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
*Avatar: The Way of Water
*Belle & Sebastian: Next Generation
*The Fabelmans  
*M3GAN
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Operation Fortune
*Prey for the Devil
*Shalaby
*Shotgun Wedding
*Summit Fever
CINE COMFORT
*Fadl wi Neama (Blessings)
*Shalaby
IMAX
*Avatar: The Way of Water
MX4D
*Avatar: The Way of Water
 
City Centre Almaza
Sheraton Al-Mattar, Cairo-Suez Road
*Avatar: The Way of Water
*Black Adam
*Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
 *The Menu
*M3GAN
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Operation Fortune
*Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
*Shalaby
*Shotgun Wedding

Dandy Mall
Beginning of Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road. Tel: 018 919 6438
*Avatar: The Way of Water
*Black Adam
*Leave
*M3GAN
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Operation Fortune
*Shalaby

Downtown
8 Emadeddine St, Downton. Tel: 02 2579 8367
*Avatar: The Way of Water
*M3GAN
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Shalaby
*Taht Tahdid Al-Selah (At Gunpoint)

Madinaty
Open Air Mall, Madinaty, New Cairo
*Avatar: The Way of Water
*Belle & Sebastian: Next Generation
*Black Adam
*Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
*The Fabelmans
*Leave
*M3GAN
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Operation Fortune
*Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
*Shalaby
*Summit Fever
VIP
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Shalaby
 
Point 90
Point 90 Mall in front of AUC gate 5, New Cairo
*Avatar: The Way of Water
*Belle & Sebastian: Next Generation
*The Fabelmans
*M3GAN
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Operation Fortune
 *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
*Shalaby
*Shotgun Wedding
MX4D
*Avatar: The Way of Water
 
Al-Rehab Mall
Al-Rehab City, New Cairo
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Shalaby

Stars
City Stars Mall: Omar Ibn Al-Khattab St, Heliopolis. Tel: 02 2480 2013/4
*Avatar: The Way of Water
*Belle & Sebastian: Next Generation
*Black Adam
*Leave
*M3GAN
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Operation Fortune
*Prey for the Devil
*Shalaby
*Summit Fever
Golden VIP
*Avatar: The Way of Water
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Shalaby
Golden Deluxe
*Leave
*M3GAN
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Operation Fortune
*Shalaby
*Summit Fever
DBOX
*Avatar: The Way of Water

Zamalek
13 Shagaret Al-Dorr St, Zamalek. Tel: 02 2735 0320
*Akhy Fawk Al-Shagara (My Brother Atop a Tree)
*Avatar: The Way of Water (3D)
*Nabil Al-Gamil Akhesai Tagmil (Nabil Al-Gamil Plastic Surgeon)
*Shalaby

Zawya
15 Emadeddine st, Downtown. Tel: 010 1433 1779
Khairy Beshara Retrospective (7pm)
19 January: Youm Morr, Youm Hilw (A Bad Day and a Good Day)
20 January: Kabouria (Crabs)
21 January: Ice Cream in Gleam
22 January: Raghba Motawahesha (Untamed Desire)
23 January: America Shika Bika

CULTURAL CENTRES

Italian Cultural Institute
3 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel: 02 2735 8791
23 January, 6pm: Per tutta la vita (For All Life), a 2021 production about four married couples discovers their marriages are not valid and they're deciding whether to get married again or not, directed by Paolo Costella.

Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
22 January, 7pm: Ala Al-Selim (On the Fence), a 69 minutes Egyptian documentary directed by Nesrine Lotfy El Zayat.

*A version of this article appears in print in the 19 January, 2023 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly.