Mixed Up
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
Written and Directed by: Nadia Fares
Produced by: Dschoint Ventschr, Switzerland
Languages: French, Swiss German, Arabic with English subtitles
Duration: 15min.
35mm
Nominations & Selections
NOMINATIONS
Swiss Film Prize – Best Documentary Film
SELECTED FESTIVALS
Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland (World Premiere)
Cinéma Tout Écran, Geneva, Switzerland
Duisburger Filmwoche, Germany
Französische Filmtage Tübingen, Germany
Filmtage Augsburg, Germany
Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland
Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival, Saarbrücken, Germany
Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia (2000)
Der Neue Heimatfilm, Austria
Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, Tunisia
Weltfilmtage Thusis, Switzerland
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival, USA
Moscow International Film Festival, Russia (2001 edition)
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
SELECTIONS
France: Clermont-Ferrand and Angers, plus the Institut du Monde Arabe
Germany: Duisburg, Saarbrücken, Augsburg and Tübingen
Austria: the Upper Austria award and regional press
Sweden: Göteborg
Poland: Kraków
Tunisia: Carthage
Italy: Rome
Russia: Moscow
Taiwan: Golden Horse
South Africa and the United States for the later festival screenings
Premiering at Locarno, ID Swiss toured international festivals across Europe, Africa and the United States, including Clermont-Ferrand, Göteborg, Moscow, Carthage, Cape Town and Minneapolis–St. Paul.
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