Info:

Screening format: DCP
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
Countries of origin: Tunisia, Saudi-Arabia, Tyskland, Frankrike
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 91 min

About the film:

Olfa, a determined matriarch, keeps a tight grip on her two youngest daughters. After two of Olfa’s four daughters disappear, professional actors are brought in to fill the void they left behind, allowing the family to explore the traumas they have experienced. The film offers insight into transgenerational traumas and shows how the cycle of pain and loss can be broken. What makes the film even more remarkable are the charismatic and resilient women who, through laughter and tears, demonstrate their inner strength. Through humor, play, and tears, Olfa’s Daughters is a celebration of life and the close bonds between mother and daughter.

Kaouther Ben Hania (born 1977, Tunisia)

Tunisian director and writer Kaouther Ben Hania studied cinema in Tunisia and Paris (Femis and Sorbonne). She debuted with the short film La Brèche in 2004, followed by Me, My Sister and the Thing in 2006. Her film The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020) won Best Actor at Venice Mostra and was nominated for the 2021 Oscar for Best International Feature. Her 2023 film Four Daughters also received an Oscar nomination