CANCELED: Fatwa

featuring

Ahmed Hafiene, Ghalia Benali, Sarra Hannachi, Jamel Madani,

A Tunisian living abroad returns home to bury his college-age son and discovers that he had joined a radical Islamist group in Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud’s passionate drama on fanaticism, revolution, and the risk of remaining silent in the face of hate. Like the work of the Dardennes brothers (who coproduced the film) yet tailored to a specifically Tunisian context (the country’s post–Arab Spring awakening and the subsequent rise of radicalism), Fatwa follows one dogged protagonist’s journey as he seeks answers, only to find more questions. Winner, Best Arabic Film Award, Cairo Film Festival.

Jason Sanders
FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud
Cinematographer
  • Mohamed Maghraoui
Language
  • Arabic
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 102 mins
Source
  • African Film Festival National Traveling Series