NYA

Name: NYA
Genre: Drama
Released: 2024
Duration: 16 min

Director: Imene Ayadi

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Highlights

Supported by CNC, France 2, Doha Film Institute, and Institut Francais d'Algérie
Delves into the pivotal moment when a child starts understanding their world, making us question what parents should reveal or hide

2024/ France, Algeria16 min/ Drama

SYNOPSIS

Taking place in Algerian suburbia in 1994, the story revolves around Anya — a seven-year-old girl who blissfully experiences her childhood without being aware of the turmoil caused by the civil war engulfing her country.
Her sole desire is for her father — a journalist away on an assignment — to come back in time for the Mouloud holiday. Nevertheless, the violence of the real world slowly encroaches upon her daily life, causing her childish innocence to waver.

CAST

Melissa Benyahia
Meriem Medjkane
Amal Kateb
Ghyzléne Ben Ali

CREW

Screenwriter: Imene Ayadi
DOP: Nader Chalhoub
Editor: Tyliann Tondeur-Grozdanovitch

Production Company(ies)

La Méridienne, Thala Films

Producer(s)

Pierre Herve, Marine Colomies, and Fayçal Hammoum