Chikha
Synopsis
1994, seventeen-year-old Fatine lives with her mother Nadia, a chikha by profession, and her grandfather Hamid, in Azemmour, in southwest Morocco. With her baccalaureate in hand, Fatine is torn between two opposing voices: either perpetuate the family artistic tradition, or lead a more settled life with her lover Youssef, who denigrates her sulphurous artistic heritage. As enamored of Youssef as she is of the Aïta artistic heritage, Fatine must decide which direction her life should take if she is to achieve fulfillment. An unexpected ultimatum forces her to make a radical decision.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Hapax Productions
- Foreign production company : Ciné-Scène International
- Film exports/foreign sales : Sudu Connexion
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : David Azoulay
- Screenwriters : Yamina Zarou, Ayoub Layoussifi
- Director of Photography : Xavier Castro
- Editor : Mehdi Lachhab
- Sound Recordist : Saïd Tawil
- Foreign Producer : Najib Derkaoui
- Sound editors : Nassim El Mounabbih, Harald Ballié
- Production Designer : Farah Bouyaqd
- Sound Mixer : Nassim El Mounabbih
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France (50.0%), Morocco (50.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (France, Morocco)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 25 min
- Visa number : 161.525
- Visa issue date : 27/11/2024
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : 5.1
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About
Chikha: singer and dancer of popular Moroccan music. She performs the art of Aïta at weddings, circumcisions, and other celebrations.
Aïta: ancestral poetic and musical art practiced mainly by women artists, the chikhates, in Morocco.
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