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New Century Production
New Century Production ( ar, نيوسينشري للانتاج الفني) is an Egyptian film production company established by Walid Al Kurdi in 2004 as a new production branch of Dollar Film, itself first founded in 1949. Filmography References External links * New Century Productionat the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... Mass media companies established in 2004 Film production companies of Egypt Egyptian companies established in 2004 {{Film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Mekky
Ahmed Mekky ( ar, أحمد مكي; born June 19, 1980) is an Egyptian actor, writer, director and rapper. Personal life Ahmed Mekky was born in Oran, Algeria as a son of an Egyptian mother and an Algerian father. He was raised as a boy in the Talbia of Haram District, Giza, Egypt, where he filmed his Egyptian patriotic song clip "''Wa'fet Nasyt Zaman''". His sister is , an Egyptian actress. Mekky paused his career for a period of time after suffering from Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection. He caught the virus after sharing water bottles with his fellow boxing trainees. Mekky married an Egyptian businesswoman, with whom he has one son, Adham. They divorced in 2013. Career Mekky began his career after graduating from the directing division at Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema. Mekky started out directing several short films such as ''Yabanee Asly'' (''An Original Japanese'') before directing ''El Hassa El Sab'a'' (''The Seventh Sense''), which starred Ahmed El-Fishawy, in 2005. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Dreams
Real Dreams ( ar, احلام حقيقيه) is an Egyptian thriller film produced in 2007 starring Hanan Tork, Khaled Saleh. The protagonist, Mariam, is living a troubled life with her husband Ahmed. Suddenly, her life turns upside down when she starts having dreams of crimes that she discovers real on the next morning. Thinking she's the one who commits them while sleeping, she decides to stay awake. Cast * Hanan Tork - Mariam * Khaled Saleh * Dalia El Behairy * Fathy abdel wahab Fathy is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Fathy Salama, Egyptian musician *Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect See also *Fathi Fathi (Arabic: فَتْحِي ''fat·ḥiy/ fat·ḥī/ fat·ḥy'') is a given Arabic n ... References External links * 2007 films 2000s Arabic-language films Egyptian horror films {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
678 (film)
''678'', released internationally as ''Cairo 6,7,8'', is a 2010 Egyptian political thriller film written and directed by Mohamed Diab. The film focuses on the daily public sexual harassment of three women of different social backgrounds in Egypt. The film won the Top Prize at the 2010 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). Plot Low-income government employee Fayza is sexually assaulted on her way home from work, first in a taxi and then a bus. At home, she resists her husband's attempts to be intimate. She attends a free weekly self-defence class, but instructor Seba forces her to leave because she denies being sexually harassed due to shame. On her way home, Nasr attempts to grope Fayza and she defends herself with a pin from her hijab, causing her to be removed from the bus. After attending a football game, Seba is separated from her physician husband in the crowd and sexually assaulted. Her husband becomes distant due to guilt while her mother discourages her from reporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Diab
Mohamed Diab ('' ar, محمد دياب'', , born 1978) is an Egyptian screenwriter and director whose work often centers on pressing issues concerning Egyptian society. He is known for his directorial debut film ''Cairo 678'' ''(Les Femmes du bus 678)'', which was released a month before the Egyptian revolution, and for directing Disney's Marvel series '' Moon Knight''. Career ''El Gezeira'' '' El Gezeira'', released in 2007, is inspired by the true story of the rise of a ruthless drug lord who lived on an island in Upper Egypt. The film set box office records and is often referenced in Egyptian pop culture. The sequel ''El Gezeira 2,'' released in 2014, begins with the escape of the drug lord from prison during the Egyptian revolution and his rebound to power back home on the island. The film set new Egyptian box office records becoming the highest grossing Egyptian and Arabic film of all time. Diab was only the writer of the film, while Sherif Arafa directed it. ''Cairo 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asmaa
''Asmaa'' or ''Asma'a'' ( ar, أسماء) is a 2011 Egyptian drama film, and is the first such feature film to present AIDS patients sympathetically. Written and directed by Amr Salama, the film tells the history of a woman with HIV who struggles to live under the burden of keeping her HIV status secret, and then the dilemma she faces when offered the opportunity to appear on a television talk show. It is based on a true story of a woman who died from a burst gallbladder after doctors refused to operate on her because she had AIDS. The director, Amr Salama, intended the film to raise awareness about AIDS: in his words, to correct the "misconceptions and lies" about the disease, since more people are dying from the misconceptions than from the lack of treatment. The film is not about AIDS, but rather the battle against social prejudice in Egypt, and about "love, courage, overcoming fear, and fighting for personal rights". Background In the late 1980s and early 1990s, very frigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amr Salama
