MAD Solutions presents Ihsen Kammoun’s ROAD TO EL KEF’s nomination journey
11 November 2022
Ihsen Kammoun’s ROAD TO EL KEF may have been nominated for Best Fiction Short in several international festivals, however, the film’s nomination journey in 2022 is far from over.
ROAD TO EL KEF held its Arab world premiere at the 2022 CarthageFilmFestival (JCC), where it was officially selected for the Horizon of Tuinisian Cinema Screenings. It is also expected to feature in the RabatInternationalAuthorFilmFestival.
Additionally, it was nominated for the GrandPrix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and screened at the Festival Les Nuits Méditerranéennes, where it was nominated for the JuryPrize.
Furthermore, the movie is set to hold its US premiere and compete for Best Fiction Short Award at the ArabFilmFestival in the presence of its director.
Additionally, the film had its Canadian premiere at the Mena Film Festival in partnership with VancouverInternationalFilmFestival (VIFF) where the director was present.
It was also featured at the Arab Film Festival that was held at the ArabAmerican Museum and the MontecatiniInternational Short Film Festival in Italy, where it was among the official selections. Moreover, it is scheduled to compete in the International Short Film Competition Program at the 51st Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival – the largest international cinema festival in Ukraine – despite the war challenges that are currently occurring.
With his mother and brother gone, a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia charts a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family.
ROAD TO EL KEF was directed by IhsenKammoun, written by CharlesHall and the music composer is Suad Bushnaq. The film stars the award-winning Tunisian actor AhmedHafiane, FaresLandoulsi, MalekBenSaad, and AlaEdineYacoubi.
EqlaePicturesLLC (IhsenKammoun) co-produced the film with KarabilaProductions (AnisKriaa).
Also, 7 Palms Entertainment ismanaging international sales while MADSolutions is managing distribution in the Arab world.
Born in 1984, in Sfax, Tunisia, Kammoun is a Tunisian American producer, director, and writer with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Linguistics. His first claim to fame was in 2009, when he sparked a music video production trend in the independent Tunisian music scene.
With life travels that allowed him to explore a richness of perspectives of human experiences, he eventually founded the motion picture production company EQLAE PICTURES in 2019.
His work usually covers stories that inspire discovering the reason behind the differences between people to encourage them to exercise their humanity.