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. 

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.”