Cairo Station

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who left that morning for work at the World Trade Center; a Chilean remembers Allende; events recall other deaths; a mother endures more than her son's death. Tones vary, as do the locales. Most concern coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.

A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.

Ebn Al-Shaitan (Son of the Devil) a disguised serial killer who target men who leave their wives and kids and remarry.

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Sergeant Radwan works in a reformatory for the youth and treats them harshly, until the social worker Karima arrives and treats everyone gently, which angers Radwan, especially as three prisoners, Samir, Abdel Fadil, and Nabil, plan to escape.

Ibrahim, the owner of a large car workshop, marries a poor girl called Mahasen, which his brothers fear because of their fear of sharing their inheritance. At the same time, Ismael feels a lot of hatred and hatred toward Ibrahim, who works for him in the workshop, The problems all the time with the pros, but soon change the relationship between Mahasen and Ishmael.

Chief Kamel loses his job after an accident. His wife, Widad, works as a secretary for his company's manager. When Kamel suspects his wife's betrayal and divorces her, he leaves with his son to Cairo. Widad marries the manager and the employee Hamdy tries to assault her.

Basbousa is an orphan girl, who has a love affair with Samir, takes advantage of the admiration of Rafat, the manager of Samir, and asks him to promote her fiancé, so he agrees, which arouses the jealousy of one of his colleagues, and he begins to spread rumors.

Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.

Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business and trade. But a ruthless business rival is determined to see that the men never reach Cairo. Matters become even more complicated when Nargis, a scheming carnival dancer, is discovered hiding out in the cargo hold of the "Bride of the Nile."

Karima, the cabaret owner who's called 'Queen of the Night', meets Dr. Mahmoud, the university professor, and falls in love with him. Mahmoud is a widower living with his daughter Hoda who is engaged, and when Mahmoud proposes to Karima, both the daughter and her fiancé are against it.

Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is having an affair with famous actress Hind Rostom, hoping jealousy will move the daughter's heart. The plan seems to work... until Hind Rostom herself comes to town.

Aziza and her husband Abdullah are both day laborers who work on various farms. When Aziza is brutally raped by a guard while she is picking potatoes in a field, she tries to hide the pregnancy and plans to kill the baby once it is born.

Ahmed and Ra'fat both love Laila, but Ahmed marries her first and they have a child. Years pass, during which Ahmed's sister Mona waits for Ra'fat to notice her love for him. As the tripartite aggression takes place, Ahmed is drafted into the army and news arrives about his death.

A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.

Spoiled rich girl Nadia gets jealous after finding out her father's plan to remarry. She tries to break them apart, spreading lies about her new mother-in-law and getting involved with a man twice her age.

Madbouly forces his daughter to sell lottery tickets in cafes, while her two brothers work in the field of pickpocketing. The wealthy Yahya meets Aisha and is sympathetic to her because he finds her very similar to the daughter he lost. The wealthy negotiates with Madbouly to take care of his daughter Aisha in his home and to educate and raise her in the best possible way. In exchange for a monthly salary.

In Egypt forties and before the 14th of July revolution in 1952, a poor family lives in a prince's palace where the father works as a gardener. The family has two children Ali and Hassan. Ali grows up liking the prince's daughter who loves him too. Now grown ups, they realize how impossible this love story is. Joining the army, Ali fights in Palestine while the brother joins the police and is part of the King's guards. Ali gets back from Palestine and joins the secret military movement that will soon rule Egypt, The Free Officers. The revolution starts and the Free Officers are now in charge, putting Ali against his brother as a guard for the king and also against his lover, the prince's daughter as the revolution will confiscate all her family's wealth.

Romeo and Juliet set in 1940's Egypt. Two families are feuding but their children love each other, thus rejecting the premise that love is forbidden between them.

The story of a family torn apart; the son goes to prison instead of his father for drug trafficking. While the other son marries a bad- tempered woman who abuses her mother-in-law forcing her to flee to work as a maid at a hospital.

Ismail lives in a local neighborhood, next to his fiancée and her mother who objects to their relationship because of his work in the police.

Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.

The story of a 40-year-old married woman who has fallen into idleness and does not know how to approach the revolutionary events in her country. She finds a new meaning in life when she falls in love with an aspiring young student. “I shot FAGR YOM GUEDID in 1964. I count it among my best films and still stand by it completely. It is about the class whose assets were nationalized after the 1952 revolution. I explored the question of whether this class still had a place in Egyptian society.”

