Hedi

Name: Hedi
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016
Duration: 88 min

Director: Mohamed Ben Attia

Rights:

Highlights

The film’s lead actor Majd Mastoura won the Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlinale, as an unprecedented achievement for an Arab film at the festival.
The first Tunisian film to screen in UAE theatres.

2016/ Tunisia - Belgium - France - Qatar - UAE88 min/ Drama

Original Title

Inhebbek Hedi

SYNOPSIS

The film follows Hedi a young man who doesn’t expect much from the future. While his mother tries to decide his life for him, making arrangements for marrying him off to Khadija, Hedi meets Rym and only two days before his wedding. Captivated by Rym’s free-spirit, Hedi finds himself obsessed with his newborn passion and suddenly discovers that his world goes beyond and above conventions.

CAST

Majd Mastoura
Rym Ben Messaoud
Sabah Bouzouita

CREW

Screenwriter: Mohamed Ben Attia
DOP: Frédéric Noirhomme
Editors: Azza Chaabouni
Ghalya Lacroix
Hafedh Laaridhi

Production Company(ies)

Nomadis Images
Les Films du Fleuve
Tanit Films

Producer(s)

Dora Bouchoucha
Nadim Cheikhrouha
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne

Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Argentina

Chicago International Film Festival, USA

BFI London Film Festival, UK

Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden

Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain

Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium

Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco

Festival International du Film de Dakhla, Morocco

Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon

Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan

ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema, USA

Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga, Morocco

Festival International du Film Transsaharien de Zagora, Morocco

Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine

Cape Town International Film Festival, South Africa

Berlin International Film Festival, Germany

Athens International Film Festival, Greece

Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Lumiere Awards, France

Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt

Festival du Film Méditerranée de Bastia, France

Best First Feature and Silver Berlin Bear Awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, Germany

Golden Athena at the Athens International Film Festival, Greece

Best Actor award at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Lumiere Award for Best French-Language Film at the Lumiere Awards, France

Best Artistic Achievement Award at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt

Grand Prix Arte Mare at the Festival du Film Méditerranée de Bastia, France

Reviews

Jay Weissberg - Variety

Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter

Wendy Ide - Screen Daily

Samir Farid - Al Masry Alyoum (Arabic)

Quotes

“Hedi has the maturity (together with the Berlinale placement and the Dardenne brothers attached as co-producers) to successfully work the arthouse niche internationally.” Jay Weissberg - Variety

“Quiet but pungent and featuring vibrant performances, it offers further evidence that the rebirth of Tunisian cinema is underway.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter