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SUKKAR: SABAABAA W HOUBOUB AL KHARZIZ
Director: Tamer Mahdy
A beautiful day turns into a miserable one after the whole city gets infected with chickenpox. The children and the workers in the orphanage get infected as well and they try their best to figure out how to cure themselves. A doctor develops a vaccine for the disease against the approval of the policemen in the city. The children visit a magician called Frotto so he would cure their chickenpox. The children are rushed to the hospital after Frotto's failed attempts to cure them. An angel sent from heaven called Anisa, guides the children after they reach the hospital and she stays with them until the vaccine that is being developed by the doctor gets approved. The annual Circus visits the city and the children get invitations from Daddy- Long-Legs. After attending the Circus, Sukkar and her friends realize that the animals are being mistreated and they make a plan to save them. Sukkar celebrates her birthday in the orphanage with her friends. As a gift, Daddy-Long-Legs grants Sukkar a once in a lifetime opportunity and he sends her to a private school. The children get emotional and a feud occurs between Tarek and Sukkar. The children follow Sukkar to the train station to say goodbye for the last time but they get shocked at the quick transformation that happened with their dearest friend.

ABDO & SANEYA
Director: Omar Bakry
A wonderful reminder of the power of silent film, Omar Bakri’s film is shot without dialogue in dramatic black and white. Egyptian farmer Abdo and his wife Saniya are desperate for a child, which leads them on a daunting journey to New York City for infertility treatment. The treatment itself is intimidating but the couple faces an additional hurdle: they don't speak the language and are unfamiliar with the American way of life. This musical drama has all the magic and direct emotion of early cinema – laughter, tears and love surge through it - but with very modern-day heroes in Abdo and Saniya. The Jeddah audience is sure to be captivated by this innovative take on a classic genre.

WE LIVE IN TIME
Director: John Crowley
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield bring humour and exceptional personal chemistry to this compelling tale of love, marriage, and heartache. The movie's unique feature is that the narrative skips back and forth in time across a decade so that we absorb all of their lives – highs, lows, romance and parenthood – as a jigsaw puzzle that helps us understand their decisions in the different phases of their relationship. It's a real tearjerker that shows how ambitious chef Almut meets Tobias, a data cruncher whose marriage has just ended, and then they fall in love and have to cope with all the hurdles put in front of them. When Almut decides to enter a high-stakes cooking championship the tension between them boils over.