TV Documentaries by TV Director Nadia Fares
“Ever since I can remember, I’ve had the urge to lift up a stone just to see what’s underneath.”
117 Police Academy
Four recruits leave their former lives behind to enter one of Europe's toughest police academies, where their motivations, strengths, and limits are put to the test.
GirlsGoWheels
Writer and director: Nadia Fares
Producer: AfterAll Films and RTS,
Arabic with English subtitles
In Cairo, where women are expected to ride in the back, three young women take the front seat in the fight for equality.
Hitmen
Directed for RTS and TV5 Monde
French with English subtitles, 24 mins.
Can you find a Hit man in one of the wealthiest cities in Switzerland? What are the financial demands? It all depends: punching, breaking bones or killing. Every choice has its price.
Nadia went undercover as a client searching for the right hit man, armed with a hidden camera.
Paris, City of Love
Directed and written for RTS and TV5Monde
French, 10mins.
Paris is the city of love but behind its glamorous image, we find poverty and misery hiding under bridges and in abandoned buildings. The film follows young immigrant children of Roma Gypsies from Romania and their battle to go to school in the "city of love".
Neighbors
Directed for RTS
French, 4mins.
Jean Mohr is a well-known photographer who exposes his photos of his encounters in Gaza and Israel. "Neighbors" is a utopian approach of Palestinian and Israeli communities.
Checkpoint Tunisia
Writer and director: Nadia Fares
Producer: RTS/ Temps Présent
Arabic and French, 26 min.
Years after the last terrorist attack, Tunisia remains on European travel warning lists. As tourists stay away, thousands of young Tunisians lose their livelihoods, putting the country's young democracy under increasing pressure.
The Recruited
Directed for RTS and TV5Monde
French with English subtitles, 26mins.
In 2011 Majd N. disappeared from his college in a Swiss town. In 2012 the Anti-terror Unit in Nairobi, Kenya was notified by the C.I.A. when Majd, in company of a German terrorist, crossed the boarder from Somalia into Kenya. Where was Majd during 15 months? What happened in the life of this outstanding brilliant college student? From Switzerland to Kenya the film recomposes the puzzle of this young man's journey.
Neo-Nazis
Directed and written for RTS and TV5Monde
French, 10 mins.
Neo Nazis from all over Europe gather in a Disco called "Crazy Palace" in the Swiss mountains. Inside, undercover footage shows them shouting racist slogans and "Sieg Heil". Outside the disco, Swiss police shows up but they don't interfere. After airing the film, Amnesty International publicly accused Swiss police of supporting racism.
The Calligrapher
Directed for RTS
French, 3mins.
Hassan Massoudy is one of the most famous calligraphers from Iraq living and working in Paris. Through his calligraphy "the lioness" he shares his personal view on the war in Iraq.
The journey of Geckos
Writer and director: Nadia Fares
Producer: ARTE France, RTS
Arabic with English subtitles, 24 min.
Known as the Cairo Cycling Geckos, three young Egyptian women challenge convention as they pedal their way toward independence and empowerment.
Ramadan Nights
Directed for RTS and TV5MONDE
French, 10 mins.
Egypt is the Bollywood of the Middle East and produces many TV series for the month of Ramadan. The film is a journey through the creation of Ramadan Soaps and what opinions they can trigger.
Interviews with Omar Sharif and Alaa Al Aswani, Egyptian Author of “The Yacubian Building”.
Boys & Girls
Directed and written for RTS and TV5Monde
French, 10mins.
An exploration of young teens and their relationships with the opposite sex in a difficult neighborhood on the outskirts of Geneva.
Paris Burns
Directed and written for RTS and TV5Monde
French, 10mins.
When two Arabic teenagers fled the police, they got electrocuted and died in a power plant. The answer was an outbreak of violence in all the suburbs around Paris. Following a college janitor in one of the burning suburbs, the film explores the gap between immigrants and French citizens.