Acting
Donia Massoud is an Egyptian actress and singer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Massoud moved to Cairo at the age of 19, to the chagrin of her parents. Discovering the stage and theater in Cairo, she embarked on careers as a singer and actress. During the early 2000s, Massoud spent three years travelling through Egypt, collecting folk tales and music. She made recordings of traditional songs and gained access to village weddings and festivals. She was surprised that much of the music dealt with the experiences of women, characterizing many songs as almost bawdy. Massoud released a limited-run album in 2009, Mahatet Masr, and her most popular song "Betnadeeny Tany Leeh" questions why an old boyfriend is calling her since she found a new lover. She toured performing the music in Africa, Europe, and Asia, playing traditional instruments as well as singing. In addition to her music, Massoud joined the theater group Al-Warsha. She considers music to be a similar art form to the dramatic arts. Her stage presence has been compared to that of Soad Hosny. Massoud has starred in several films and television series in Egypt and Sweden, in both Arabic and English. Her roles include the films Galteny Mogremen (2006), In the Heliopolis Flat (2007) and Genenet al asmak (2008). Since 2013, she has lived in Paris and continues to present her music project. She recently performed at the Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris and at the Shoman Festival in Amman, Jordan She is working on a theater and dance project with choreographer and dancer Nancy Naous. In 2022, she portrayed the role of Scheherazade in Shall I Compare You to a Summer Day? She plays George's wife in Tarik Saleh's film The Eagles of the Republic. The film will have its world premiere in May 2025 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it will be screened in competition for the Palme d'Or. The film is scheduled for release on September 5, 2025

The director turns the diary of his sexual adventures into a serial narrative in the style of “One Thousand and One Nights”. This polyamorously-minded queer musical applies the same playful approach to folk tales as it does to Egyptian pop music.

Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah's The Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.

Najwa, a music teacher from the city of Minya, Upper Egypt, seizes the opportunity to come to Cairo on a trip with her students to search for Tahany, her first teacher that taught her music and used to live in an apartment in Heliopolis.

A short film that contemplates the mysterious relationship between humans, the sea, and death. Set in Alexandria on the Mediterranean, the film tells the story of three people who meet by chance in the corridors of a hospital, each of whom has experienced the dangers of the blue sea. Mokhtar, a painter suffering from schizophrenia, contemplates the color of death, while Salim, a diver fascinated by the sea, dies in a hospital bed. Meanwhile, Dalia, a nurse, recalls her father's drowning.

Yallah! Underground follows some of today’s most influential and progressive artists in Arab underground culture from 2009 to 2013 and documents their work, dreams and fears in a time of great change for Arab societies. In a region full of tension, young Arab artists in the Middle East have struggled for years to express themselves freely and to promote more liberal attitudes within their societies. During the Arab Spring, like many others of this new generation, local artists had high hopes for the future and took part in the protests. However, after years of turmoil and instability, young Arabs now have to challenge both old and new problems, being torn between feelings of disillusion and a vague hope for a better future.

Kamel Shehata is an accountant with simple dreams. He tries to forget his problems by resorting to drugs with his friends. Until a spirit that was watching him appeared disguised as a human to help him face life.

George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like moth drawn to flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the project.

George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like moth drawn to flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the project.

The movie is about a very naive young man, who wants to fix his house before it falls, but does not have the money, and rich girl who likes to spend money uncontrollably, whose father is scrooge, who would not give her access to her trust fund. In order to force her father to give her money, she stages a kidnapping with the assistance of her best friend and the naive young man, who ends up falling in love with her.