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The Gods of Water · 2014

Kasanova · 2019

Solitaire · 2017

3000 · 2015

Living in Bondage: Breaking Free · 2019

Hero of Paper · 1988

Abou Leila · 2020

My Sister · 1971

Sugar Island · 2025

Ways of the Heart · 1956

EgyptArabic

A Woman on the Road · 1958

EgyptArabic

11:11 · 2022

Egypt

Tant Ralie se Losieshuis · 1974

South AfricaAfrikaans

Nominee · AMAA 2014

The Forgotten Kingdom · 2013

South AfricaSouthern Sotho

The Con Artist · 2024

Egypt

The Warm Embrace · 1974

EgyptArabic

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti · 2025

NigeriaEnglish

Concerto in Darb Saada · 1998

Egypt

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