Draft:The Voice of Others (2023 film)
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The Voice Of Others (La Voix des autres) is a short French drama film directed by Fatima Kaci as part of her studies at La Fémis.
Selected at the Cinéfondation [1], [2] in Cannes, she received the Lights on Women Awards in 2023[3][4][[5].
Synopsis
[edit]Rim, Tunisian, works in France as an interpreter for asylum seekers. Every day, she translates the stories of exiled men and women whose voices question her own history.
The filmmaker
[edit]Fatima Kaci is a French screenwriter and director[6], born in 1992 of Algerian parents. Trained at La Fémis, she wrote and directed the documentary Terre d'Ombre (38min)[7] in 2021. In 2022, the short film Pièces détachées (26min) and in 2023, the short film La voix des autres (30min).
She is currently developing her first feature film.
Awards
[edit]- 2023: L'Oréal Paris 2023 Lights On Women Prize[8], awarded each year during the Cannes Film Festival to a young female director whose short film has been selected in one of the festival's categories[9]. The award was presented by actress Kate Winslet for the third year running.
- 2024 :
- Special mention from the jury of the national competition of the Clermont-Ferrand short film festival
- Jury's Performance Prize in the National Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival to Amira Chebli.
Selections
[edit]- 2023: The voice of others has been selected for the Cinéfondation (a selection of works by first-time directors held in parallel with the Cannes Film Festival[10].
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.yellowbreadshorts.co/2023/05/27/la-cinef-2023-a-bold-and-brassy-selection-of-films-from-a-new-generation/?fbclid=IwAR3nsTdSBE9k7K6Y17IrifE1XjoAVpaQfJvgfyhaBI_aKF-_QeyBLvB8Kzo
- ^ https://ecran-total.fr/2023/04/25/cannes-annonce-la-selection-des-courts-metrages-et-de-la-cinef/
- ^ https://ecran-total.fr/2023/05/27/la-francaise-fatima-kaci-recoit-le-lights-on-women-award-2023/
- ^ https://www.pressamedia.com/cannes-2023-leila-bekhti-kate-winslet-et-jane-fonda-se-reunissent-a-la-soiree-de-remise-du-prix-loreal-lights-on-women/
- ^ https://www.thewomensvoices.fr/news/video-lights-on-women-kate-winslet-choisit-fatima-kaci-pour-la-voix-des-autres/
- ^ https://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/432314/fatima-kaci
- ^ https://fidmarseille.org/film/terre-d-ombres-the-cemetery/ ’
- ^ https://ecran-total.fr/2023/05/27/la-francaise-fatima-kaci-recoit-le-lights-on-women-award-2023/
- ^ https://www.prnewswire.com/fr/communiques-de-presse/l-oreal-paris-soutient-les-femmes-dans-le-cinema-avec-le-lancement-de-son-prix-international-lights-on-women-qui-recompensera-chaque-annee-une-realisatrice-au-talent-prometteur-864100589.html’
- ^ ‘https://www.festival-cannes.com/2023/la-selection-la-cinef-programme-1-2/
External links
[edit]- Audiovisual resources :
- IMDb
- The Movie Database
- Unifrance
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