MACHTAT
by Sonia Ben Slama,
(Lebanon, Tunisia, France, Qatar) 82 min, 2023
Producers // Khamsin Films – Tania El Khoury // Alter Ego Production – Cécile Lestrade & Elise Hug
Arabic, 4K, documentary, (Tunisia, wedding, divorce, music, patriarchy, women rights)
World Premiere : VISION DU REEL 2023 / ACID CANNES 2023
Fatma and her two daughters, Najeh and Waffeh, are machtat, wedding musicians in Mahdia, a small city in Tunisia. The sisters follow opposite paths: while Najeh, divorced, try to remarry to escape the authority of her brothers, Waffeh wishes to divorce her violent husband. And Fatma navigates between the two, praying that things will go better one day.
CREDITS :
CAST
Fatma Khayat Najeh Ghared Waffeh Ghared
CREW
Written and directed by Sonia Ben Slama
Director of photography // Evgenia Alexandrova
Sound // Soussen Tatah
Editing // Young-Sun Noh
Sound design // Rana Eid
Mixing // Lama Sawaya
Color grading // Alexandra Pocquet
AWARDS :
Grand Prix Traces de Vies 2023
SELECTIONS :
Visions du Réel / Compétition internationale – Suisse – 2023
Festival de Cannes / ACID – France – 2023
IDFA / Best of Fests / Pays-Bas – 2023
Festival international du film de Marrakech / Maroc – 2023
Fema La Rochelle / France – 2023
Jecheon Music & Film Festival / Corée du Sud – 2023
Camden IFF / Etats-Unis – 2023
El Gouna FF / Compétition Longs métrages – Egypte – 2023
Festival du film arabe de Fameck / Val de Fensch / France – 2023
Festival du cinéma social de Nice / France – 2023
Festival du film franco-arabe / France – 2023
Africapt – Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du Pays d’Apt / France – 2023
Festival du cinéma social de Nice / France – 2023
Films Femmes Méditerranée / France – 2023
Festival Traces de Vies / France – 2023
DocPoint / Finlande – 2024
San Diego Arab Film Festival / Etats-Unis – 2024
SAFAR Film Festival / UK – 2024