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Bedwin
Hacker by Nadia El fani
(Tunisia/Morocco, 2002, 103 minutes, 35mm)
Synopsis:
The first Tunisian film with a high-tech theme, Bedwin Hacker
opens with a computer hacker in a Tunisian oasis who hijacks the
foreign airwaves to broadcast a message in Arabic: " In the
third millennium, other periods, places and lives exist. We are
not mirages." A French surveillance department sets out to
track "Bedwin Hacker." Julia, alias Agent Marianne, recognizes
the signature as that of an old rival and sends her boyfriend, back
in his native Tunisia, on reconnaissance. In her debut feature,
filmmaker Nadia El Fani works against stereotypes of North African
women in domestic roles and presents an intriguing cast of subversive
female characters.
In Arabic and French with English subtitles.
Post-screening
panel discussion with director Nadia El Fani
and leading actress Sonia Hamza, Mona
Altahawy (Women’s e-News) and Emna Zghal (artist, NYC)
Biography:
Nadia El Fani was born in Paris in 1960 to a Tunisian father and
a French mother. She grew up in Tunis and moved often, shifting
from one shore of the Mediterranean to the other. In 1990, she settled
in Sidi Bou, a small village perched on a hill overlooking the bay
of Carthage. After 22 years of odd jobs, mostly related to veterinary
medicine and pet grooming, she finally got the opportunity to work
in film by assisting director Jerry Schatzberg with the remake of
The Misunderstood One of Cominici. Later on she worked as an assistant
director for such filmmakers as Romain Goupil, Roman Polanski, Franco
Zeffirelli, Nouri Bouzid, Alexandre Arcadi and Herbert Ross. Bedwin
Hacker is her feature film debut as a director.
Festivals
& Awards:
Carthage
Film Festival, 2002
Rotterdam Film
Festival, 2003
Mons Film Festival,
2003. Prix du meilleur film TV5
FESPACO, Burkina
Faso, 2003
Cinema Africano
de Milano, 2003
Vues d’Afrique
Montreal, Canada, 2003. Special
Mention
by the Grand Prize Jury
Ecrans Noirs,
Cameroun, 2003
Rabat Film Festival,
2003
Zanzibar Film
Festival, 2003
African Diaspora
Film Festival, New York, 200 |
