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Nadia Fares
Born (1962-09-18) September 18, 1962 (age 62)
Bern, Switzerland
NationalityEgyptian-Swiss
Alma mater Cairo University
New York University
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1986-present

Nadia Fares is an Egyptian-Swiss film director and screenwriter.

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Biography

Fares was born in Bern, Switzerland, the daughter of an Egyptian father and Swiss mother. [1] She learned Arabic while studying in Cairo for a year, and graduated from Cairo University in 1986. [1] [2] The same year, Fares directed her first short film, Magic Binoculars, the first of several produced for Swiss television. Fares began attending New York University in 1987 to study film. In 1991, she won a prize from the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation for her short film Sugarblues. While at New York University, Fares was mentored by Krzysztof Kieślowski and served as the assistant director for several of his works. [1] She took her master's degree in film studies in 1995. [2]

In 1996, Fares directed her first feature-length film, Miel et Cendres . It follows the intersection of three women: doctor Naima, graduate Amina, and student Leila. Miel et Cendres traces their journeys as they navigate between tradition and modernity. [2] It received 18 awards at several film festivals, including the Oumarou Ganda Prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. [2] [3] Fares directed several brief documentary films on the topic of social-political issues for RTS/TV5 Monde. [2]

Filmography

YearNameNotes
1986Magic BinocularsShort film
1986Letters from New YorkShort film
1987Projections on SundaysShort film
1987Semi-SweetShort film
1988Charlotte's EmpireShort film
19881001 American NightsShort film
1990Short film
1992D'amour et d'eau fraîcheShort film
1993Made in LoveShort film
1995Portrait d'une femme séropositiveShort film
1995Lorsque mon heure viendraShort film
1996Miel et Cendres
2003Anomalies passagèresTV film
2011Expectations

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 66. ISBN   978-9-774-24943-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Honey and Ashes". African Film Festival New York. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ Barlet, Olivier (24 September 2002). "Fespaco 1997 : le développement sera culturel ou ne sera pas". Africultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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