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| Zanka Contact | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ismael El Iraki |
| Written by | Ismaël el Iraki |
| Starring | Khansa Batma, Ahmed Hammoud, Saïd Bey |
| Cinematography | Benjamin Rufi |
| Edited by | Camille Mouton |
| Music by | Alexandre Tartière, Neyl Nejjai |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | France, Morocco, Belgium |
| Languages | Arabic, English |
Zanka Contact is a 2020 Moroccan film directed by Ismael El Iraki.[1][2][3][4] Described as a Wild at Heart-type love story with debts to Quentin Tarantino and Sergio Leone,[5] the film was inspired by El Iraki's emotional journey and recovery after he found himself in the midst of the horrors of the 2015 Bataclan attacks in Paris.[6][7][8][9][10] Following a screening at the 77th Venice International Film Festival[11] where the film's lead actress, Moroccan singer Khansa Batma, won the Venice Orizzonti Award for Best Actress,[12] the film went on to be selected for over thirty international festivals and won several awards through its festival run 2020 to 2022.[13] Among them, Zanka Contact was awarded the Golden Tutankhamun Award for best feature film at the Luxor African Film Festival.
- ^ "Biennale Cinema 2020 | Zanka Contact". La Biennale di Venezia. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Rencontre avec Ismaël El Iraki : " Ce qui est intéressant, c'est de voir comment de victime tu deviens survivant " - Maze.fr". Maze (in French). 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Zanka Contact (2020)". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Zanka Contact". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Aftab, Kaleem (2020-09-07). "'I'm surrounded by ghosts': Bataclan survivor Ismaël El Iraki on his film Zanka Contact". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ^ Aftab, Kaleem (2020-09-07). "'I'm surrounded by ghosts': Bataclan survivor Ismaël El Iraki on his film Zanka Contact". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Ismael El Iraki". Afrique magazine (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Cinéma : Zanka Contact, des cauchemars au rêve éveillé d'Ismaël El Iraki". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Ismaël El Iraki : " Burning Casablanca est le seul film que je pouvais faire en sortant vivant du Bataclan "". Premiere.fr (in French). 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Croll, Ben (2020-10-11). "'Zanka Contact' Director Subverts Genre Moviemaking to Explore PTSD". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ ""Zanka Contact" d'Ismaël El Iraki, coup de cœur de la Mostra de Venise". RFI (in French). 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Firdaous, Kawtar (2021-04-30). "Cinéma. "Zanka Contact" d'Ismaïl El Iraki primé en France". LobservateurDuMaroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ MATIN, O. B, LE. "Le Matin - "Zankat Contact" d'Ismaïl El Iraki sélectionné dans six festivals internationaux". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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