Selected film projects
Spring Came on Laughing : Narrative Feature (Egypt)
Country : Egypt
Type :Narrative Feature
Director : Noha Adel
Producer : Kawthar Younis
Production company : Kino pictures
Language : Arabic
Duration of the submitted copy : 120 min
Works needed to finish the film : Editing - Sound mixing - Color grading
Total budget of the film : 350 000 $
Amount requested to complete the budget : 50 000 $
Estimated delivery date of film : June 2023
Contact : theonlynano1975@gmail.com / kawthar@kino-pictures.com
Synopsis :
Five short stories taking place in the Spring, the cruelest season, that unleashes secrets, anger, sorrows, and tears hidden beneath the joyful laughs.
Born in 1975 ,Noha is a graduate from the English literature Department. She joined a Directing workshop in 2017, and in the same year wrote, directed and produced her 1st short film Into Reverse , then her 2nd short film Once Upon A Time In the Café in 2020 .Both films were officially selected in many international film festivals and received several awards. She‘s currently working on her first feature anthology film.
Kawthar is a filmmaker based in Cairo, Egypt. She is known for her film A Present from the Past, which was the first of its kind to set a record for audience demand in the documentary Egyptian market. She works as a producer for films, mini series and TV commercials. Her latest short film Sahbety / My Girl Friend is the first Egyptian film to officially participate in the short film competition at Venice International Film Festival. Kawthar is also co-founder of the inaugural Rawiyat-Sisters in Film.
Defying Ashes : Feature Documentary (Kenya)
Country : Kenya
Type :Feature Documentary
Director : Karanja Ng’endo
Producer : Joan Njeri
Production company : Purple Mango Pictures Limited
Language : English, Swahili, Kamba , Local Slang
Estimated duration of the film : 60 min
Works needed to finish the film : Final editing, sound mixing, Color grade
Funds received :
Total budget of the film : 129 586,99 $
Amount requested to complete the budget : 106 935,14 $
Estimated delivery date of film : March 2023
Contact : dan.karanjah@gmail.com / njerijuana@gmail.com
Synopsis :
Set against the backdrop of the country's escalating school fires, a survivor embarks on a quest to discover the reason behind it. 20 years after fleeing the flames that killed 67 of his classmates, school fires are still rising in Kenya.
Karanja is a Kenyan filmmaker born and raised in Nairobi and is inspired by the beauty and authenticity of African storytelling. He wants his audience to be moved by the stories he tells. His works have been selected and won awards at the AMVCA, Zanzibar International Film festival ,Carthage Film Festival, Kalasha International, and Kisima film festival, among others. He was part of the Inaugural Class of the Multichoice Talent Factory program. He recently completed a film residency international class at Germany's FilmAkademie Baden-Wurttemberg and was awarded the One World Media 2020 Fellowship and recently attended the Ouaga Film Lab 2022.
Joan Njeri is a producer. She is fond of Africa's transformative stories as it allows her to show how these stories are changing the communities’ narratives and fostering positive social impact. Her first film was Kaleidoscope as a production manager. The film was selected for the Zanzibar International Film Festival 2017 and got nominated for the 2017 Kalasha Film & TV Awards. She has worked as a Co-producer for the short film The Read, as Production manager on the short documentary Zumari and Producer for the short film The Good Child. She was selected for the One World Media Global Short Docs Forum 2020, European Film Market Doc-ToolBox Program 2022, Durban FilmMart Institute Alumni Business Lab 2022, and Ouga Film Lab 2022.
A Summer in Boujad : Narrative Feature (Morocco)
Country : Morocco
Type :Narrative Feature
Director : Omar Mouldouira
Producer : Mohamed Nadif
Production company : Awman Productions
Language : Arabic
Estimated duration of the film : 80 min
Works needed to finish the film : Sound mixing, color grading, credits
Total budget of the film : 601 650 $
Amount requested to complete the budget : 31 200 $
Estimated delivery date of film : November 2022
Contact : omar.mouldouira@gmail.com / awmanprod@gmail.com
Synopsis :
Seven years after the death of his mother, Karim, a 13 year old boy, has left Paris to go back to Morocco with his father Messaoud, who has remarried. After a year of boarding school at the French high school in Casablanca, he returns to Boujad, a small town in central Morocco, to spend the summer with his blended family. His initial emotions merge with the uncertainties of adolescence and the need to reconquer his position in his family.
