al Mirath

A disputed will reshapes two families

Eyal Nouf

A locked home and a mother’s hidden fears

Badr’s Will

An unexpected inheritance with demanding conditions

Omm Al Qalayed

A disappearance unsettles a mountain village

Wish Tabi Bas

Friends build an app for almost any request

Boxing Girls

A Saudi gym opens a new space for women

Al Zahiriyah

A teacher caught between love and revenge

Sondos

A new governess unsettles a wealthy household

Bayni Wa Baynak

Two runaways become a con man’s opportunity

Beyt Al Ankaboot

A family’s gold business becomes a battleground

Plan B

Actors turn their skills against professional swindlers

Makhraj 7

A father struggles to keep pace with social change

Mamnou Al Tajawwol

Everyday life reshaped by lockdown

Cairo Station

Desire and working life at a crowded Egyptian railway station.

An Egyptian Story

A filmmaker confronts his past during a medical crisis.

Finding Ola

A new beginning after divorce, with family life still in full swing.

Paranormal

A sceptical doctor encounters events that resist his scientific explanations.

The Exchange

Two cousins seek independence on Kuwait’s trading floor.

Capernaum

A child's search for care and dignity among the overlooked lives of Beirut.

Caramel

A Beirut beauty salon becomes a meeting place for friendship, desire and difficult choices.

Where Do We Go Now?

Women in an isolated village join forces to keep religious tensions from becoming violence.

The Insult

A dispute between two men in Beirut exposes the weight of memory and public prejudice.

West Beirut

Three teenagers try to preserve the freedoms of youth as civil war divides their city.

Omar

Love and friendship become fragile commitments in a thriller about trust under occupation.

Paradise Now

Two friends confront a planned act of violence and the beliefs that brought them towards it.

Wajib

Delivering wedding invitations becomes a day of disagreement and rediscovery for a father and son.

The Time That Remains

Family memories connect four periods of Palestinian life, from 1948 into a later generation.

It Must Be Heaven

A quiet traveller discovers unexpected echoes of Palestine in Paris and New York.

Namus

Young love constrained by family honour

Hello, It's Me

A physicist looks back on love and responsibility

The Color of Pomegranates

A poet's life told through images and rituals

We Are Our Mountains

A missing sheep brings the law to the hills

Seasons of the Year

Shepherds follow the demanding rhythm of nature

The Tango of Our Childhood

A family tries to bring its father home

Yeva

A mother hides from the life she left behind

Should the Wind Drop

An airport inspection becomes a question of connection

Amerikatsi

A prison window opens onto an unfamiliar home

Aurora's Sunrise

A survivor's testimony returns through animation and archive

The Orator

A persuasive speaker caught in a revolution

2000 Songs of Farida

Four women under one roof as history approaches

Abdullajon

An unexpected visitor in an Uzbek village

Without Fear

An unveiling campaign divides a village

Comrade Boykenjayev

A loyal official and an impossible cemetery

40 Days of Silence

Four women and a vow that opens old wounds

The Song Sustxotin

Drought and silence in a village seeking justice

The Lead

Loyalty and conscience in Stalin’s final years

Tenderness

First love along the waterways of Tashkent

Man Follows Birds

A young wanderer searches for freedom

Nabat

A mother remains as her village empties.

Pomegranate Orchard

A son returns after twelve years of silence.

Buta

A boy finds friendship and inspiration in a mountain village.

Steppe Man

A life beyond the city begins to change.

In Between Dying

One day on the road in search of belonging.

Down the River

A rowing coach confronts a family tragedy.

The 40th Door

A boy seeks honest work on the edge of Baku.

Arshin Mal Alan

A merchant wants to choose his own bride.

The Scoundrel

Success comes at the expense of an honest man’s conscience.

The Bat

Cinema, desire and death blur into one another.