These Girls (0+)
Egypt, 2006, colour, 86 min.
Director: Tahani Rached
Director: Tahani Rached
«El-Banate Dol» («These Girls») takes us deep into the universe of girls living on the streets of Cairo, a universe of violence and oppression, as well as freedom and solidarity.
It is a world, invisible to indifferent eyes, that witnesses the vital and secret workings of society.
It is a world, invisible to indifferent eyes, that witnesses the vital and secret workings of society.
AWARDS
Best Long Documentary Award - Ismailia International Festival For Documentary & Short Films, 2006; Prix Ulysse – Best Documentary - Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier, 2006; Prix spécial du jury - Journées Cinématographiques De Carthage, 2006; Griot d’Ébène to Best Documentary - Festival De Cine Africano De Tarifa, Apr. 2007.
Tahani Rached
Tahani Rached
born in Cairo (Egypt). Tahani Rached studied in School of Fine Arts, she was actively engaged in community organizations, then in cinema. She starts her career as a filmmaker with the film «To Make A Change». She directed about twenty films.
FILMOGRAPHY
«To Make a Change», 1973; «Not a Gift», 1975; «Their Crisis, We Don’t Pay for It», 1976; «Непримиримые братья», 1979; «Beirut! Not Enough Death to Go Round», 1983; «Haïti. Quebec», 1985; «Верни мне мою Родину», 1986; «Haïti, nous là, nous la!», 1987; «Au Chic Resto Pop», 1990; «Doctors with Heart», 1993; «Four Women of Egypt», 1997; «Emergency! A Critical Situation», 1999; «For a Song», 2001; «Soraida, A Woman of Palestine», 2004; «These Girls», 2006.
Egypt, 2006, colour, 86 min.
Director: Tahani Rached
Director: Tahani Rached
«El-Banate Dol» («These Girls») takes us deep into the universe of girls living on the streets of Cairo, a universe of violence and oppression, as well as freedom and solidarity.
It is a world, invisible to indifferent eyes, that witnesses the vital and secret workings of society.
It is a world, invisible to indifferent eyes, that witnesses the vital and secret workings of society.
AWARDS
Best Long Documentary Award - Ismailia International Festival For Documentary & Short Films, 2006; Prix Ulysse – Best Documentary - Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier, 2006; Prix spécial du jury - Journées Cinématographiques De Carthage, 2006; Griot d’Ébène to Best Documentary - Festival De Cine Africano De Tarifa, Apr. 2007.