Mixed Up autobiographical documentary
ID Swiss
“People called it mixed up.
I called it family.”
Part of the acclaimed anthology ID SWISS, “Mixed up” is a poetic and humorous film about Nadia Fares' family between the Alps and the Nile. For years, she films her family in Cairo and in Berne and explores identity and belonging in a captivating journey through time, countries and cultures.
Shot from 1986 – 1996
Short film documentary
Written and Directed by: Nadia Fares
Produced by: Dschoint Ventschr, Switzerland
Languages: French, Swiss German, Arabic with English subtitles
Duration: 15min.
35mm
Nominations & Selections
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
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
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