Zawya Cinema Programme Celebrates 20 Years of Film Clinic

Zawya Cinema in Downtown Cairo is celebrating ‘20 Years of Film Clinic’ with a special programme featuring titles like 'Waraet Shafrah', 'Microphone', and more. Film Clinic is one of Egypt’s leading film production companies, founded in 2005 by producer-screenwriter Mohamed Hefzy with a mission to support up-and-coming filmmakers and bring fresh voices into Arab cinema via production and a network with global festivals.

Running from September 24th to October 7th, the lineup features films that helped launch influential careers, explore bold storytelling, and shape contemporary Egyptian cinema over the past two decades.

Waraet Shafrah (2008)
September 24th, October 3rd & 7th | 7 PM
Three young men set out on a quest to decipher an encrypted map that could lead them to hidden treasure from Jerusalem.

Microphone (2010)
September 25th, October 1st & 6th | 7 PM
A young man returns to Alexandria after spending years in the US for his mother's funeral, where he reconnects with his estranged family and explores Egypt's underground art scene.

Excuse My French (2014)
September 29th & October 5th | 7PM
After his father’s death, a Christian boy is forced to attend a public school, where a misunderstanding leads everyone to believe he is Muslim.

Ali, the Goat & Ibrahim (2016)
September 30th | 9:30PM
Ali believes his deceased girlfriend’s spirit has been reincarnated in a goat, and so he sets out on a journey with the goat and his friend Ibrahim to undo the curse.

Yomeddine (2018)
September 27th & October 4th | 7 PM
Bound by exile but driven by hope, a Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice journey across Egypt to rediscover the families they were torn from.

Luxor (2020)
September 28th | 9:30 PM
This romantic drama follows British aid worker Hana, who returns to Luxor and runs into a man named Sultan, an archaeologist and former lover.