Mustafa Z

Name: Mustafa Z
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017
Duration: 81 min

Director: Nidhal Chatta

Rights:

Highlights

Winner of 10 awards at regional and international film festivals, including the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role to Abdel Moneem Chwayet at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC).
The film’s director helmed a number of award-winning films.
Set against the backdrops of Tunisia’s first free presidential elections.

2017/ Tunisia81 min/ Drama

SYNOPSIS

Mustafa, an ordinary Tunisian guy, who comes to grips with the absurdity of the current system in his country. We are on the eve of the first free presidential elections, a crucial deadline for the young Tunisian democracy. Mustafa has a tumultuous relationship with his teenage son and his wife who blame him for his lack of ambition and his subdued character.

CAST

Abdelmonem Chouayet
Fatma Nasser
Issa Harrath

CREW

Screenwriter: Sophia Haouas
DOP: Mohamed Maghraoui
Editor: Fakhreddine Amri

Production Company(ies)

South By South-West Films
Black & Light Films

Producer(s)

Nidhal Chatta
Dominique Laisney

Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt

Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Africlap - Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique de Toulouse, France

Festival Maghrébin du Film d'Oujda, Morocco

Jaipur International Film Festival, India

Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso

Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland

Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia

Madrid International Film Festival, Spain

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Special Mention for Best Script at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Special Jury Prize and Best Actor at the Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt

Grand Prize and Best Actor at the Festival Maghrébin du Film d'Oujda, Morocco

Grand Prix at the Africlap - Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique de Toulouse, France

Best Political Film at the Jaipur International Film Festival, India

Best North African Actor Award and Golden Sotrigui Award for Best Actor at the Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso