Maher Essam Movies
- 2002
11’09”01—September 11
11’09”01—September 116.42002HD
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...
- 1986
The Sixth Day
The Sixth Day4.81986HD
Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a...
- 2011
18 Days
18 Days72011HD
10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or...
- 1987
The Talisman
The Talisman4.61987HD
Protagonist Mahmoud is a high school teacher, who lives with his entire family in a tiny apartment. The landlord is desperately trying to force them...
- 2019
Qarmat in Trouble
Qarmat in Trouble7.42019HD
Qarmouti builds a graveyard for his ancestors, and makes it a paid tourists attraction; this causes him lots of problems with the government....
- 2013
Lion Heart
Lion Heart5.82013HD
Kidnapped as a child and raised in the circus, a young lion tamer's tough side emerges when he gets entangled in an underworld murder mystery.
- 2007
Chaos, This Is?
Chaos, This Is?7.12007HD
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...
- 2014
Salem: His Sister's Father
Salem: His Sister's Father3.22014HD
Salem is a poor street vendor who has been taking care of his sister since their parents died. After the 25th of January revolution, his life turns...
- 2004
The Gate of the Sun
The Gate of the Sun62004HD
Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and...
- 2002
عودة مدرسة المشاغبين
عودة مدرسة المشاغبين02002HD
- 2001
Marriage by Presidential Decree
Marriage by Presidential Decree5.42001HD
An employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides to marry a girl of a higher social status. At a moment of recklessness,he sends a wedding...
- 1999
Closed Doors
Closed Doors5.41999HD
During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having...
- 2015
Professional Guys
Professional Guys82015HD
Seba'y is an unsuccessful football coach in the Dokki Sports Club. As he tries to marry his sweetheart Osha, his final chance to prove himself to her...
- 1985
Fawazia The Bourgeoisie
Fawazia The Bourgeoisie7.51985HD
The film focuses on the relationship between people with different political views, through the residents of one local region, highlighting some...
- 2001
Silence... We're Rolling
Silence... We're Rolling4.82001HD
Malak is a star singer who lives with her mother and her daughter, Loula, in her villa after her divorce. She falls in love with an opportunist...
- 2014
A Girl from Dar El Salam
A Girl from Dar El Salam22014HD
The film follows Manal, a young girl living in the poor town of Dar Elsalam in Cairo. After she graduates from a commerce secondary school, she...
- 2001
High School Freshmen
High School Freshmen02001HD
When Surgeon Hamza commits a mistake that leads to the death of a child, he's sentenced to jail and prevented from practicing his profession. The...
- 1987
The Tiger and The Female
The Tiger and The Female61987HD
Officer Wahid is assigned to work undercover to enter the ring of the largest drug trafficker, he uses the help of the repentant night girl Naima, to...
- 2013
The Bulbul's Nest
The Bulbul's Nest32013HD
A comedy about a taxi driver who wants to achieve his goal of becoming a famous singer. He finds himself inside the world of nightclubs and befriends...
- 2006
Rayya and Sekina at Marina
Rayya and Sekina at Marina02006HD
The historical tale of Raya and Sakina, two serial killers, is retold in a contemporary comedic way; however, this time, the story takes place in...