Arab Films and Where to Find Them!
Omar and Salma's marriage continues to break down, as Salma wishes Omar would find a more stable job than music. But when their daughter is kidnapped by the mafia, the two must come together despite their differences.
Available on Netflix
Five Lebanese women work and spend time discussing their lives in a beauty salon.
Religious conversion through peer pressure.
An Egyptian divorce lawyer stumbles through amusing situations with his female clients and with societal contradictions.
The con man gets conned.
After a music composer and a blind woman break up, destiny decides to intervene.
A man suffering from amnesia can't seem to choose between the women playing tricks on him.
Love is blind.
Aren't hospitals supposed to be safe?
After his parents suffer a mysterious death, young Abdo finds himself entangled in the dark world of drugs and crime.
Her beauty is dangerous.
When a male beauty center employee learns that a movie director is seeking a pretty new face, he dresses up as a woman to win the acting job.
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
Hell hasn't frozen over yet, but Egypt has.
This genie may only grant you one wish, but he'll give you seven chances to become the person you aspire to be.
To take advantage of a booking mix-up, a fun-loving bachelor pretends to marry a complete stranger as they "honeymoon" together.
Zain, a hardened 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
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In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, a 35-year-old filmmaker struggles to make a film that captures the pulse of his city.
How a decade can turn brothers into martyrs.
A Coptic leper and his orphaned young friend embark on an unforgettable journey in search of their lost families.
Amidst the throes of puberty, life is difficult for twelve-year-old Noura in his Tunisian town where the lives of men and women are kept utterly separate.
Three women inspire Egypt's first anti-harassment legislation.
For nine women, it's more than just a bathhouse: it's a sanctuary.
A Palestinian inmate serving time in an Israeli jail receives a visit from his wife who devises a bold and crafty operation to fulfill their secret desires.
On the streets of Egypt, the only rule is that there are no rules.
Two lonely people accidentally meet in a Cairo taxi and take a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to the joys life.
Soraya, a Brooklyn-born Palestinian, seeks to reclaim both her family's home and their money taken during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
A young Palestinian refugee tires of his life in a refugee camp and leaves in search of his separated father.
A family wedding gives a son and father a chance to reconnect.
One woman's escape from tradition into the modern world.
When the prodigal daughter returns, secrets will be released.
A father's quest to convince his town that having special needs does not make his son a "demon."
Zain, a hardened 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
Available on YouTube, Google Play, DIRECTV, iTunes, Amazon, Starz Play, Redbox, FandangoNOW, VUDU
We are all drowning men just trying to keep our heads above water.
A rare glimpse into the life of a radicalist family, at the point where childhood dies and jihadism is born.
A young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey.
The patriarchy has no place in a war.
A young imam struggles to cope with the sudden death of Michael Jackson.
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
A Palestinian freedom fighter works as a double agent for the Israeli authorities.
Who says girls shouldn't bike?
A Coptic leper and his orphaned young friend embark on an unforgettable journey in search of their lost families.
During the Egyptian Revolution, young activists armed with determination, humor, and social media savvy fight for their country’s future.
A laid-back civil servant and a wealthy video blogger struggle to make it as a modern couple amid strict Saudi social conventions.
Conflict is on the inside.
Mixing styles of documentary and fiction to blur the lines between what is real and what is acted, Youssef Chahine creates a portrait of Egypt’s bustling capital, a major center of the Arab world. But by filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transforms this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.
Available on Fandor, Amazon
Desperate acts can emerge from the most ordinary of circumstances.
A raw, first-person account of the last war in Gaza in the summer of 2014 from the eyes of a first responder.
It takes a village.
They're bold. They're fearless. And they're tearing up tracks all over Palestine.
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
During the Egyptian Revolution, young activists armed with determination, humor, and social media savvy fight for their country’s future.
The patriarchy has no place in a war.
On the streets of Egypt, the only rule is that there are no rules.
Does it bother you to have killed another man in the name of freedom?
Through an unprecedented 10-month theater initiative, female inmates at a Lebanese prison share their personal stories.
Alone and far from home, a young refugee makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators that force him to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.
Available on Amazon
When the President of the Republic visits a soap shop, things get real clean.
A Palestinian inmate serving time in an Israeli jail receives a visit from his wife who devises a bold and crafty operation to fulfill their secret desires.
I am not a beggar.
What goes on when the cameras aren't rolling is even more important.
Four Arab kids search for a pool and find relief from both the heat and their trauma as Syrian refugees.
Two lonely people accidentally meet in a Cairo taxi and take a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to the joys life.
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
To what lengths would you go to break free from a love that has run its course?
There are still beautiful things in life, and music is one of them.
Organized by MAD Solutions, the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) is a nonprofit organization registered in Amsterdam since its inception in 2015. The ACC is an international promotional platform for Arab cinema as it provides the filmmaking industry with a professional window to connect with their counterparts from all over the world.
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