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Secret de Fatima (Le)

  • Secret de Fatima (Le)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2004
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 30 (in minutes)

Algiers, 1998, at the end of the terrorist period. Fatima, 54, lives in neighborhood torn apart by domestic violence and acts of political revenge. She lives alone and isolated. She seems to want to have no part of what's going on. But this apparent indifference hides a secret.

Director : Karim Bensalah
Actors : Mourad Dani, Mohamed Kadouk, Lounes Tazaïrt, Tassadit Mandi
Short film, Psychological drama
Themes : War, Religion
Production language : French, Arabic
Nationality : 100% French
Runtime : 30mn
Associate production company : Les Films du Sirocco
Film export/Foreign Sales : Les Films du Sirocco


> Arcipelago - Rome International Festival of Short Films & New Images - 2004
* Selection

> Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - 2004 :
- International Competition - Short Waves

> Locarno - International Film Festival - 2004 :
- National Competition

> Lutin Short Film Awards - 2004 :
- Leopards of Tomorrow

> Mostra - São Paulo International Film Festival - 2004 :
- Fiction Films Nominated

> Namur International French-language Film Festival - 2004 :
- International Perspective - Short Films

> Pan-Africa International Film Festival (Montréal) - 2004 :
* International Competition Fiction Films
* Won : Mention du jury - Section cinéma africain et créole
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> Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - 2004 :
* Selection
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> Tetouan - International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema - 2005 :
* Selection

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