Hind Meddeb currently works between Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. She mostly films by herself creating an intimacy with the characters she follows.
Between 2011 and 2013, Hind Meddeb directed two feature documentaries observing the Arab revolutions through the eyes of young musicians in the slums of Cairo and the poor neighborhoods across Tunisia. She shaped the word “Electro Chaabi” and made the world discover this new musical genre. Selected in dozens of festivals, “Electro Chaabi” premiered in BFI London Film Festival.
In her new film, “Paris Stalingrad”, selected in Cinéma du Réel and TIFF, she shows to the world a hidden side of Paris, while the city closes doors to asylum seekers, creating new borders downtown.
With a scientific background, Thim Naccache did his training as a filmmaker at the "European Film College" in Denmark, where he directed his first short movie, "Breaking in" in 2005. In 2006, he codirected the documentary “A Nation Journey“ the rise of Evo Morales, a Native American peasant to the summit of the state. In 2013, he directed "Misconception", a short movie selected at Berlin International Short Film Festival.
In 2016, during a documentary shoot in the Grande-Synthe refugee camp, he met volunteers who alerted him about the existence of the Stalingrad camp in Paris. Surprised by the low media coverage given to this situation, he began to film the daily lives of refugees arriving in Paris. Along with Hind Meddeb, he then embarked on a long-term shoot.
DIRECTOR
Hind Meddeb
CO-DIRECTOR
Thim Naccache
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hind Meddeb, Thim Naccache
PRODUCER
Sylvie Brenet
CO-PRODUCER
Abel Nahmias
PRODUCERS ASSISTANTS
Raphaël Deslandes, Léa Sansonetti
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Mike Lerner
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Les Films du Sillage, Echo Films
POST-PRODUCTION
Seppia, Black Milk
WITH
Lami T. Nagawo, Souleymane Mohammad, Valérie Osouf, Houssam el Assimi, Adam Misscall, Galaxy Mohammad, Agathe Nadimi, Ousmane, Lamrana, Johan Corceron
EDITOR
Sophie Pouleau
SOUND DESIGN
Damien Tronchot
SOUND EFFECTS
André Fèvre
COLOR GRADING
Christophe Reynaud
TRANSLATERS
Fred Chast, Philippe Aronson, Michelange Quay, Omer Omrane, Abubaker Mohamed Imam
MUSIC
Bachar Mar Khalife « Ya Nas » / InFiné Music
GRAPHICS
Myriam Barchechat
SPECIAL THANKS
Amina Meddeb, Joseph Paris, Abel Nahmias, Michel Zana
THANKS
Alex Akoka, Shona Bhattacharyya, Nour Abichou, Clara Menais, Dina Amer, Milo Peret, Catherine Cody, Jane Sautière, Théo Stefanini, Johan Corceron owner of the garage Jcp Auto
GRANTS
Grant “Brouillon d’un rêve” of SCAM (The civil society of multimedia authors in France)
Writing and Development Grant of CNC (National Film and Moving Image Centre in France)
Writing Grant of the “Région Ile de France”
Development Grant of Procirep Angoa
Production Grant “Fonds Images de la Diversité” of CNC
Production Grant of “Région Grand Est”
Production Grant of “Arab Found for Art and Culture” (AFAC)
FESTIVALS
· 41th Cinéma du Réel
· Toronto International Film Festival 2019
· Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage 2019
· DOC NYC 2019
· Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du Pays d’Apt
· 41th Cairo International Film Festival
· Rencontres Films de Femmes Méditerranée 2020
· Sharjah Film Platform 2019
· 31th Palm Springs International Film Festival
· 6th Sudan Independent Film Festival
· 26th "Africa Alive" in Frankfurt
· CPH:DOX* Copenhagen int. doc. festival 2020
· Bergen Arab Film Festival 2020
· Amsterdam Arab Film Festival 2020
· Stockholm Women Int. Film Festival 2020
· African Film Festival of Tanger-Tetouan 2020
· Festival du Film du Cap Spartel 2020
· Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa 2020
· ZINEXIT Human Rights Film Festival of Bilbao
· 10th Festival Internacional de Cine Político
· Festival Cinéma du Monde de Sherbrooke 2020