Amr Salama ( ar, عمرو سلامة; born 22 November 1982) is an Egyptian film director, blogger, screenwriter, and author. Film career Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he later moved with his family back to Egypt. He began his directing career primarily with short movies and commercials, after which he shifted to full-length movies. Amr Salama's released his first feature movie, ''Zay El Naharda'' (''On a Day Like Today'') in 2008. In 2009, Salama submitted the script for a second movie, '' Excuse My French'', based on, by his own admission, his experiences at a public middle school in Egypt after his return from Saudi Arabia. ''Excuse My French'' tells the story of Hany Abdulla Sousa, a student at a private international school who comes from a Coptic family. After the death of his father the family's socio-economic status drops and he is forced to go to a public school, where he is routinely confronted with episodes of bullying on the part of his classmates. Rejected by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baba (2012 Film)
''Papa'' ( arz, بابا, Transliteration, translit. Baba) is a 2012 Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian drama film written by Karim Famy, directed by Akram Farid, and produced by Walid Al Kurdi for New Century Production. The film stars Ahmed El Sakka, Dorra Zarrouk, Nicole Saba and Salah Abdallah, and was first released in Egypt on 12 August 2012. Plot Hazem (Ahmed Al Sakka) is a successful gynaecologist who falls in love with Farida (Dorra Zarrouk) who works as an interior designer. When they get married, Hazem discovers his inability to father children and the two seek a medical solution through in vitro fertilization… Cast * Ahmed El Sakka as Hazem * Dorra Zarrouk as Farida * Nicole Saba * Salah Abdallah * Edward * Soleiman Eid * Lotfy Labib External links ''Baba'' at the Internet Movie Database * 2012 films Egyptian romantic comedy films 2010s Arabic-language films {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Battle (film)
''After the Battle'' ( arz, بعد الموقعة, translit. Baad el Mawkeaa) is a 2012 Egyptian-French drama film written by Omar Shama and directed by Yousry Nasrallah. The film competed for the Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ... at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Menna Shalabi as Reem * Nahed El Sebaï as Fatma * Bassem Samra as Mahmoud * Salah Abdullah as Haj Abdallah * Phaedra as Dina * Abdallah Medhat as Abdallah * Momen Medhat as Momen * Ahmed Kotb as David * Ahmed Salama * Abdelrahman Yasser as Basel References External links * * 2012 films 2012 drama films Egyptian drama films 2010s Arabic-language films Films directed by Yousry Nasrallah France 3 Cinéma films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousry Nasrallah
Yousry Nasrallah ( ar, يسرى نصر الله ) (born 26 July 1952) is an Egyptian film director. Biography Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. Following, he worked as a film critic and directing assistant in Beirut from 1978 to 1982. He became assistant to Youssef Chahine whose company Misr International would go on to produce his films. Nasrallah's works have dealt with themes of leftism, Islamic fundamentalism, and expatriation. His 2012 film ''After the Battle'' competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Films * ''Sariqat Sayfiyya'' (''Summer Thefts'') (1985). * ''The Mercedes'' (1993). * ''On Boys, Girls and the Veil'' (1995). * ''al-Madina'' (''The City'') (1999). * '' Bab el Chams'' (''The Gate of Sun'') (2003). * ''Genenet al Asmak'' (''Aquarium'') (2008). * ''Ehki ya shahrazade'' (''Scheherazade Tell Me a Story'') (2009). * ''After the Battle'' (2012) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Ashash
''El Ashash'' ( ar, القشاش) is a 2013 Egyptian drama film written by Mohamed Samir Mabrouk, produced by Walid Al Kurdi, and directed by Ismael Farouk. Plot A little boy (Mohamed Farag) gets lost and is being raised by a worker in an orphanage. Growing up, his life is otherwise normal until he is accused of killing someone. He decides to run away and prove his innocence. He meets a Shaabi belly dancer (Horeya Farghaly) who helps him to escape. Cast * Mohamed Farag * Horeya Farghaly * Dalal Abdel Aziz * Marwa Adbelmenem * Soleiman Eid * Ihab Fahmi * Hassan Hosny Hassan Hosny ( ar, حسن حسني) (June 19, 1931 – May 30, 2020) was an Egyptian actor and comedian. He was known for El Nazer ("The headmaster") (2000), El basha telmiz (2004) and Zaky Chan (2005). Widely regarded as a veteran of Egyptian ci ... * Heba Magdy * Hanan Metaweh * Alaa Morsy * Hanan Youssef References External links * (defunct) * 2013 films 2013 drama films Egyptian drama films 2010s Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Aunt's Theory
''My Aunt's Theory'' ( ar, نظرية عمتى) is a comedy film directed by Akram Farid. The film stars Lebleba Ninochka Manoug Kupelian ( ar, نينوتشكا مانوك كوبليان; born November 14, 1946 in Cairo), better known by her stage name Lebleba ( ar, لبلبة, , also Lubluba), is an Egyptian film actress and entertainer. She is the cousin ... and Hassan Al Radad (who plays three different characters), and follows a woman trying to attract the attention of the host of the talk show that she edits. Plot The movie follows a young lady on a search for the perfect man, according to her aunt's theory on love and relationships. She finally falls in love with a famous TV program presenter, but their problems begin due to his fame and the growing number of his female fans. References External links * * Egyptian comedy films 2010s Arabic-language films 2013 comedy films {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |