The intersecting destinies of three people - a Moroccan-Iraqi writer searching for his brother, the lover whom he left behind, and a young orphan on the run - create an incisive and unsettling portrait of a land riven by violence and fundamentalism.

A film by Tala Hadid

Morocco/United Kingdom/France/Qatar, 2014, French/Arabic with English Subtitles, 93min, Colour, DCP

with Fadwa Boujouane, Hocine Choutri, Khalid Abdalla, Marie-Josée Croze

Related: Female Director, Drama, Alienation, Essay Film, North African/Middle East

Country: Morocco/United Kingdom/France/Qatar
Year: 2014
Language: Arabic/French
Runtime: 93 minutes
Rating: 14A

Principal Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Marie-Josée Croze, Fadwa Boujouane, Hocine Choutri, Majdouline Idrissi, Zahra Hindi

Director: Tala Hadid
Screenplay: Tala Hadid
Cinematographer: Alexander Burov
Editor: Joëlle Hache
Sound: Simou Si Mohamed
Production Designer: Dominique Lacloche

Producer: Khadija Alami, Joslyn Barnes, Cat Villiers
Production Company: K Films, Autonomous, Louverture Films, ASAP Films

Contact Information
International Sales Agent: Wide Management


Festivals

2014 | Film Africa 2014, London -
* Festival opening night film / Film d'Ouverture
www.filmafrica.org.uk/the-narrow-frame-of-midnight/

2014 | BFI London Film Festival 2014
* Official selection

2014 | Rome Film Market 2014 -
* Cinema d'oggi Competition

2014 | Toronto International Film Festival 2014
* Official selection - Discovery section
* World Premiere
www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes/discovery/the-narrow-frame-of-midnight