Canadian Premiere
Tensions rise in the community, days before the little known 1976 Majunga massacre.
Supported by
Community Partner
Soeuf Elbadawi, Hatia Ali, Moindjoumoi Ahmed Assoumani, T. Syldio Cristophe, Habib Cesar Marson
Belgium/France/Qatar
2024
In Comorian, Malagasy and French with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Jérémy van der Haegen, Manon Coubia, Nicolas RinconGille
Screenwriter
Ahamada Hachimiya
Cinematography
Charlotte Michel
Editor
Thibaut Verly
Original Music
Nawal Mlanao
Hachimiya Ahamada
Hachimiya Ahamada studied directing at INSAS, Belgium. She directed her first short fiction film Residence Ylang-Ylang (2008), presented at the Cannes International Critic’s Week in 2008. Later, she made a more intimate film called Ashes of Dreams (2011) which featured a filmed letter addressed to her father. Zanatany (2024) is Hachimiya’s second fiction film. With this project, she continues her work on the trajectories of the Comorian diaspora to which she belongs. Between fiction and observation of reality, she builds a universe whose narrative deepens her relationship to her roots.
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