By: Aya Mahmoud
Many of us have always linked Eid El-Adha with going to the movies to watch our favourite actors and actresses. For the last 5 years, cinema production in Egypt has decreased significantly due to the political unrestย our country has been going through since the 25th of Jan Revolution. This resulted in the modest production ofย what we call โ Aflam El-Mahrganatโ, or plagiarized ideasย from foreign movies, to attract as many audiencesย as possible back to the movie theatres. From 2012 till 2016, Eid movies usually tackledย light ideas. Movies like โEl-Anessa Mamy”, โSaboobaโ, โKhat Ahmarโ, โWahed Se3eedyโ, โHadeedโ, โShare3 Mohamed Aliโ, โOmar and Salwaโ as well as movies that were accused of plagiarism like โElbes 3ashan Khargeenโ, โLaf w Dawranโ and โAhwakโ havenโt impressed the audience much, but maintained cinema existence in such vacations.
Trailers of this Eidโs movies show the twist movie makers have tried to achieve in order to make an impression on their audience. They have creative ideas, superior cinematography and lots of respected actors and actresses involved. A good variety of movies is also available to give the audience a chance to choose freely betweenย movies that respect their minds.
El Kenz
Firstly, โEl-Kenzโ movie has already attracted a lot of attention since its trailerโs release. Mohamed Saad is actually acting in this movie and abandoningย his usual funny/weird characters. He played a great role in โEl-Tareek Ela Elatโ movie; letโs hope he could astonish the audienceย by his performance this time too. Mohamed Ramadan also lets go of his cliche cop or thug character and gets the chance to play a different role.
A movie directed by the great Sherifย Arafa, written by Abdel-Raheem Kamal and starring Hend Sabri, Ruby, Mohamed Ramadan and Amina Khalil and a trailer that reached a million and 500 hundred views on Youtube is expected to be remarkable. The movie is set during the times of the Pharoes, something that will only lead to high expectations in costumes and setting designs, and the script.
El-Khaleya
El-Khaleya is also expected to leave an impression; starring Ahmed Ezz, Amina Khalil, Mohamed Mamdouh, Reham Abdel Ghafour and directed by Tarek El-Arian. It tacklesย terrorism in our country, which means weโre back to cinema presenting reality.
Shantet Hamza
Weโre not too far offย from light movies this season since we have โShantet Hamzaโ starring Hamada Helal and Yousra El-Louzy. Itโs not related to the 1967 movie that had the same name; itโs a romantic/comedy story.
El Sobky Movies
El-Sobky productions is contributing too with โKher w Barakaโ starring Ali Rabie, Tara Emad and directed by Sameh Abdel-Aziz. There’s also โAman Ya Sahbiโ, a โMahrganโ movie starring Saad El-Soghayar, Mahmoud El-Leithy and Sofinar because Eid will not pass by without having one of those movies that apparently do have a fan-base. 
Bath Mobasher
Sameh Hussein is also presentย with his light comedy movie โBath Mobasherโ.
Movie theatersย will always be a go to destination for Egyptians duringย vacations. The audience always hope to watch a good productionย that wonโt make them regret the outing.
