Hanan Youssef

Happy Birthday (2025)

Eight-year-old maid Toha goes to great lengths to ensure that her best friend Nelly, the daughter of her wealthy employer, has a successful birthday party in this poignant debut feature exploring classism in modern-day Cairo. ...

Shekko (2024)

The film's events revolve around a group of outlaw friends who engage in criminal and suspicious activities, but it leads them to major crises with dangerous consequences. ...

Sukkar (2023)

The events take place inside an orphanage, around a young girl named Sukar, who lives with a large group of children. ...

Voy! Voy! Voy! (2023)

Desperate to escape his dead-end life in Egypt and find a way to Europe, security guard Hassan devises a bold scheme: he pretends to be blind to join the national blind soccer team, bound for the World Cup in Poland. ...

Brand New (2023)

The story follows Hamza, nicknamed Dragon, whose sick child needs treatment, but his financial condition is faltering, then events lead him to become rich by entering the world of human organ trafficking. ...

As for the Weather (2022)

Directed by Ahmed Haddad ...

11:11 (2022)

When a troubled lawyer attempts suicide in his car, the stray bullet triggers a series of events intertwining the lives of three strangers. ...

Coco Chanel (2021)

After an 18-year hiatus from acting, Sherihan returns to the stage to portray Coco Chanel, the renowned French fashion designer and style icon. ...

Fragile (2020)

The story of the young woman (Nancy), who is preparing to immigrate within days to join her family in Canada. During her remaining days in Egypt, she goes through many events and sudden changes in her relationship with a number of those around her, such as ...

A Man Wanted (2017)

Eager to fulfill her dream of motherhood before it's too late, a relationship-skeptic banker comes up with an unusual plan to become a single mother. ...

In the Last Days of the City (2016)

In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the pulse of his city at a moment when all around him dreams as much as buildings are disintegrating. With the help of his friends who send ...

The Island 2 (2014)

Following the events of the first part, Mansour Al-Hefni escapes from prison and reunites with his son Ali and brother to return to the island to recover what they have lost. ...

After the Flood (2013)

A psychologist conducts a study on a group of corrupt ministers to uncover the psychological reasons that led them to this path. As she follows the different stages of their lives and the events that followed their appointment to office, unexpected events ...

The Room of Mice (2013)

Al Qashash (2013)

The events take place in a dramatic framework; where a child gets lost from his family, and one of the employees of the shelter adopts him and raises him until he becomes a young man, and then he is accused of a murder case, so he tries to escape to prove ...

After the Battle (2012)

Reem is a young political activist who works for an advertisement company. As she tries to uncover the truth behind the incide of the Battle of the Camel, she accompanies her friend Farah to Nazlet Al Seman where she meets and falls for Mahmoud, one of the ...

Their Feast (2011)

The recent Egyptian revolution released many prisoners who were abused by the forces of national security. Many prisoners were imprisoned with no real charges, while their families were denied access to them. Amaal, the mother, who's been worn down by pove ...

EUC (2011)

A group of youngsters establishes a private university after failing to get high grades in high school. They reveal through this university a lot of errors and constraints in the educational system in Egypt, which affect even their personal lives. ...

El Rajul El Ghamid Bisalamatoh (2010)

The film revolves around "young" are forced to lie at the beginning of his life as a result of the difficult conditions experienced by the passage of time believe everyone lie, can not undo, and despite his work as an employee in the private sector but tha ...

Please Call Me (2010)

Ibrahim Toshkee, a non-talented who wants to become an actor. When he faces failure, he utilizes his wits into coning people, which leads him to many problems. In the meantime, he is in a love with his neighbor "Abla" and having an affair with a prostitute ...

Bushra Sarrah (2009)

an Egyptian teacher traveled to work in the Gulf for many years. After a long period, she decided to return to her country, but she was surprised by many changes in the behavior of citizens, and she got into many problems since her return. ...

The Serial Killer (2009)

A young boy who comes from a broken home, grows up to be a ruthless criminal, then destiny leads him to fall in love with a beautiful girl, and he tries to get money to start a new life with her by doing one last crime. ...

Eye of the Sun (2009)

Shams is a young girl who resides in the local neighborhood of Ain Shams. The life of the family turns into a tragedy when they learn their young Shams has leukemia, and they try to fulfill her only wish to visit Downtown Cairo. ...

Not Engineer Hasan (2008)

Stolen Kisses (2008)

A couple's relationship experiences some ups and downs as the societal pressures put upon them get increasingly burdensome. ...

The Island (2007)

Mansour El-Hefny's wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade. ...

Chaos, This Is? (2007)

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 even if by force. ...

The Magic (2007)

Wael El-Magic is an ambitious young man who wants to have a better life at any cost. He leads a group of friends as they form a swindling gang, which gets them into a lot of trouble. ...

Justified Betrayal (2006)

In this intriguing and entertaining thriller, Khalid Youssef tells the story of a young, rich man (Hani Salama) who kills his wife and his brother when he finds them in bed together. After he evades prosecution we start to wonder whether the killings were ...

Leisure Time (2006)

A group of youngsters; a rich, a poor, a liberal, and a religious, all of them live a life full of turmoil and indecisiveness. The film depicts their lives, their love stories, and their dreams, and how their own hesitation impedes the fulfillment of their ...

A matter of principle (2003)

The events revolve around a representative in Parliament who represents one of the constituencies in Upper Egypt. He was able to achieve great successes, but he dies. The family nominates his daughter, a law school graduate, to take his place, but she enco ...

The Ostrich and the Peacock (2002)

(Hamdy) and (Samira) married to traditional marriage,and they are not satisfied sexually because of problems rooted with them since childhood. Samira goes to Dr.(Fatma) the Psychiatrist hoping to find a solution for their problem,who succeeds in convincing ...

High School Freshmen (2001)

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 widow Rawia enters his isolated life after meeting her in an auction and then he meets three young teenagers ...

Beggars and Noblemen (1991)

In June 1945, during the final days of WWII, former university professor Gohar meets a young prostitute in a brothel and kills her in a moment of frenzy. Police Detective Noureddine takes on the murder case and tracks down Gohar, hoping to confront him and ...

Bitter Day, Sweet Day (1988)

Aisha is a widow with five children, Sana, Suad, Lamia, Asmaa and Noor. The eldest got married to Orabi the carpenter, and are living in the family's poor house. Orabi starts acting like he's the man of the house, and the other sisters try to find their wa ...

Travel Route (1987)

Zaghloul returns to his hometown after five years of absence during which he worked in one of the Arab countries and created a big wealth to marry his cousin, which evokes the envy of Sheikh Tawfiq, who plans to seize his wealth ...

The Collar and the Bracelet (1986)

In 1933 in the village of Karnak in Luxor, sad lives with her husband Bakhit Bishari paraplegic and TB disease. ...

Omar's Journey (1986)

Omar lives on the money of his wealthy jeweler father. The father ask him to deliver a jewelry bag to a customer in Tanta. His car breaks down and he gets robbed by a truck driver and his helper. Omar rescues him at a rural Gas station and accompanies him ...

Adam wel Nessa (1971)

As Adam, a miner, follows the news about missing nuclear missiles, he finds himself turned into an actual national treasure when his presence in the mine protects him from an explosion that leaves all the men in the world barren - except him. ...