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Spring Grants 2018 - Development Stage

Hassen Ferhani / Feature Documentary / Algeria, France, Qatar / 70 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Creative Documentary

Synopsis

Malika lives alone in the middle of the desert. There she runs a small restaurant serving two dishes, omelette or tomato omelette, to those who pass through like fleeting apparitions. This place, while seemingly absent from the outside world, tells of a country and in its soul. The winds of sand and silence say just as much as the dramas and dreams of those who stop there for a cigarette, a tea, to talk, or to be silent. Malika seems to have gathered these countless stories along the way, and they are now as much a part of her as she is of them.

Credits

Director
Hassen Ferhani
Screenwriter
Hassen Ferhani
Producer
Narimane Mari
Production Company
Centrale Electrique

About the Director

Hassen Ferhani was born in Algeria in 1986. In 2006, he directed his first short film, ‘Les Baies d’Alger’, which was screened in official competition in numerous international festivals. In 2008, he participated in a workshop at La Fémis, where he directed the short film ‘Le Vol du 140’. Since 2009, Ferhani has worked as an assistant director. In 2010, he co-directed the documentary ‘Afric-Hotel’, which screened at Visions du Réel and FIDMarseille. ‘Roundabout in My Head’ (2015) was his first feature-length film and has been awarded several major international prizes including FID, IDFA, Torino, Amiens, Carthage, Algiers, Entrevues Belfort, Festival Filmer le Travail de Poitiers, and Vues d’Afrique.

Awards and Festival History


Festivals

"TIFF 2019, Wavelenghts
El Gouna FF 2019
ARABISCHES FF 2019
Valdivia IFF 2019
IDFA 2019
Entrevues Belfort IFF 2019
Warsaw FF 2019
Cinema Mediterraneen de Bruxelles 2019
Marrakech IFF 2019
Goteborg FF 2020"

Awards

"Best Emerging Director, Locarno FF 2019 (WP)
Special Mention, Gabes FF 2020 (online edition)"

Contacts

  • Main Contact

    Narimane Mari

    Company: 
    Centrale Eclectrique
    Phone: 
    +213658233556
    Email: 
    narimanemari@gmail.com

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