The Narrow Frame of Midnight
DCP/HD - Marocco/France/UK - 2014 - 90 min - color - drama
The Narrow Frame of Midnight
Original title: Itar el-Layl
A film by Tala Hadid
A young orphan, Aïcha, is found alone in the forests of central Morocco. She has a personal history that reveals a courageous attempt at self-determination. Taken and sold from her home in the hills of the Atlas mountains, Aïcha finds herself at the mercy of a petty criminal, Abbas, and his conflicted girlfriend, Nadia. They soon cross paths with Zacaria, a Moroccan/Iraqi writer, who has left everything behind - including a passionate relationship with a teacher, Judith - to search for his missing brother. The group embarks on a journey that will lead them across Morocco, to Istanbul, the plains of Kurdistan and beyond.
Original language: Arabic/French
Produced by: K Films, ASAP Films and Autonomous, in association with Louverture Films
Festivals:
Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - Discovery section
BFI London Film Festival 2014 - Journey section
Rome Film Market 2014 - Cinema d'oggi Competition
Film Africa 2014, London - OPENING NIGHT FILM
Stockholm International Film Festival 2014 - Spotlight section
Dubai Film Festival 2014 - Muhr Feature Competition
Marrakech International Film Festival 2014 - Coup de coeur
NEW YORK AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Franco Arab Film Festival 2015, Jordan
Annonay International Festival of First Films, France - Competition 2015
5th International Urban Film Festival - International Competitive Section, Iran 2015
CINEMATIK International Film Festival PIESTANY 2015
Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers' Film Festival in Macedonia 2015
Awards:
Special mention – Plein Les yeux – First French Film Festival, The Netherlands 2015
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Tala Hadid
Writer/Director/Photographer Tala Hadid has made several short films, including Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan, which received an Academy Award and won the Panorama Best short Film Award at the Berlin Film Festival. She has also made various documentaries including Sacred Poet on Pier Paolo Pasolini. Her work has shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, L’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the Goteberg Kunsthalle in Sweden, the Goethe Institute/Cairo, the Los Angeles County Museum, Zoom Art Fair/Miami/Basel, la Cinémathèque Française in Paris, the Seville Biennale, the Jonathan Schorr Gallery NYC and the Photographer’s Gallery in London. Last year the Fine Art photography publisher Stern published a volume of a selection of Hadid’s photographs as part of its Stern Fotografie Portfolio series of emerging photographers.
