Nadia Fares Anliker

Nadia Fares Anliker (born 18 September 1962) is an Egyptian-Swiss film director and screenwriter.

For the French actress, see Nadia Farès.
Nadia Fares Anliker
Born (1962-09-18) September 18, 1962
Bern, Switzerland
NationalityEgyptian-Swiss
Alma materCairo University
New York University
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1986-present

Biography

Fares was born in Bern, Switzerland, the daughter of an Egyptian father and Swiss mother.[1] She learned Arabic while studying in Cairo for a year, and graduated from Cairo University in 1986.[1][2] 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.[1] She took her master's degree in film studies in 1995.[2]

In 1996, Fares directed her first feature-length film, Miel et Cendres. It follows the intersection of three women: doctor Naima, graduate Amina, and student Leila. Miel et Cendres traces their journeys as they navigate between tradition and modernity.[2] It received 18 awards at several film festivals, including the Oumarou Ganda Prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.[2][3] Fares directed several brief documentary films on the topic of social-political issues for RTS/TV5 Monde.[2]

Filmography
YearName Notes
1986 Magic Binoculars Short film
1986 Letters from New York Short film
1987 Projections on Sundays Short film
1987 Semi-Sweet Short film
1988 Charlotte's Empire Short film
1988 1001 American Nights Short film
1990 Short film
1992 D'amour et d'eau fraîche Short film
1993 Made in Love Short film
1995 Portrait d'une femme séropositive Short film
1995 Lorsque mon heure viendra Short film
1996 Miel et Cendres
2003 Anomalies passagères TV film
2011 Expectations

References
  1. Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-9-774-24943-3.
  2. "Honey and Ashes". African Film Festival New York. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  3. Barlet, Olivier (24 September 2002). "Fespaco 1997 : le développement sera culturel ou ne sera pas". Africultures. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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