Omar Mouldouira was born in Paris in 1973.He graduated in 1999 from FEMIS with a degree in sound engineering. After having worked on the soundtracks of several films, he participated in several Master classes with John Truby and Robert McKee and began to read scripts for the CNC and Equinox. Since 2004, he has been teaching audiovisual techniques, screenplay writing and directing in several film schools in France and Morocco. He has written and directed several short films that received awards in numerous film festivals and were also broadcast on European and Moroccan television.
Mohamed Nadif is the producer and general director of Awman Productions. He first worked in the theatre as an actor and director, then joined the film industry, acting in numerous films, before moving on to directing and production. At Awman Productions, he produced and directed two feature films, "The Women in Block J" (2019) and "Andalusia, My Love!" (2011). As executive producer and/or co-producer, notably in connection with France, he has mainly contributed to first and second films: "Margelle" by Omar Moudouira, "Entre deux eaux" by Patrice Cordonnier, "Tazzeka" by Jean-Philippe Gaud and "Nomades" by Olivier Coussemacq.
Rough Sea, a Tuareg story : Feature Documentary ( Mauritania)
Country : Mauritania
Type :Feature Documentary
Director and producer : Intagrist el Ansari
Intagrist el Ansari
Production company : PROSODIE FILMS
Language : Tamasheq, French
Estimated duration of the film : 110 min
Works needed to finish the film : Final editing, sound mixing, color grade, subtitles, credits, DCP
Total budget of the film : 300 468 €
Amount requested to complete the budget : 55 000 €
Estimated delivery date of film : March 2023
Contact : intagrist@gmail.com / prosodiefilms@gmail.com
Synopsis :
Rough sea, A tuareg story is a personal journey and an intergenerational transmission of memory. It is a hieratic expedition of a filmmaker through the memory of his people. "I am going from Nouakchott to Timbuktu to reveal our buried history through sand mining.." the director says. Through the Kel Ansar story - the suzerain tribe in the Timbuktu region to which the director belongs- and in the form of a testament to his son, the film narrates the resistance and culture of the Tuareg. Weakened by colonization, sedentarization, droughts, rebellions and cyclical exiles, these Taureg carry out their last attempt to survive.
Intagrist el Ansari is originally from a nomad camp located in Tombouctou region. Until the age of 10, he has been living in the desert. At that time, Touargs groups conflicts with the central malien state that devastated the north of Mali had pushed him to flee to France at the age of 15. He moved to Mauritanie, 10 years ago, where he currently lives and works. He is a film director and author, his literary essays and documentaries pay a particular attention to Saharien culture, history and mutations. In 2014, Intagrist published his first novel ‘Echo Saharien, l’incosolable nostalgie’. His last novel, ‘Touaregs, L’exil pour partie’ was published by Alfabarre edition company located in Paris. For the past 15 years, Intagrist has been participating in various editorial and audiovisual projects about the Sahara and its inhabitants.
Life is a railroad : Narrative Feature (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Country : Democratic Republic of the Congo
Type :Narrative Feature
Director : Kevin Mavakala
Producer: Dieudo Hamadi
Production company : Kiripifilms
Language : Lingala, French
Estimated duration of the film : 90 min
Works needed to finish the film : Editing of the last chapter, final editing, sound mixing, Color grade
Total budget of the film : 288 657 €
Amount requested to complete the budget : 78 529 €
Estimated delivery date of film : a
Contact : jeannebasset@luchafilms.fr / dieudohamadi@gmail.com
Synopsis :
Christine is the head of finance at the maternity hospital in Kintambo. Her job is to make sure that all of the patients have paid their hospital fees. Rémy is the CEO of one of the country's largest mining companies. His attraction for women will tarnish his relationship with his family, especially his 12-year-old son. Mukanya, a night taxi driver, dreams of reaching the Schengen area but life does not make it easy for him. Viya, who just lost her father unexpectedly, will cross the path with each one of them.
Kevin Mavakala is an author, director and founder of Pole'Arts. He was born in 1997 in Kinshasa and graduated from the National Institute of Arts in Dramatic Art (Cinema Option). His first film “Les Devoirs” won two prizes at the 4th edition of the Kinshasa International Film Festival. In 2018, his first play “Lipanda” won the 3rd Prize in the "Young Democrat" (Center Carter). His film “La Star” won the prize for best international short film at the Festival Ecrans Noirs 2021 (Cameroon) and was selected for the short film “Corner” for the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival for the Talented Camera of Africa program.
