release date May 25 2022
I’LL GO TO HELL Screens at Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK) in Morocco
Feature film I’LL GO TO HELL, by director Ismahane Lahmar, shall screen at the 22nd Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK) in Morocco (May 28th - June 4th). This comes as part of the film’s tour across the world’s festivals that kicked off recently at Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden.
The film previously screened at Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia, where it landed world premiere, followed by Beirut International Women Film Festival later on.
I’LL GO TO HELL film project has previously won a Color grading service presented by The Cell Post Production as well MAD Solutions award for distribution services in the Arab world at the 11th Malmo Arab Film Festival’s Market Forum.
The film tells the story of Najet, whom the doctors say that she will die soon. Thus, she decides to take the rest of her life head-on, instead of giving in to self-pity. Najet begins to organize for her big departure, as she doesn’t like to be buried in a white shroud and end up eaten by worms. However, her family opposes her wishes.
Born in 1982 Paris, Franco-Tunisian director and screenwriter, and newly producer, Ismahane Lahmar studied at the Superior School of Audiovisual Production (ESRA) from Paris, and obtained her master's degree in audiovisual production in New York. Ismahane has made short films, which have been seen at several international film festivals.
In 2017, she directed a Tunisian comedy for ICFLIX, "WOH". In 2019, Ismahane opened her production company, Madame Prod in which she develops and supports women's projects. She founded "Le cinema Au Feminin", a unique training program that combines cinema and personal development. It is a program that trains women from disadvantaged backgrounds in the film industry on the preparation, shooting and post-production of a film.
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