All films screened in commercial cinemas are changed on Wednesday. Generally, shows begin at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm, 9:30pm and sometimes midnight, especially on week-ends. Special film seasons and screenings are held in cultural centres listed below commercial cinemas. This information is correct at the time of going to press, it remains wise, however, to check with venues for any short notice alteration. Americana Plaza Sixth of October, Sheikh Zayed next to Ceramica Cleopatra behind Hyper one. Tel: 010 2002 0033 *The Big Short *Daddy's Home *Dilwale *Extraction *The Forest *In the Heart of the Sea (3D) *Joy *Khanet Al-Yak(Cornered) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Peanuts (3D) *Point Break (3D) *Ride Along 2 *Shaket Dabbous(Pinprick) IMAX *Star Wars (3D)
Bandar Maadi Bandar Mall, 1 Palestine St, New Maadi. Tel: 2519 0770 *The Big Short *Daddy's Home *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Star Wars (3D)
Cosmos 12 Emadeddin St, Downtown Cairo. Tel: 2574 2177 *Lel Hob Hekaya (A Tale for Love) *Khanet Al-Yak(Cornered) *Al-Leila Al-Kebeira(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Shaket Dabbous(Pinprick)
Dandy Mall Beginning of Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road. Tel: 018 919 6438 *Lel Hob Hekaya (A Tale for Love) *Kodrat Gheir Aadeiya(Extraordinary Abilities) *Al-Leila Al-Kebeira(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man)
Downtown 8 Emadeddin St, Downtown. Tel: 2592 4727 *The Hateful Eight *Hyena Road *Krampus *Al-Leila Al-Kebeira(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man)
Galaxy 67 Abdel-Aziz Al-Seoud St, Manial. Tel: 2532 5745/6 *The Forest *Joy *In the Heart of the Sea (3D) *Point Break (3D) *Ride Along 2 *Shaket Dabbous(Pinprick)
Galaxy Cineplex Mall of Arabia, Sixth of October City. Tel: 010 6880 0933 *Dilwale *Extraction *The Forest *The Good Dinosaur (3D) *The Hateful Eight *In the Heart of the Sea (3D) *Joy *The Last Witch Hunter (3D) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Shaket Dabbous(Pinprick) *Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (3D) *Point Break (3D) *Ride Along 2 *The 5th Wave *Star Wars (3D)
Golden Stars City Stars Mall New Annex, Heliopolis. Tel: 2480 2580/1 *The Big Short *The Hateful Eight *In the Heart of the Sea (3D) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Point Break (3D) *The 5th Wave
Al-Haram 147 Al-Haram St, Giza. Tel: 3583 8857- 3584 0457 *Khanet Al-Yak(Cornered) *Al-Leila Al-Kebeira(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man)
Metro 35 Talaat Harb St, Downtown Cairo. Tel: 2393 7566- 016 553 0856 *Dilwale *Lel Hob Hekaya (A Tale for Love) *Al-Leila Al-Kebeira(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man)
Nile City Nile City Towers, Nile Corniche, Maspero. Tel: 2461 9101 *Extraction *The Forest *The Hateful Eight *Hyena Road *In the Heart of the Sea (3D) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Ride Along 2 *The 5th Wave
Ramses Hilton Nile Corniche, Maspero. Tel: 2574 7435 *The Big Short *In the Heart of the Sea (3D) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Shaket Dabbous(Pinprick)
Sarai Al-Hada'iq 16 Walielahd St, off Masr wal-Sudan St, Hada'iq Al-Qubba. Tel: 2485 8400 *Khanet Al-Yak(Cornered) *Al-Leila Al-Kebeira(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Shaket Dabbous(Pinprick)
Sixth of October Sixth of October City. Tel: 3835 7569 *Kodrat Gheir Aadeiya(Extraordinary Abilities) *Al-Leila Al-Kebeira(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Shaket Dabbous (Pinprick)
Stars City Stars Mall: Omar Ibn Al-Khattab St, Heliopolis. Tel: 2480 2013/4 *The Forest *Daddy's Home *Dilwale *Extraction *The Good Dinosaur (3D) *The Hateful Eight *In the Heart of the Sea (3D) *Joy *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Peanuts (3D) *Point Break (3D) *Ride Along 2 *Shaket Dabbous(Pinprick) *Spectre *Star Wars (3D) *Victor Frankenstein *The 5th Wave
Tiba 84 Al-Nasr Road, Nasr City. Tel: 2262 1084 *Al-Leila Al-Kebeira(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man)
Wonderland Abbas El Akkad St, Nasr City. Tel: 2401 2254 *Dilwale *The Good Dinosaur (3D) *Hyena Road *Khanet Al-Yak(Cornered) *Al-Leila Al-Keberia(The Big Night) *Min Dahr Ragel(Born to a Man) *Shaket Dabbous (Pinprick)
Zawya 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, behind Cinema Odeon, Downtown. Tel: 012 8320 0888 *Bara fil Share'(Out on the Street) *Girlhood(18 January, 7:30pm)
CULTURAL CENTRES
French Cultural Centre 5 Shafik Al-Deeb St, off Shamseddin Al-Dahabi, Heliopolis. Tel: 2417 4824 14 January, 10am: Quai d'Orsay (The French Minister), a 2013 production directed by Bertrand Tavernier featuring Christophe Blain and Abel Lanzac.
French Film Week (17-21 January) (Mounira branch) 1 Madrasset Al-Houqouq Al-Frinsiya St, Mounira. Tel: 2792 0878 17 January, 8pm: Bande de filles (Girlhood) (France, 2014, 113min) with the presence of actors Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla and director Céline Sciamma. 18 January, 7pm: Mysterious screening in cooperation with My French Film Festival the film will be announced before the screening. 19 January, 7pm: Bird People (France, 2014, 127min), directed by Pascale Ferran. 20 January, 7pm: Je Tu il elle (Belgium, France, 1976, 86min), tribute to filmmaker Chantal Akerman. 21 January, 7pm: Eden (France, 2014, 131min), directed by Mia Hansen-Løve.