Makatib

England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.

Jesus, a carpenter living a simple life, discovers his destiny as the biblical Messiah.

In the Holy Land, the Roman occupation has produced a cauldron of oppression, anxiety and excessive taxes levied upon the Jewish people. Fearing the wrath of Roman governor Pontius Pilate , Jewish high priest Caiaphas tries to keep control of his people. That control is threatened when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, performing miracles and spreading messages of love and hope. Those who fear that Jesus will inspire a revolution decide that he must die.

A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely Muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence, the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions.

David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon, fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be.

A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be king, under the watchful eyes of prophet Samuel.

A man who has completely lost his memory finds himself caught between a woman claiming to be his wife and an intelligence agent who claims she isn't.

Majda is a musician and a zither instructor, who has been living a happy and quiet life with her husband, who runs a restaurant. However, the winds of treachery and infidelity threaten to blow her quiet home when an old lover appears.

Atil, born without arms, living in the care of his father, Noah, who lost his wife to drowning in the river. Jimana, came to Noah after putting an end to the life of her stepfather, the tribal elder, who raped her, forcing the three parties into the path to escape the dock with a murder.

A young man suffers as he has to choose between being a part of the enemy soldiers or the resistance movement, which is led by his uncle Mouhi, in Morocco.

Three unemployed university graduates—M'Faddal, Abdelhamid, and Abdeslam—who struggle to find work and face harsh economic realities before considering drastic choices like illegal emigration.

Mustapha, a young Moroccan living on small shots, meets a couple of Spanish tourists. The latter dragged him into a heavy traffic of hashish. Forced to flee his country, he finds himself on a makeshift boat, among other men. They are determined to clandestinely reach the Spanish shores in the hope of a bright future.

A young woman attending a conference in Tangier with her husband is kidnapped and raped, but rebuilds her relationship with her husband on a trip to the south of Morocco.

Allal, a street vendor who sells vegetables to cover the expenses of treating his seriously ill daughter, decides to travel to another city due to bad conditions. He works as a truck driver and lives in the hope of working for a large company owned by the son of one of his friends who comes from abroad.

A Moroccan-Norwegian co-production about the dark side of Casablanca (Casanegra). In a country where good virtues are the norm in public, Casanegra shows the vices: domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse. Meet Karim and Adil and their struggle in the big city.

The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.

The story revolves around a journalist named Hamid, who works for a local newspaper and is forced to write articles published under his editor’s name (Idris) due to his difficult financial circumstances, even though he does not agree with the ideas his editor presents to him. He strives to break free from this situation and prove himself as a playwright.

Twenty-seven-year-old Nour has immigrated illegally to Marseille, where he and his friends live a marginal and festive life. From 1990 to 2000, Nour loves, grows older and clings to his dreams, damaged by the melancholy of an irreversible exile.

After Saadia, a cleaning woman working at a cinema, lost two of her sons in attempts to illegally immigrate, she is devastated by the disappearance of her third son, who is also trying to emigrate the same way. Saadia embarks on a desperate search for her son, traversing the hidden corners and outskirts of Casablanca and navigating the networks of smugglers and human traffickers, hoping to find him. Along the way, she encounters Zouhair, a homeless boy who impersonates Commissioner Mouaiti and offers to help Saadia. Together, they embark on a journey that intersects with their search for both father and son.

The movie is about an alcoholic policeman who abuses his wife and his children .

The Town of Owls is an isolated residential community situated in the High Atlas Mountains. It is inhabited by families and guards of a secret political prison camp, which remained out of history for a long time until the early 1990s. Guards spend their long days back and forth between the secret prison and the village, through a suspension bridge built upon a deep valley that connects the village with the fortress prison.

The film tells the story of Hind, a young woman who takes a job as a doctor in a small village clinic. There, she strives to change the mindsets of the villagers and confront deeply rooted customs, only to find herself in conflict with Haj Omar, who intends to marry the underage girl Zahra, as is the custom in the village.

An Algerian man's life-long dream finally comes true when he receives an invitation to take his cow Jacqueline to the Paris International Agriculture Fair.

"Mustapha" a taxi driver in the city of Tangier, during one of his trips the driver will accidentally meet a lost woman named "Toraya", who is foreign to the city and has no place to live in. Mustafa admires the woman and takes her to his house to stay with his wife, so problems start

Sara has just come out of a divorce that affected her deeply when she meets Said. They fall in love and get married, but the question arises, will this new marriage be enough to exorcise the demons of the past and allow for a happy life?

In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.

Malika, a mathematics professor faces deep problems with her husband. As a result, she seeks treatment from psychiatrist Omar, who tries hard to instill hope in her and make her cling to life.

Ahmed Bouanani’s first feature film played a pivotal role in bringing experimentalism to Moroccan cinema. It’s a fable-like story of a poor young farmer who finds treasure in a flour bag. This takes him on a journey where nothing is as it seems. The film’s narrative structure frequently makes reference to mythology and literature, utilizing Morocco’s rich history and oral traditions.

A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.

Two choices, hustle in the streets or step in the ring and become a champion. The greatest battle is fought within.

A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the apocalypse

Phil Stone steals in North Africa, where he is with the fidanzara, a precious ring, because he needs money in order to return to the United States, but is arrested, sentenced to a harsh punishment. An agreement with the prison director who promises freedom in exchange for the discovery of the treasure of Cleopatra that should be buried in the vicinity ...

Zodi, a 12 years old nomad, find an orphan baby dromedary in the desert. He takes in the animal, feeds it, calls it Téhu and becomes its best friend.

"Al Ikhwan" is a social comedy that tells the story of 3 friends (Zreka, Charo, and Abdelssadek), from a slum in Casablanca, who consider themselves brothers. Each of them has their story, their concerns, their problems, but they all share the same thing: failure in their lives marked by poverty, unemployment and marginalization... By seeking to create a buzz at through a video shot by the 3 young people, they were polarized and manipulated because of their naivety and carelessness and thus found themselves pursued by a search warrant against them throughout the national territory. .

Moroccan filmmaker Narjiss Nejjar makes her feature debut with the drama Cry No More. Former prostitute Mina (Raouia) is released from prison after a 25-year sentence. Bus driver Fahd (Khalid Benchegra) returns her to the isolated Berber village of prostitutes. Because the only men allowed in are customers, Fahd pretends to be Mina's son. Fahd falls for Mina's angry daughter, Hala (Siham Assif), who wants to stop the village curse. Hala has a daughter of her own, Zinba Rafiqua Belhaj, who's about to undergo a traditional loss-of-virginity ritual. As she forms a plan to stop the sex work-cycle, Mina doesn't let Hala know her real identity, although the village elders in the mountain cliffs remember her. Cry No More was shown during the Director's Fortnight at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

The film portrays the confrontation between two female models and gives voice to women by thrusting them, without mercy, onto the most heavily mined battlefield of all… social consciousness. Will it manage to find a way out?

Algeria, 1960. A section of French paratroopers are sent in search of a missing aircraft in the Algerian desert. The wreckage of the plane is quickly located, but there are no survivors, just a suitcase stamped “Top Secret”. Stormed by enemy soldiers, the troops find refuge in a strange abandoned citadel. Despite warnings from the place’s Guardian to leave at once, they wake up the Djinns, the evil spirits of the desert .

A man convinces his brother-in-law to marry a foreign womanl to facilitate his obtainment of foreign nationality and improve their living conditions, but an unpleasant surprise awaits the brothers as the girl's scheme gradually unfolds.

Hamid Kanfoudi, an orchestra conductor, wins the lottery. Contrary to his beliefs and expectations, he sees no improvement in his life.