Dieudo Hamadi was born in Kisangani (Congo DRC) fin 1984. He is the author and director of two short documentaries “Dames En Attentes” and “Tolerence Zero”. He then directed 5 feature documentaries “Atalaku (2013)”, “Examen d’etat (2014)”, “Maman Colonelle (2017)”, “Kinshasa Makambo (2018)”, “En Route Pour Le Milliard (2020)”. His films have been selected in international festivals such as the Berlinale, the Cannes Film Festival, the Cinéma du Réel Festival, True False. In 2015 he created Kiripifilms, a production company based in Kinshasa. He produces documentaries and feature films.
God's captivating face : Feature Documentary (Tunisia)
Country : Tunisia
Type :Feature Documentary
Director : Mohamed Ben Romdhane
Producer : Marouane Meddeb
Production company : Tunistudio Film Production
Language : Arabic
Estimated duration of the film : 70 min
Works needed to finish the film : 2D animation, editing, sound mixing, soundtrack, color grading, graphics
Total budget of the film : 152 775 DT
Amount requested to complete the budget : 32 000 DT
Estimated delivery date of film : 2024
Contact : med.benrom@gmail.com / marouanemeddeb@gmail.com
Synopsis :
Far from the capital, Balha lives torn between two traumas: an abused childhood and an exhausted adulthood. Balha was sexually harassed by one of the school houseparent at the Children’s Village (SOS). Until this day, this character denies her femininity and refuses to return to the capital.
Mohamed Ben Romdhane is a doctor of audiovisual arts, cinema science and technology. In 2014, he worked as a director of photography for the short film ‘180 degrees of happiness” by Wassim Korbi (a Tunisian-Mauritanian production). In 2013, he was the producer and director of photography for the documentary "AZUL" by Wassim Korbi. In 2012, he was the director of photography and assistant director of the film "Les Fleurs de Tiwilit" by Wassim Korbi - 2012.
Marouane Meddeb is a filmmaker, artistic director and production director. He studied theatre and cinema in Tunisia. He has held several positions in film NGOs namely FTCA-ACTI. He has been working as an assistant director and production manager since 2000. He has directed several documentaries including "crocs urbains" 2005, "histoire du cinema tunisien" 2016.
Mouvma, Poets like no other : Feature Documentary (Tunisia)
Country : Tunisia
Type :Feature Documentary
Director and producer: Ines Ben Othman
Production company : Tunistudio Film Production
Language : Arabic
Estimated duration of the film : 70 min
Works needed to finish the film : Shooting of the missing sequences, sound mixing, color grading, soundtracks, subtitles
Total budget of the film : 180 000 DT
Amount requested to complete the budget : 28 000 DT
Estimated delivery date of film : December 15, 2022
Contact : inesbenothmanaicha@gmail.com
Synopsis :
Five poets and stadium music composers from different regions and belonging to opposing ultra football clubs, share with us their passion for soccer, music and for the country that motivated them to write resistance songs about the system. They accept the director’s invitation to live behind regional belonging and team colors and unite altogether to compose a solidarity song that gathers supporters of all football clubs in Tunisia.
Ines Ben Othman, is a Tunisian film director, she specializes in documentaries, which she considers the most noble way to be in direct contact with society and human beings. Given her career as a committed director and militant woman, she has been in the spotlight on several occasions, something that has allowed her to take her courage in both hands and continue to achieve the goal of her life; make films to try to bring to light the taboos of a society.
Le Roumi, un Film à ressusciter : Narrative Feature (Tunisia)
Country : Tunisia
Type :Narrative Feature
Director and producer : Ferid Boughedir
Production company : Cinares Production
Language : Arabic, French
Estimated duration of the film : 80 min
Works needed to finish the film : Digital remastering of the original 16 mm negative, editing, sound editing, sound mixing
Total budget of the film : 250 000 €
Amount requested to complete the budget : 30 000 €
Estimated delivery date of film : September 2023
Contact : marsafilm@yahoo.com
Synopsis :
A young tunisian student keen on French culture decides to move to Paris and pursue his studies there. His departure coincides with the post Algerian War of independence finding himself confronted to bitterful and hostile people towards Arabs.
Ferid Boughedir is a Tunisian filmmaker, critic and academic among the most recognized in Tunisia and internationally: His film "Halfaouine, boy of the terraces" ((Osfour Essatah) remains to this day the most seen Tunisian film in Tunisia and in the world. Following the numerous Prizes won by this film and by his following films "A Summer in La Goulette", "Zizou,sweet smell of Spring" and his feature documentaries "Camera d'Afrique" and "Camera Arabe" Férid Boughedir has been chosen as a member of the official Jury of several major international festivals (Cannes, Venice, Berlin)…