Les Filles D’Olfa – Four DaughtersAfrican Film Days Munich 2024
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia/Germany/France/Saudi Arabia 2023, 107 minutes, experimental film, original language with English subtitles. The film tells the true story of Olfa, whose daughters Ghofrane and Rahma left their family in Tunisia to fight alongside IS in Libya.
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia/Germany/France/Saudi Arabia 2023, 107 minutes, experimental film, original language with English subtitles. The film tells the true story of Olfa, whose daughters Ghofrane and Rahma left their family in Tunisia to fight alongside IS in Libya.
Together with her two remaining daughters, Olfa asks herself why. The fimmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites two professional actors to fill the roles of the two absentees, to support and protect the mother. Shooting a documentary about the preparations for a never-to-be-made feature film, she helps Olfa to engage with her true memories. Part documentary, part fiction, the film brings viewers closer to the life stories of Olfa and her daughters.
Kaouther Ben Hania was born in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia in 1977. She studied film in Tunis and Paris and has made documentaries as well as shorts and feature films: Beauty and the Dogs (2017) was shown at the Cannes International Film Festival and is about a young woman’s tireless attempt to report her rape. The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020) was Tunisia’s entry for the 2021 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category and subsequently the first Tunisian film ever to be nominated. Les Filles D’Olfa – Four Daughters received the Œil d’Or award for best documentary film in Cannes.
