United Arab Emirates Movies

A simple story about how loneliness can be distinguished between two household roofs

Two Pills of Ruin is a short Emirati awareness film produced in 2011 by the General Command of Umm Al Quwain Police in collaboration with Layalina...

'The Turtle' is a Mission Impossible style eco film about a boy who stows away on his father's boat in an effort to save a turtle. The film was made...

“Apathy-Rise,” a parody of Coldplay’s Paradise by Niche Trio featuring Pierre Janssen, humorously explores existential themes from...

When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned...

Ali and Alia are childhood neighbors that fell in love with each other, but bigger events occur in their lives which gets them separated. Ali seeks...

Hotel in the City presents an interwoven narrative of several individuals brought together by a single location — a hotel in the heart of the...

After a near-death experience due to an aneurisma, director George Sluizer felt he had to go on filming and started research for a project he had in...

Laila, a 26-year-old artist, is commissioned to sketch a portrait of Elena, who proves to be a challenging subject. When Laila presents the finished...

When a mysterious train accident forces a man to change his plans, he is confronted with a series of choices. Each decision he makes leads to a...

Mansoor, a 16 year-old teenager, living in a coastal "freej" (an Emirati neighborhood), has strong feelings for 16 year-old girl Kaltham. But culture...

Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter...

Focusing on the work of cartoonists in Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Palestine, this documentary examines how comic strips and caricatures are becoming...

Comedian John Achkar delivers a heartfelt and hilarious take on the chaos of life in your thirties. While everyone else seems to have it figured out,...

A seemingly united family is thrown into a turmoil by the sudden return of their son who they haven’t seen for 12 years. This return will...

A group of close university friends becomes entangled in a dangerous web of greed and power. As alliances form and tensions rise, secrets unravel in...

Dzaleka Refugee Camp, is under-resourced and over-populated. Once Malawi's high-security prison, it now shelters over 53,000 displaced people from...

Khaled Jarrar followed Palestinians for over four years on their nerve-racking search for openings in the wall at the heavily militarized Qalandia...

Yasser and his friends decide to spend the weekend at his grandmother’s beautiful farm, located in the middle of the desert, but strange events...