Nadia Fares Awards and Recognition

Big Little Women


Promotional poster for the film "Big Little Women" featuring multiple women of different ages and ethnicities, with text in English and Arabic, including film credits at the bottom.

WINNER
European Union Award

Aswan Int’l Women Film Festival

WINNER
Best Film

Aswan Int’l Women Film Festival

SPECIAL MENTION
Aswan Int’l Women Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Hof International Film Festival

WINNER
Best Documentary

Rotterdam Arab Film Festival

NOMINEE
Best Film

Solothurn Film Festival

NOMINEE
Best Film

New York City Independent Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Panorama Suisse, Locarno International Film Festival

WINNER
Grand Prize
St. Louis Docs

WINNER
Best Documentary Feature

Los Angeles Independent Women Film Awards 

WINNER
Grand Prize

Culver City Film Festival

WINNER
Jury’s Award

Casablanca Arab Film Festival

WINNER
Best Documentary
 
Jaipur International Film Festival 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Cambodia International Film Festival 

SEMI FINALIST
Dumbo Film Festival 

WINNER
Best Feature Documentary

Hollywood Discovery Awards

FINALIST 
South London Film Festival 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Women's International Film & Arts Festival 

Honey & Ashes / Miel et Cendres


Promotional poster for the film "Honey & Ashes", "Miel et Cendres" featuring a woman with curly hair looks at her reflection in a window, her hand pressed against the glass.

WINNER
Ecumenical Film Prize

Locarno International Film Festival 

WINNER
SKYY Prize

San Francisco International Film Festival 

WINNER
Antigone d’Or

Montpellier International Film Festival  

WINNER
Special Jury Prize

Annonay International Festival

WINNER
Saarland's Prime Minister Prize

Max-Ophüls Film Festival 

WINNER
UNESCO Tolerance Prize

Montréal Vues d’Afrique 

WINNER
United Nations Award

​4th Med Film Festival 

WINNER
Baillard d’Or
Best actress

Namur International Film Festival 

WINNER
Youth Jury Prize

Best Film
Namur International Film Festival 

WINNER
New Talent

Namur International Film Festival 

WINNER
Best Screenplay

Gijon International Film Festival 

WINNER
Int’l Competition

Milano, Int’l African Film Festival

WINNER
Jury Prize Ex Aequo

Torino, Int’l Festival of Women Cinema  

WINNER
Best First Feature

Ouagadougou, Panafrican Film Festival 

WINNER
Best Editing

Ouagadougou, Panafrican Film Festival 

SPECIAL MENTION
Uruguay International Film Festival 

NOMINEE
Best Film

Swiss Film Award

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Toronto International Film Festival 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sao Paolo, International Film Festival 

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Vancouver, International Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Karlovy Vary, International Film Festival

Mixed Up


AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Documentary Prize of the State of Upper Austria

Swiss Film Award – Best Documentary - Nomination

FESTIVALS

Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland (World Premiere)

Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland

Vision du Réel, Switzerland

Cinéma Tout Écran, Geneva, Switzerland

Weltfilmtage Thusis, Switzerland

Duisburger Filmwoche, Germany

Französische Filmtage Tübingen, Germany

Filmtage Augsburg, Germany

Max Ophüls Festival, Saarbrücken, Germany

Filmfestival Magdeburg, Germany

Der Neue Heimatfilm, Austria

A vintage black-and-white photo of a man and woman dancing at a formal event, displayed on a red background with the title 'Mixed Up' and credits for a film by Nadia Fares.

Clermont-Ferrand Festival, France

Premiers Plans, Angers, France

Archepelago Rom Festival, Rome, Italy

International Documentary Festival, Krakow, Poland

Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden

Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival, USA

Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico

Moscow International Film Festival, Russia

Golden Horse Film Festival, Taipei,Taiwan

Heritage Film Festival, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, Cape Town

Spring Break / Les saveurs du printemps


Promotional poster for the TV series "Spring Break" featuring people in colorful costumes at a formal event or parade, with the focus on a woman in a pink dress and men in blue uniforms with gold ruffled collars, standing in formation.

World Premiere — Vevey, Switzerland (17 January 2000)

Official Selection — Solothurn Film Festival

Broadcast on ARTE across Europe (4 September 2000)