Lotfy Nathan, the director of Un Certain Regard title “Harka,” is set to make an elevated horror feature with the producers of “Armageddon Time.” Following the Cannes premiere of “Harka,” Nathan is ...

Lotfy Nathan’s narrative debut follows a young man trying to survive in post-revolution Tunisia. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic His family and friends called him Basbous because of his ...

On the morning of December 17th, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a struggling Tunisian living in the impoverished city of Sidi Bouzid, was selling fruit without a permit when a municipal inspector took away ...

A young man struggles to provide for his family in Harka, Lotfy Nathan’s debut feature screening in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Set in Tunisia, it’s a quietly absorbing portrait of ...

Dulac Distribution has secured French distribution rights for Lotfy Nathan’s feature debut Harka, ahead of its Cannes Un Certain Regard world premiere. The drama was acquired from London and Paris ...

Set a decade after the Arab Spring, Harka (or Harqah, literally "a burning" in Arabic) depicts the desire of Ali (played by French-Tunisian star Adam Bessa) to emigrate from Tunisia to Europe. The ...

Harka is the second film in the last year to grapple with the hangover of Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and, as with Youssef Chebbi’s Askhal, it uses the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouzzazi (which ...