Haniya lives with her sick aunt. She meets Mahmoud the mechanic and agrees to marry him. Mahmoud and Haniya continue to take care of the sick aunt until her illness worsens. Before her death, the aunt tells Haniya that she has an uncle named Radwan, a wealthy man. After her death, Haniya searches for her uncle with Mahmoud's help, as her aunt had instructed her to do.

Hassan, Morcos and Cohen are the owners of a drug store, and Abbas is the only worker in the store, who loves Hassan's daughter Belqis.they contract with him for a salary equal to twice his salary for a period of twenty years on the condition that those who give up their work in the warehouse pays a large compensation,this plan is drawn up by the three after they discover that Abbas has inherited a great fortune, and Abbas knew that money was the only weapon that puts them all at his mercy, including his beloved Belqis, the sign he used to use during his poverty.

Before his death, Mansour Pasha writes over his wealth to his two sons Omar and Othman; as the latter drowns, his wife gets a boy and claims he is Othman's son to ensure her share in the inheritance. When the boy grows older, he befriends Rashad, Omar's son, and gates of hell and vengeance open.

Baghdadi is an honest man, who works in a blacksmithing factory owned by Master Mabrouk. He gets fired from work after he refused to pay royalty to the foreman. He lives a life of destitution with his wife and daughter, which makes him turn to theft, but his first theft leads him to commit murder.

Fadel and his colleagues Aziz and Hamdi are trying to make their way in life, and they hold advanced degrees, but luck does not crown their endeavor with success. Fadel visits his aunt Alawiya, who runs a private institute for girls in a traditional way, and asks to work in the institute, but she refuses. The three decide to establish a modern institute, similar to the aunt’s institute. To compete with her, to teach girls to be modern.

Victor Hugo's classic novel of Jean Valjean, pursued through the years by an unbending foe, the cruel lawman Javert.

The events of the film revolve in the era of the Umayyad dynasty, around the shepherd (Salama), who has a charming voice and has a love relationship with (Abdul Rahman), but her love is hindered by (Ibn Suhail’s) greed for her. She runs away from him out of fear for herself and her love, and (Abdul Rahman) begins his search journey. about her .

The story of a young man from a lower-class family who falls in love with a wealthy girl. Despite the class difference and the obstacles they face, their love endures, and they must navigate the challenges posed by their families' social disparity and the economic hardships of the time.

Focusing on key Arab films produced in the last 20 years. Férid Boughedir traces the development of the film-makers' concern to produce more socially aware cinema. Themes include the issue of Palestinian homeland rights and the nature of Arab identity. The film-makers also share a desire to develop a strong poetic tradition.

The story deals with an upscale family that is down on its luck. As the butcher Madbouly foots the bills for the entire family, the authoritative Berlanty is the one in charge. When the carpenter Ragab falls for Madbouly's niece Amal, Berlanty insists he finishes his education first.

Al-Sab' is a humble employee who is having trouble with his boss and his sweetheart's relative who wants to marry her. As he has a dream that he is living a happy life after all his problems were resolved, he decides to face his problems and marry his girl.

Ebn Hameedo is an undercover police officer who arrives with his colleague Hassan at a fishing area near Suez where drug trafficking is practiced. They meet two sisters, Azeeza, the younger, and Hameeda, the older maiden. They rent a room in their father’s house and fall in love with the two girls. Their love could have led to marriage had it not been for al-Baaz Effendi who wanted to marry Azeeza and tried to get rid of Hassan. Al-Baaz is also involved in the narcotics business. so they track him down in order to catch the rest of the gang.

The film's story is about his bait and her father, who borrows from the neighborhood teachers who want to marry him and promises everyone who lends him money to marry his daughter to him. The film revolves around the character of Hassouna Al-Fatari, who falls in love with Tohme and at the same time falls in love with her, Alwa Al-Tamraji, so the conflict occurs between Hassouna and Alwa and the father who enters Habib Tohma in a mental hospital, which at the end of the film and on Tohma's wedding day can escape from the hospital and reveal the truth.

Three stories written by Ihsan Abdul Quddus about three thieves, their circumstances differed, and their motives for theft differed.The first steals from a traitorous wife believing that this is his right, and the second steals a public bus in order to quickly reach his sick wife, the third steals his old aunt to be able to get married.