143 Sahara Street
Spring Grants 2018 - Development Stage
Hassen Ferhani / Feature Documentary / Algeria, France, Qatar / 70 min / Original Language: Amazigh / 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
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.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Narimane Mari
- Company:
- ALLERS RETOURS FILMS
- Phone:
- +213658233556
- Email:
- narimanemari@gmail.com