
Acting
Mahmoud Hemida
Born 1953-12-07 · Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud Hemida is an Egyptian actor. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce in 1981, and began his artistic life through television, where he participated in series, including Neighborhood of the Honorable. His debut in cinema was with the artist Ahmed Zaki in the movie The Emperor (1990). The most prominent movies in which he starred are Dantella, The Third Man, and The Destiny. Hemida has experience in the field of screenwriting through the series The Legacy of the Wind (2013).
Acting credits
7.3Mahmoud is man in his late 50s, who owns a photocopying store. When he comes across a topic about dinosaurs, he becomes obsessed with searching for the causes of its extinction, which leads him to rediscover love, friendship, paternity and the real meaning of life.
Photocopy
2017
NRFardous, nicknamed Farawla, sells flowers on the street, she falls in love with a poor man who sells apples. One day a rich man sees them and decides to give them money in exchange for giving him happiness.
Strawberry War
1994
5.9Alexandria, Egypt, 1940. Three young Egyptians come to the aid of a woman being attacked by three British soldiers. One of them is arrested and thrown in jail. When the military surrounds the police station and begins an all-out assault, it's up to one man, Gen. Youssef al-Masri, to defend his prison and protect his people.
Karmouz War
2018
8.0Nawara works as a housemaid for a family closely linked to the Mubarak regime. On the eve of the 2011 revolution the family decides, for safety, to leave the country temporarily and ask her to look after the villa. Flush with cash for expenses, Nawara calls her fiancé Mustafa and the two are soon enjoying a taste of life at the top. Her journey from the alleys of her poor neighborhood to the luxury compound brings with it the worries of the people and their simple dreams—and an experience she could never have imagined.
Nawara
2016
2.5A widow living with her daughter and sister-in-law attempt to forget a scandal committed by her late husband.
Untamed Desire
1991
7.4Hassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his very exceptional project.
Sorry For Disturbance
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Alfurqat 12
1991
10.0Set during the 1940s in Egypt, where an accident causes an Egyptian employee and his family to be in danger during the outbreak of some war, and soon, a conflict erupts between the family and the foreign forces.
Wherever You Go
2023
NRMagdy and Sama, a retired couple in their 60s, live quietly in their Cairo apartment. Their calm routine is disrupted when their fridge breaks down. What should be a simple repair spirals into a bizarre, months-long battle with a shady maintenance company. As the fridge remains unfixed, so does everything else, pushing them to confront not only the cracks in the system but also in their own sense of purpose.
Complaint No. 713317
2025
6.3Shehata is the son of a modest gardener who saved all his money to open a fruit stand and named it after his favorite son. Shehata's siblings get so jealous of their brother and plot against him. A representation of the downfall of society and its decaying morals.
Shehata's Store
2009
4.0The events deal with the idea of religious extremism and atheism affecting young people and its impact on society. A tense dramatic thriller about a respected public figure whose private doubts trigger a chain of events that shake his family and community. As secrets surface, the film explores belief, identity, and the cost of truth in a tightly-knit society.
the Atheist
2025
5.6Set in the confines of an impoverished Cairo neighborhood, a community's everyday life is threatened by the ruthless rhythms of Tanneries, rotary driers crushing animal skin, hazards of poisonous waste water, Tahyea desperately clings to her brother, Saqr, whose only dream is to escape.
Poisonous Roses
2018
5.6During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extremist religious world led by Sheikh Khalid.
Closed Doors
1999
6.8In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.
Destiny
1997
6.5Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
2009
A countryside girl moves to Cairo searching for her brother. She meets a rich man and marries him and enters the artistic field because of her beautiful voice. She becomes a big star, but she's unsatisfied with her marital life, so she drifts in a number of relations.
Lady of Cairo
1990
NRLife seems impossible between the wealthy and successful businessman Said and his wife Souad, despite having their only daughter Dounia, and decides to separate. At the same time, Souad continues to search for a new source of livelihood.
Clash of wives
1992
6.1During World War II, a tribal chief travels to Cairo to buy weapons. He asks for Shams Al Zanati's help to protect his oasis from Marshal Bar'i.
Shams El Zanaty
1991
5.4Hossam, an Egyptian tour guide working in the US, comes to Egypt on vacation during New Year's Eve and hopes to spend a romantic night with his wife in their hotel. Unbeknownst to him, Awadain the terrorist who has other plans for the hotel that night.
The Baby Doll Night
2008
4.5The fictional story of an advanced washing machine that's also a time-traveling machine. However, what it truly offers is conflicts and ironies upon its users.
The Washing Machine
2020
5.9Dr. Sherif who works as a plastic surgeon, gets to know a young lady whom he falls in love with. But when he is introduced to her single mum he falls in love with her instead. Trying his best ways to get her attention.
I Adore You
2015
5.8The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.
The Emigrant
1994
NRGhada, a young woman from a wealthy family, falls in love with her university colleague, Abou Zeid. Despite opposition from her influential uncle due to social differences, she chooses to follow her heart. But their marriage soon faces unexpected challenges that put their trust in each other to the test.
Abou Zeid of His Time
1995
6.0A child who loves the cinema struggles with a fanatic dad who finds everything (including cinema) a sin, and a mother who is sexually repressed.
I Love Cinema
2004
Behind the camera
NRWatching children working in a leather tannery in Cairo we discover the inhuman conditions which the people who live and work in the tanneries have to endure, surrounded by very dangerous chemicals, harmful to man and the environment.
Living Skin
2010
6.1Tabel abandons his luxurious family life in favor of a bohemian life with his eccentric marginalized friends. When Tabel dies, his daughter attempts to give him a decent burial, but his friends take the corpse away to bid him farewell in their own way.
Fallen Angels Paradise
2000
6.0The biography of the iconic leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, from his birth to igniting the revolution to the defeat of 67 and his disagreement with Abdel Hakim Amer, then his planning for the War of Attrition and his sudden death that stunned the world in 1970.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1998