29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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FESTINA LENTE
FESTINA LENTE

FESTINA LENTE

Baya Medhaffar / Tunisia, France / 2021 / International Premiere / 20 min.


synopsis

The layered essayistic reflection on migration, or more precisely on the constant movement towards the unknown as a cultural and instinctive necessity, intersperses archival footage with symbolic scenes, associative images thematizing religious affiliation, and documentations of contemporary events on the borders of continents.

biography

Baya Medhaffar (1995), artist of of Tunisian French origin, is involved in directing, acting, music, but also in editing. Editing methods form a major means of expression in her films. She combines images from other works, endowing them with new meanings. Her film Festina Lente (2021) is her directorial debut, screened at Marseille IFF.

more about film

director: Baya Medhaffar
producer: Baya Medhaffar

Film at festival

premiere type:International Premiere
festival edition:2021
section:Fascinations
language:French, English, Arabic
subtitles:English
colour:Colour and B&W

Info

director:Baya Medhaffar
original title:FESTINA LENTE يا عم الشيفور
country:Tunisia, France
year:2021
running time:20 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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