- event type:WOMEX 24 Film Screening
- date:26 Oct 2024
- time:20:15 - 21:45
- city/area:Manchester
- venue:HOME
- country:United Kingdom
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
Directed by Sonia Ben Slama
Duration 82’ | Arabic with English subtitles
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, tries 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.
Sonia Ben Slama is a Tunisian-French documentary filmmaker. In 2015, she directed her first feature documentary Maktoub. Her second feature documentary, Machtat, premiered in the International Competition at Visions du Réel Film Festival 2023 and is part of the ACID Cannes 2023 program. Her new documentary, 316 North Main Street, is in development.
Production Country, Year Tunisia/Lebanon/France/Qatar, 2023
Produced by Khamsin Films/Alter Ego Production
Producers Tania El Khoury, Cécile Lestrade, Elise Hug
Director of Photography Evgenia Alexandrova
Sound Saoussen Tatah
Sound Design Rana Eid
Editor Young Sun Noh
Sound Mixing Lama Sawaya
Colour Grading Alexandra Pocquet
Distributed by Les films de l'Altaï
