Madmen's Fort
Spring Grant 2014 - Production Stage
Narimane Mari / Feature Narrative / Algeria, France, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, Qatar / 2017 / 150 min / Original Language: Amazigh, Arabic, English, French / Interests: Drama, Politics, History
Synopsis
In 1860, the Algerian Sahara is coveted by the colonial powers of the time, who dream of it as a rich land full of promise. Expeditions and ambitions of conquest, however, have all been destroyed by this uncharted and mysterious terrain. Nevertheless, there are men who rise above turf wars, and who believe in the power of this mystical land to establish a society that is out of the ordinary. But greedy people circle like vultures, and are turning this utopian dream into a tragedy.
Credits
- Director
- Narimane Mari
- Screenwriter
- Narimane Mari
- Producer
- Narimane Mari, Fenia Cossovitsa
- Production Company
- Allers Retours Films, Centrale Electrique
- Production Company
- Centrale Electrique
About the Director
Born in Algiers, Narimane Mari began her career in Paris, where she co-founded two communications agencies and created cultural content for print and television media. She has contributed to developing art galleries and initiated a collection of photography books. In 2001, she produced her first film, ‘L’ Arpenteur’, which won the Jean Vigo Award. In 2010, she founded Allers Retours Films in Algeria. In 2013, she directed her first feature-length film, ‘Bloody Beans’, an internationally multi-award-winning work. The following year, she produced Hassen Ferhani’s ‘Roundabout in My Head’, which won five Grands Prix, and in 2016 she produced Djamel Kerkar’s documentary ‘Atlal’, which took first prize at FIDMarseille.
Awards and Festival History
Festivals
Locarno Film Festival 2017, Concorso Cineasti del Presente (WP)
TIFF 2017, Wavelenghts
Contacts
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Main Contact
Corinne Castel
- Company:
- Centrale Electrique
- Phone:
- Email:
- corinne.castel@gmail.com
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Main Contact
Narimane Mari
- Company:
- Centrale Eclectrique
- Phone:
- +213658233556
- Email:
- narimanemari@gmail.com