Kindil el Bahr

Name: Kindil el Bahr
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Released: 2016
Duration: 40 min

Director: Damien Ounouri

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Highlights

Kindil el Bahr‏ is a bold and realistic treatment of the violence against women in the society that has never seen before in the Algerian cinema, in a way that impressed the audience.
The film is produced with the support of the Algerian Ministry of Culture and French Institute Algeria.
The film made its world premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

2016/ Algeria - Kuwait - USA 40 min/ Fantasy, Horror

Original Title

Kindil el Bahr

SYNOPSIS

During a beach outing with her family, a young mother is drowned by a group of men while swimming offshore. Anxiety and fear take hold of her family and also the townspeople especially as, soon after, others mysteriously start to die.

CAST

Adila Bendimerad
Nabil Asli
Souad Sebki
Aziz Boukerouni

CREW

Screenwriter: Adila Bendimerad
Damien Ounouri
DOP: Mohamed Tayeb Laggoune
Editor: Damien Ounouri
Adila Bendimerad
Matthieu Laclau

Production Company(ies)

Mediacorp
Linked Productions
Bang Bang Production
Monumental

Producer(s)

El Hadi Bouabdallah
Talal Al-Muhanna

Cannes Film Festival, France

São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil

Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco

Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon

Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan

Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria

African Film Festival of Tarifa and Tangier (FCAT), Spain and Morocco

Festival Regards Sur le Cinéma du Monde, France

Aspen Film Festival, USA

MedFilm Festival, Italy

Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt

Special Jury Prize and Honorable Mention at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria

Special Mention at the African Film Festival of Tarifa and Tangier (FCAT), Spain and Morocco

Best Short Film Award at the Festival Regards Sur le Cinéma du Monde, France

Filmmaker to Filmmaker Award at the Aspen Film Festival, USA

Special Jury Award and Best Film from the Rossellini Jury of the Roberto Rossellini Institute at the MedFilm Festival, Italy

Audience Award for Best Short Narrative and Best Artistic Achievement in the Long Narrative competition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt

Reviews

Elfagr (Arabic)

Mohamed Alal - Elkhabar (Arabic)

Gamal Abd Alnasser - Youm 7 (Arabic)

Quotes

“The film dealt with the topic of violence in Arab societies in a bold and realistic style that was never seen before in Algerian cinema.” Gamal Abd Alnasser - Youm 7 (Arabic)

“A story that takes your breath away and draws major festivals' attention.” Mohamed Alal - Elkhabar (Arabic)