Writing
Nadia Fares
Born 1962-09-18 · Berne, Switzerland
Fares was born in Bern, Switzerland, the daughter of an Egyptian father and Swiss mother. She learned Arabic while studying in Cairo for a year, graduating from Cairo University in 1986. The same year, Fares directed her first short film, Magic Binoculars, the first of several produced for Swiss television. Fares began attending New York University in 1987 to study film. In 1991, she won a prize from the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation for her short film Sugarblues. While at New York University, Fares was mentored by Krzysztof Kieślowski and served as the assistant director for several of his works. She took her master's degree in film studies in 1995. In 1996, Fares directed her first feature-length film, Miel et Cendres. It received 18 awards at several film festivals, including the Oumarou Ganda Prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. Fares has also directed several brief documentary films on the topic of social-political issues for RTS/TV5 Monde.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRThree generations of women rebel against patriarchal prohibitions.
Big Little Women
2022
NRThree generations of women rebel against patriarchal prohibitions.
Big Little Women
2022
A newborn baby without a determined sex. It's between Christmas and New Year's and the hospital in Paris, France is on strike. While waiting for tests, the father wants to name the baby Dominic. But the mother doesn't need medical tests to know that it is a boy. One of the TV movies from the "Masulin/Féminin" collection.
Anomalies passagères
2003
A newborn baby without a determined sex. It's between Christmas and New Year's and the hospital in Paris, France is on strike. While waiting for tests, the father wants to name the baby Dominic. But the mother doesn't need medical tests to know that it is a boy. One of the TV movies from the "Masulin/Féminin" collection.
Anomalies passagères
2003
6.0Set against the vibrant backdrop of contemporary North Africa, this drama follows three women as they navigate the complex interplay between tradition and modernity. Each woman, driven by her own desires for success and meaningful relationships, faces societal pressures and cultural constraints that test their resolve. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they reveal the shared struggles and resilience needed to overcome the obstacles placed in their path.
Honey and Ashes
1996
6.0Set against the vibrant backdrop of contemporary North Africa, this drama follows three women as they navigate the complex interplay between tradition and modernity. Each woman, driven by her own desires for success and meaningful relationships, faces societal pressures and cultural constraints that test their resolve. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they reveal the shared struggles and resilience needed to overcome the obstacles placed in their path.
Honey and Ashes
1996
7.0Documentary in 7 segments whose theme is "Multicultural Switzerland". The segments are: "Raclette Curry", "Was Wie Wann Wohin Gehört", "Home Alone?", "Hopp Schwyz", "Mixed Up", "Making of a Jew" and "Train Fantôme".
ID Swiss
1999
7.0Documentary in 7 segments whose theme is "Multicultural Switzerland". The segments are: "Raclette Curry", "Was Wie Wann Wohin Gehört", "Home Alone?", "Hopp Schwyz", "Mixed Up", "Making of a Jew" and "Train Fantôme".
ID Swiss
1999
6.0Oneka, a former 12-year-old child soldier escapes into his own fantasy, a world far away from his nightmarish present. The life he seeks fades the tighter he grips. He must choose his path, no matter how painful and difficult, between life and death and family.
Born in Battle
2015