Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper
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Majunga, Madagascar, December 1976. A wind of revolt sweeps through the city. Ali, a second-in-command in a bookbinding workshop, is raising his two daughters alone. One morning, before going to work, he witnesses what seems to be a simple neighborhood quarrel.
Directors Spotlight
Hachimiya Ahamada
Director
Hachimiya Ahamada studied directing at INSAS, Belgium. Zanatany is her second fiction film. With this project, she continues her work on the trajectories of the Comorian diaspora to which she belongs. Between fiction and observation of reality, she builds a universe whose narrative deepens her relationship to her roots. She directed her 1st fiction film at Residence Ylang-Ylang, presented at the Cannes International Critic’s Week in 2008. She later made a more intimate film called Ashes of Dreams which featured a filmed letter addressed to her father.
- Runtime 27 minutes
- Country Belgium, France, Qatar
- Language Malagasy, Comorian, French
- Director Hachimiya Ahamada
- Cast Soeuf ELBADAWI, Hatia ALI, Moindjoumoi AHMED ASSOUMANI, T. Syldio CRISTOPHE, Habib Cesar MARSON
- Cinematographer Charlotte MICHEL
- Producer Manon COUBIA, Jeremy van der HAEGEN, Nicolas RINCON GILLES, Charlotte VINCENT
- Screenwriter Hachimiya AHAMADA
- Sound Design Liza THIENNOT
- Editor Thibaut VERLY
- Executive Producer Franco CLERC DAMY
- Music Nawal MLANAO
- Premiere North America
