The Voice of Others
Fatima Kaci | France | 2023 | 30'
Screenings
Mon 6 May H 19:00
Section
Original title
La voix des autres
Synopsis
Rim is a Tunisian interpreter working in France on the cases of asylum seekers. She tries to help them, at times even breaking the rules of her profession. Every day, she translates the stories of exiled men and women, whose voices raise questions about her own story.
Cast
Amira Chebli, Siham Eldawos, Hala Alsayasneh, Margot Ladroue, Manon Glauniger
Films Distribution
Sayonara Film
Production
Le Fémis
Editing
Fatima Kaci
Cinematography
Étienne Mommessin
Editing
Ugo Simon, Emilie Curtis
Language
Arabic, French
Subtitles
English, Italian
Premiere
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Main awards
COE “Little Zebra” Award – Students’ Jury (MiWY 2024)
Lights On Women Award (Cannes Film Festival - Cinef Selection 2023)
"Occhiali di Gandhi" Prize (Give Peace a Screen 2023)
Best Short Film (MEDFILM Festival 2023)
Best Short Film (Integrazione Film Festival 2024)
Audience Award (Festival Premiers Plans D'Angers 2024)
Best Film and Audience Award (International Short Film Week Regensburg 2024)
Prix D'interprétation et National Special Mention (Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2024)
Lights On Women Award (Cannes Film Festival - Cinef Selection 2023)
"Occhiali di Gandhi" Prize (Give Peace a Screen 2023)
Best Short Film (MEDFILM Festival 2023)
Best Short Film (Integrazione Film Festival 2024)
Audience Award (Festival Premiers Plans D'Angers 2024)
Best Film and Audience Award (International Short Film Week Regensburg 2024)
Prix D'interprétation et National Special Mention (Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2024)
Biography
Fatima Kaci is a screenwriter and director, graduated from École nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son (Fémis) in Paris . She wrote and directed the documentary short film The Cemetery in 2021 and the short film Spare Parts in 2022. Her new short film, The Voice of Others, produced in 2023, was selected at the Cannes Film Festival (La Cinéf), where it won the "Lights on Women" award presented by Kate Winslet, the jury president. She is currently working on her first feature film.
Filmography
2023 - The Voice of Others, sf
2022 - Spare Parts, sf
2021 - The Cemetery, sf