FEEL IT.STREAM
Ali El Arabi

Ali El Arabi

Directing

Biography

An Egyptian director and producer who started his career as a documentary director and producer on Dream TV. He produced documentaries for ZDF, Stern TV Germany, and Nationa Geographic in the MENA region. In 2015, Ali El Arabi founded the company, Ambient Light

Known For

Welcome Home
7.7

Assigned to investigate the revengeful murder of an unknown man, Adam begins to uncover the truth through torn photographs he finds at his house.

Welcome Home

2022
Goodbye Julia
7.3

A retired singer from northern Sudan, Mona, burdened by guilt for covering up a man's death, hires his southern widow, Julia, as her maid. Unable to confess her role in the tragedy, she hopes to move forward, but the country's growing unrest threatens to reveal her secret.

Goodbye Julia

2023
No image
N/A

Isolated by his father, Ashish escapes home aged 23 with his mother's unwavering support to meet his idol, Messi, in the 2022 world cup in Qatar. Starting a journey that leads him to discover himself and the world for the first time.

52 Blue

2026
Blackout
N/A

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. Then they are surprised by the entry of a rented girl into 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.

Blackout

2025
Arzé
6.8

To find her stolen scooter, Arze drags her rebellious son on an adventurous journey across Beirut.

Arzé

2024
No image
N/A

No description available.

One string

Captains of Za'atari
6.7

Like many young people around the world, best friends Fawzi and Mahmoud are obsessed with soccer. But for the past several years, the teenagers have been stuck in Zaatari, the world’s largest camp for Syrian refugees, located in Jordan. With uncertain legal status and an interrupted education, their prospects are limited. On the local soccer pitch, however, they can imagine a brighter future as professional athletes, a path to escaping the camp and providing for their families. When scouts from a world-renowned Qatari sports academy visit Zaatari, Fawzi and Mahmoud believe they might be able to realize their dreams—if given the opportunity.

Captains of Za'atari

2021
No image
N/A

In a small Egyptian town, Zeinab, a young girl, strongly believes in myths and superstitions. With the help of Noah, her Christian neighbor, she abducts her mother’s body. During the escape journey, both Zeinab and Noah are confronted with many of the myths and fears they so strongly believed were true.

The Legend of Zeineb and Noah

No image
N/A

Shortly after her caregiver, Olfat, passes away, 12 year-old Nesma is forced to live life as Olfat; manipulating everyone into thinking that Olfat is still alive to avoid going back to the orphanage.

Nesma

2025