The Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK, International Amateur Film Festival of Kélibia) is an annual international film festival for amateur filmmakers at Kélibia, Tunisia.[1] It was founded in 1964 as the oldest film event in Tunisia and is organised by the Fédération Tunisienne des Cinéastes Amateurs (FTCA, formerly Association des Jeunes Cinéastes Tunisiens, AJCT).[2][3] The Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the town of Kélibia lend their support.[4][5] A number of later well-known filmmakers debuted at FIFAK, such as Salma Baccar (Tunisia), Ridha Behi (Ridha El Bahi, Tunisia), Ahmed Ben Kamla (Benkamla, Algeria), Ferid Boughedir (Tunisia), Sheila Graber (Great-Britain), Nanni Moretti (Italy), and Diego Rísquez [fr] (Venezuela).[2]

Awards

FIFAK annually awards several prizes:[3]

  • Grand Prize: The Golden Falcon (La faucon d'or).
  • Special Jury Prize.
  • Best Fiction Film.
  • Best Documentary Film
  • Best Animation/Experimental Film.
  • Special mentions.

2023

Among the many 2023 awardees the following productions were mentioned:[6][7][8]

National

  • Grand Prix National: Caged Bastards by Wadii Klaai and Khalil Saidi, FTCA Ciné Club of Hammam Lif
  • Jury Award: Bent Jebel (La fille de la montagne) by Hela Barguaoui
  • Best Student Film: Six Tours (Six Towers) by Maya Blouza
  • Best Independent Amateur Film: Acteur muet (Le Figurant) by Nabil Ben Rejeb and Justus Lodeman.

Parallel awards

  • Prix de la ligue tunisienne des droits de l’homme (Tunisian Human Rights League, LTDH), section Kélibia: special mention of Sire ex Machina by Safa Khiari, FTCA Ciné Club of Hammam Lif
  • Prix de la ligue du film indépendant: Visions floues by Khawla Hwiji
  • Prix d’Amnesty international-Tunisie: bin el binin (Entre-Deux) by Heytham Moumni, École supérieure de l’audiovisuel, Carthage University, Tunisia
  • Prix d’encouragement à la réalisation of the Association des réalisateurs de films tunisiens (ARFT): Entre les deux rives by Djitta Bellotto Nikolo.

International

  • Golden Falcon: L’été, la ville et un appareil photo (Summer, City and a Camera) » by Anas Zawahri, Palestine
  • Jury Award: Jours sans (Days Without), by Ivar Erik Yeoman, Estonia. An Estonian-Portuguese-British coproduction
  • Best Fiction Prize: Cinéma sans le sou (Penniless Cinema), by Ali Arefnasab, Iran
  • Special Jury Mentions: À l’unisson (Nathalie Dunselman, France), To the Moon and Back (Shuqin Li, Japan), and Fisherman (Mahdi Zamanpoor Kisari, Iran)
  • Best Animation Film: Serveur recherché (Waiter Wanted), by Diana Alexandrovna Bolchakova, Russia.

References

  1. ^ "Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia – FIFAK 2023 36ème session". africultures.com (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "FIFAK'24 17 > 24 août Kélibia Tunésie". ftcafifak.com (in French). La Féderation Tunésienne des Cinéastes Amateurs. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia". filmfreeway.com. Filmfreeway. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "FIFAK 2023 : Le palmarès". msn.com (in French). 27 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Le 36ème Festival international du film amateur de Kélibia du 19 au 26 août 2023". espacemanager.com (in French). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ^ "FIFAK 2023 : Le palmarès". lapresse.tn (in French). Société Nouvelle d’Impression de Presse et d'édition. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Palmarès du Festival international du Film amateur de Kélibia 2023". africultures.com (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. October 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ Bourial, Hatem (28 August 2023). "FIFAK 2023 : Palmarès complet du festival international du film amateur de Kélibia". webdo.tn (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
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