Mohamed Attia's third feature film won the prize at the 34th edition of the French film festival, held from 5 to 15 October.
The main actors in this drama include Majd Mastoura, Samer Bisharat, Walid Bouchhioua, Selma Zeghidi, Helmi Dridi and Wissem Belgharek.
Synopsis: After being sentenced to 4 years in prison for ransacking his workplace, Rafik has only one thing on his mind: to find his wife and son and take them away to show them what he has discovered: his gift of flight. Faced with his wife's disbelief and his in-laws' resistance, Rafik bursts into the school and kidnaps his son. On the run, they meet a shepherd and take refuge in a house in the countryside. There, everything goes haywire.
Considered one of the major cultural events in the Grand Est region, the Fameck festival offers more than 40 films, including feature-length fiction films, documentaries and shorts, many of which are new or previews, with the aim of promoting emerging cinema. The programme includes over 110 screenings over ten days from countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon.
The winners of the 2023 edition:
- "Grand Prix for "Indivision" by Leila Kilani (Morocco, France, 2023)
- Press Prize: "Par-delà les Montagnes" by Mohamed Ben Attia (Tunisia, France, Belgium, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, 2023)
- Youth Jury Prize: "Nezouh" by Soudade Kaadan (Syria, Great Britain, France, 2023)
Documentary Prize: "N'en parlons plus" by Cécile Khindria and Vittorio Moroni (France, Algeria, Italy, 2022) - Audience Award: "Animalia" by Sofia Alaoui (Marco, France, 2023)