The Stories

2026· 120 min★ 7.8· Drama, Music, Comedy

The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.

Cast: Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner

Director: Abu Bakr Shawky