32B: The Beauty of an Egyptian Father Trying His Best (opens in new tab)

What do spaghetti dinners, awkward shopping trips, and puberty have in common? They are in scenes in one of the best Egyptian short films of the year. The short film, 32B: Mashakel Dakhilia (32B: Internal Conflicts), 2026, takes a topic Egyptian cinema usually tiptoes around and turns it into something funny, warm, and surprisingly heartfelt. Directed by the Egyptian Mohamed Taher in an impressively confident debut and written by Egyptian scriptwriter Haitham Dabbour, the film follows a widow...