Aya
Spring Grant 2015 - Production Stage
Moufida Fedhila / Short Narrative / Tunisia, France, Qatar / 2016 / 20 min / Original Language: Arabic, French / Interests: Women, Coming of age, Drama, Social Issues, Youth, Immigration, Psychological, Identity
Synopsis
Seven-year-old Aya lives in an inner-city neighbourhood of Marseille. Intelligent and obsessed with drawing, Aya is very close to her mother Meriem, a French convert to Islam. Her father Youssef, torn between his love for his wife and his fear of being banished from the Salafi community of which he is a member, feels he has no choice but to force Meriem to wear a niqab. One day, an unexpected turn of events disrupts the life of this fragile family.
Credits
- Director
- Moufida Fedhila
- Screenwriter
- Moufida Fedhila
- Producer
- Antonio Magilano
- Production Company
- Appel d'Air Films
About the Director
Moufida Fedhila is a producer, director and visual artist. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and collective exhibitions around the world. Her works are part of several private and public collections. Combining her strengths in artistic direction and producing, she co-founded Yol Film House with several independent filmmakers and has produced and co-produced several documentary and narrative films with partners in Canada, France, Qatar and Tunisia. She has sat on the juries of film festivals in Europe and in the Maghreb, among them the Francophone Trophies for Cinema. Currently, Fedhila is developing Mehdi Hmili’s second full-length film, ‘Solo’, a family drama that will be shot in Tunisia. She lives and works between Paris and Tunis.
Contacts
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Director
Moufida Fedhila
- Company:
- Movida Movies
- Phone:
- +33953090077
- Email:
- moufida.fedhila@gmail.com
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Main Contact
Antonio Magliano
- Company:
- Appel d'Air Films
- Phone:
- +330630880978
- Email:
- appeldairfilms@gmail.com