Synopsis
Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda’s, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. The salon is transformed into a town square, mirroring the internal turmoil of the country. In this female sanctuary, we get an intimate look at the county’s teenage democracy.
Production :
Club Vidéo
Contact :
Music :
Ilya Ghafouri
Sound designer :
Ghafouri Ilya
Screenplay :
Sarra El Abed
Editing :
Jordan Choinière
Cinematographer :
Catherine Lefebvre
In competition for :
Jury award
Best documentary short
Public award
FIPRESCI award
Direction
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Sarra El AbedSarra El Abed finished her degree in film direction at UQAM in 2018, where she was awarded the best fiction prize for her graduation project. Y’a pas d’heure pour les femmes is her fourth film. Flirting between fiction and documentary filmmaking, she likes to breathe whimsy into the ordinary and comedy into dramatic situations.