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Join us on November 30th
Join us for Egyptian Shorts Night, as Cheers Cinema returns for the winter season after our last event in May.
This special evening features six powerful Egyptian short films, each exploring a different theme — Religion, Authority, Death, Woman, Sexual Identity, and Traditions — offering a raw and thought-provoking glimpse into modern Egyptian life through the eyes of emerging filmmakers.
To enrich the experience, we’ll be serving two signature cocktails and one mocktail, each inspired by selected films from the lineup — crafted to reflect their mood, symbolism, and emotion.
At Cheers Cinema, we merge film and mixology into one immersive experience. Each event brings stories to life through cinematic storytelling, crafted drinks, and shared conversations.
Don’t miss this unforgettable night of film, flavor, and culture.
🎬 Reception: 5:00 PM
🎞️ Screening: 5:45 PM
Q&A with Bavly Soliman – HOLEY – director after the screening.
Grab your tickets now and be part of this one-of-a-kind event!
Our lineup for the night :
HOLEY – 2023
While visiting New York from Egypt, Mark, a 32-year-old Christian-Orthodox, decides to lose his virginity, confronting all the cultural and religious restrictions that shaped his character.
Country: Egypt – United States
Language: Arabic – English
Running Time: 2o minutes
Director: Bavly Soliman
Cast: Fady Kerko – Amos Poe – Salah Anwar
Trailer: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-DNwnyurBP/
BLACKOUT – 2025
The events take place at dawn on the eve of Eid inside a residential building, where a family lives whose grandfather is facing an emergency health crisis. Then the male children leave in a race against time in search of a doctor to save him, leaving the women and their children in a state of anticipation and anxiety. They are then surprised by the arrival of a rented girl in the building, accompanied by a strange young man. They begin to project their pent-up fears and tensions onto the girl and the young man.
Country: Egypt
Language: Arabic
Running Time: 15 minutes
Director: Ahmad El Zoghby
Cast: Gihan EL Shamashergy, Sedky Sakhr, Malik Emad, Yara Goubran
Trailer: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKeUHp1s_VZ/
BETTER THAN EARTH – 2024
On Valentine’s Day, Radwa, a 20-year-old student living in a university residence for girls in Cairo, receives a love letter from her roommate, Sarah. She decides to go and complain to Magda, her supervisor.
Country: Egypt
Language: Arabic
Running Time: 23 minutes
Director: Sherif Elbendary
Cast: Sarah Shedid – Haneen Saeed – Nesma Bahi
Trailer: https://m.imdb.com/video/vi3106982169/?ref_=nm_vids_vi_1
SMOKEY EYES – 2023
She buttoned up her shirt, lied to her parents, and silenced her phone. Nour plotted carefully for her date, but anything can go wrong on a ride through an anxious Cairo by night.
Country: Egypt
Language: Arabic
Running Time: 20 minutes
Director: Ali Ali
Cast: Malak Bazid – Mohamed Aboughali – Hasan Abul-Roos
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2hrXHJAz4
A PROMISE TO THE SEA – 2023
After irrationally deciding to steal his mother’s corpse during the funeral preparations, Zain recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, where he encounters a situation that will change his life forever.
Country: Egypt
Language: Arabic
Running Time: 14 minutes
Director: Hend Sohail
Cast: Gerges Laban Aazwza – Emad Yaakoub Riyad – Osama Taha
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY8HiReB7xw
EYEBROWS – 2018
“What is the one thing you wish was not forbidden?” Aiesha posts the controversial question in a closed Facebook group for her burqa-wearing peers. Aiesha, nicknamed among her peers the fair-eyed haori, meets her friend Sally at the mall shortly after the post. Under her burka, she hides more than her body and face, and during the seemingly ordinary shopping trip, she discovers that what she hates most about her life lies right over her eyes.
Country: Egypt
Language: Arabic
Running Time: 20 minutes
Director: Tamer Ashry
Cast: Asma Abulyazeid – Mariam Alkhost – Ali El-Tayyeb
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adD-jWG8YqI
