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Algerian Film SOULA LA Reaps Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative at Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film
Marking The Film’s 7th International Award
Algerian Film SOULA LA Reaps Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative at Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film
Algerian film SOULA, by Salah Issaad, just won the Black Iris Award for Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative at the 3rd edition of Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film, which concluded its events last wednesday. A jury panel composed of the director-writer Nadine Khan the journalist, film critic Luciano Barisone and Jordanian novelist and playwright Samiha Khrais handed the prize to the film creators, in the presence of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and Princess Rym Ali.
It’s also worth mentioning that the film is scheduled to join the 26th edition of AVANCA Film Festival in Portugal, which will kick off tomorrow, July 29th.
This marks the film’s 7th award since the beginning of its tour that started at the end of last year. It previously won the Golden award for Best Feature Film at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva, and a Special Mention; Best Actress for its leading actress Soula Bahri. It was also awarded Best Feature Film and Best Actress (Soula Bahri) at Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Best Film at Beirut International Women Film Festival and Best Film at African Asian Latin Amercian Film Festival in Milan.
Jordan marks the film’s 5th Arab host, where it was commercially released in 7 Moroccan cities, as well as Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Algeria before that. Landing its world premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival, SOULA earned widespread critical acclaim, with film critic Tarek El Shinnawi calling it as “a woman's cry out, and the performance of the leading actress, Soula Bahri, was striking.” The film previously joined Golden Apricot International Film Festival, as well.
SOULA is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.
Written, directed, and produced by Salah Issaad, SOULA is co-written by Soula Bahri, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by Issaad Film Productions (the three brothers Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, and Salah Issaad). The film starring Soula Bahri, Idir Benaibouche, and Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions handles the film’s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.
Salah Issaad is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. After receiving a bachelor's degree (High school degree) in Letters and Foreign languages in 2008, he joined the Law school of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterward, he joined the ARFIS audiovisual school in Lyon, then he ended up joining the Factory School in Villeurbanne, where he obtained his Cinema director diploma.
Salah directed a feature film and several short films, where his passion motivates him to tell stories that appreciate human relationships. Moreover, he likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events, as well as comedies.
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