Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia explained

Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia
Location:	Kélibia, Tunisia
Founded:	1964
Language:	International
Artistic Director:	Adel Abid
Date:	19–26 August (2023), 17–24 August (2024)

The Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK, International Amateur Film Festival of Kélibia) is an annual international film festival for amateur filmmakers at Kélibia, Tunisia.^[1] It was founded in 1964 as the oldest film event in Tunisia and is organised by the Fédération Tunisienne des Cinéastes Amateurs (FTCA, formerly Association des Jeunes Cinéastes Tunisiens, AJCT).^{[2] [3]} The Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the town of Kélibia lend their support.^{[4] [5]} A number of later well-known filmmakers debuted at FIFAK, such as Salma Baccar (Tunisia), Ridha Behi (Ridha El Bahi, Tunisia), Ahmed Ben Kamla (Benkamla, Algeria), Ferid Boughedir (Tunisia), Sheila Graber (Great-Britain), Nanni Moretti (Italy), and (Venezuela).

Awards

FIFAK annually awards several prizes:

• Grand Prize: The Golden Falcon (La faucon d'or).
• Special Jury Prize.
• Best Fiction Film.
• Best Documentary Film
• Best Animation/Experimental Film.
• Special mentions.

2023

Among the many 2023 awardees the following productions were mentioned:^{[6] [7] [8]}

National

• Grand Prix National: Caged Bastards by Wadii Klaai and Khalil Saidi, FTCA Ciné Club of Hammam Lif
• Jury Award: Bent Jebel (La fille de la montagne) by Hela Barguaoui
• Best Student Film: Six Tours (Six Towers) by Maya Blouza
• Best Independent Amateur Film: Acteur muet (Le Figurant) by Nabil Ben Rejeb and Justus Lodeman.

Parallel awards

• Prix de la ligue tunisienne des droits de l’homme (Tunisian Human Rights League, LTDH), section Kélibia: special mention of Sire ex Machina by Safa Khiari, FTCA Ciné Club of Hammam Lif
• Prix de la ligue du film indépendant: Visions floues by Khawla Hwiji
• Prix d’Amnesty international-Tunisie: bin el binin (Entre-Deux) by Heytham Moumni, École supérieure de l’audiovisuel, Carthage University, Tunisia
• Prix d’encouragement à la réalisation of the Association des réalisateurs de films tunisiens (ARFT): Entre les deux rives by Djitta Bellotto Nikolo.

International

• Golden Falcon: L’été, la ville et un appareil photo (Summer, City and a Camera) » by Anas Zawahri, Palestine
• Jury Award: Jours sans (Days Without), by Ivar Erik Yeoman, Estonia. An Estonian-Portuguese-British coproduction
• Best Fiction Prize: Cinéma sans le sou (Penniless Cinema), by Ali Arefnasab, Iran
• Special Jury Mentions: À l’unisson (Nathalie Dunselman, France), To the Moon and Back (Shuqin Li, Japan), and Fisherman (Mahdi Zamanpoor Kisari, Iran)
• Best Animation Film: Serveur recherché (Waiter Wanted), by Diana Alexandrovna Bolchakova, Russia.

External links

• • . Video duration 4m 50s. Uploader radio le premier pas, 2023. In Arabic.
• . Video duration 17m 52s. Uploader Radio Express FM, 2023. In Arabic.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia – FIFAK 2023 36ème session . africultures.com . 13 June 2024 . French . Africultures. Les mondes en relation..
2. Web site: FIFAK'24 17 > 24 août Kélibia Tunésie . La Féderation Tunésienne des Cinéastes Amateurs . ftcafifak.com . 13 June 2024 . French.
3. Web site: Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia . filmfreeway.com . 13 June 2024 . Filmfreeway.
4. Web site: FIFAK 2023 : Le palmarès . msn.com . French . 27 August 2023.
5. Web site: Le 36ème Festival international du film amateur de Kélibia du 19 au 26 août 2023 . espacemanager.com . 13 June 2024 . French . 10 August 2023.
6. Web site: FIFAK 2023 : Le palmarès . lapresse.tn . August 27, 2023 . Société Nouvelle d’Impression de Presse et d'édition . 17 June 2024 . French.
7. Web site: Palmarès du Festival international du Film amateur de Kélibia 2023 . French . Africultures. Les mondes en relation. . October 2023 . africultures.com . 10 July 2024.
8. Web site: FIFAK 2023 : Palmarès complet du festival international du film amateur de Kélibia . French . 10 July 2024 . Hatem . Bourial . 28 August 2023 . webdo.tn.