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My Dad Is Not Dead

Adil El Fadili

Morocco

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Director's Biography

Born in Morocco in 1970, Adil El Fadili studied at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français in Paris. After his studies, he returned to Morocco to pursue his passion. He began by co-writing and directing television films and series broadcast on Morocco’s National Radio and Television Company. In 2010, El Fadili produced and directed his first short film, Short Life. The film was been selected for many prestigious festivals, including the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the Dubai International Film Festival, the Aspen Film Festival, and the Valladolid International Film Festival, and was screened in nearly fifty countries. My Dad Is Not Dead (2023) is his first feature-length film.

2023
94
Arabic, French
No
Fiction
Screenings :
Mon 27 / 16:30 / Salle des Ambassadeurs
Mon 27 / 16:30 / Salle des Ambassadeurs

In the presence of the film crew

Malik and his father Mehdi live at a funfair, where they work as handymen. One day, the two set off for a theatre to pick up some publicity posters but accidentally find themselves in the middle of a political rally. When they see the posterst, two cops accuse Mehdi of anti-government propaganda and rough him up in front of MalikLater that night, the police burst into the funfair to arrest Mehdi. Shocked, Malik starts searching for his father with the help of the other showmen.

Director Adil El Fadili

Producer Adil El Fadili

Screenwriter Adil El Fadili, Alexis Caro

Cinematographer Mathieu de Montgrand

Art Director Adil El Fadili

Editor Julien Foure, Adil El Fadili

Sound Adil Elalami, Youssef Ajjakane

Music Fattah Ngadi

Colour Colour

Adam Raghal, Abdelnbi El Beniwi, Nadia Kouunda, Fatima Atef, Aziz El Fadili, Didier Benureau

Production Company ProdapartFilms, Société nationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision (SNRT)

Pays

Morocco

année

2023

durée

94

langue

Arabic, French