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Freedom Fields

Spring Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage

Naziha Arebi / Feature Documentary / Libya, United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States of America, Qatar, Lebanon, Canada / 2018 / 97 min / Colour / Original Language: Arabic, English / Interests: Documentary, Sports

Synopsis

Filmed over five years, ‘Freedom Fields’ follows three women and their football team in post-revolution Libya, as the country descends into civil war and the utopian hopes of the Arab Spring begin to fade. Through the eyes of these accidental activists, we see the reality of a country in transition, where the personal stories of love and aspirations collide with history. An intimate film about hope, struggle and sacrifice in a land where dreams seem a luxury. A love letter to sisterhood and the power of a team.

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Credits

Director

Naziha Arebi

Screenwriter

Naziha Arebi

Producer

Flore Cosquer, Naziha Arebi

Executive Producer

Sonja Henrici, Noe Mendelle, Leslie Finlay (Creative Scotland)

Production Company

SDI PRODUCTIONS LTD (UK), HUNA PRODUCTIONS (LIBYA)

Production Company

SDI Productions Ltd.

About the Director

Naziha Arebi is a BAFTA-nominated British-Libyan
artist and filmmaker. Coming from a theatre
background, Naziha returned to Libya during the revolution to work and explore her father’s homeland. In 2012 she co-founded HuNa Productions, a Tripoli-based production collective, working at the intersection between art and activism, creating films around identity, gender and reconciliation with BBC, Al Jazeera, Hivos, Oxfam, UN Women and NGO’s, as well as a TV hr on the Tabu tribe of Libya for Al Jazeera and a 24min on Salwa Bughaighis. Naziha is a HotDocs Blue Ice and a Sundance Lab fellow, a WEF Global Shaper, a member of Lumiere D’Afrique and co-founder of Bad Donkey Films. She also works as a cinematographer in the MENA region, and her artwork has been published extensively in print and exhibited globally. Alongside her award-winning feature ‘Freedom Fields’ (world premiered TIFF, LFF, IDFA, CPHdox and opening film of Ajyal 2018), she is also producing Giovanni Buccomino’s feature film ‘After a Revolution’ and working on her first hybrid fiction feature film.

Contacts

• Main Contact

  Flore Cosquer

  Company: 

  SDI Productions Ltd

  Phone: 

  +44 7900537631

  Email: 

  flore@scottishdocinstitute.com

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