Papicha
Papicha- Director
- Mounia Meddour
- Country
- Belgium, Algeria, France
- Year
- 2019
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Mounia Meddour, Fadette Drouard
- Cast
- Lyna Khoudri, Nadia Kaci, Yasin Houicha, Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda, Marwan Zeghbib, Hiam Abbass
- Production
- The Ink Connection, High Sea Productions, Scope Pictures, Tayda Film (DZ)
Storyline
Algeria, 1990s. Nedjma, an 18 year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friend Wassila. As the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to fight for her freedom and independence by putting up a fashion show.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Festival de Cannes 2019
Un Certain Regard
Goyas Awards 2021
Candidate for Best European Film Nomination
Releases
Spain (7 of August 2020)
Call for proposals International Coproduction Funds
