Academic Recognition
Subject of a published academic study
Erik Lautenschlager, "Nadia Fares – Miel et Cendres: The Problem of Silence in the Context of Women's Emancipation in the Maghreb of the 1990s." Most importantly, the publisher's description says (translated): "With Miel et Cendres, Nadia Fares has created a successful exploration of women's self-realization
Included in the British Film Institute (BFI) Film & TV Database.
Screened by universities and academic institutions including Georgia State University, Buffalo State University, Indiana University, UCLA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Afropop, and other educational programs.
Honey and Ashes has been included in leading reference works on Arab cinema, including Rebecca Hillauer's Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers (American
University in Cairo Press) and Viola Shafik's influential writings on Arab cinema. The film continues to be studied in academic and cultural contexts.
"Far from folklore and feminist dogmatism, Nadia Fares paints an intimate and sensual portrait of changing realities in an Islamic society."
— Max Ophüls Festival Jury
Honey & Ashes
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
The Film Lives On
More than two decades after its premiere, Honey and Ashes continues to be rediscovered by new audiences. Screened by the African Film Festival at New York's Quad Cinema, the film was introduced as:
"Her first feature proved Fares is a fearless director with strong imagery and storytelling, and left audiences hungry for more."
— African Film Festival, Quad Cinema, New York
Including:
BBC Culture (properly verified)
Another Magazine
Quad Cinema / African Film Festival
The Africa Center
University screenings
BFI
SWISS FILMS
Academic publications
Press Interviews
"Nicht bloss Opfer und Täter"
"I try to avoid prejudices because reality is more complex."
"Leila, Naima et Amina"
"My film is not propaganda."
"I wanted to destroy the prejudices the West has about the Orient."
"Monokulturen umstechen"
"It allows me, figuratively speaking, to loosen the soil of a cultural monoculture."
"Trois portraits de femmes..."
"My film isn't a militant feminist film; it gives women a voice."