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2018 Canadian film
Brotherhood
Poster
Ikhwène
Directed byMeryam Joobeur
Written byMeryam Joobeur
Produced byHabib Attia
Sarra Ben Hassen
Maria Gracia Turgeon
Meryam Joobeur
StarringKais Ayari
Mohamed Graïaa
Mouldi Kriden
Salha Nasraoui
CinematographyVincent Gonneville
Edited byAnouk Deschênes
Music byPeter Venne
Production
companies		Cinétéléfilms
Midi la Nuit
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time25 minutes
CountriesCanada
Tunisia
Qatar
Sweden
LanguageArabic
Box office$330,661

Brotherhood (Ikhwène) is a short film, directed by Meryam Joobeur and released in September 2018.

Summary

The film explores the tensions within a Tunisian family when the biggest son, who has been away for one year, returns home with a new Syrian wife who wears the full niqab, igniting his father's suspicions that his son has been working for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Production

The film's title was chosen to reflect both the familial connotations of the word "brotherhood" and its use in the name of the controversial Islamist organization Muslim Brotherhood.

Joobeur's feature directorial debut Who Do I Belong To (Mé el Aïn), premiering in 2024, centres on a similar scenario but features some key story differences, including changing the central character from a father to a mother.

Accolades

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film. In December 2018, it was named in the TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list.

At the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019, the film won the Prix Iris for Best Short Film. The film received a nomination for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.

References

  1. Jason Sondhi, "Ikhwène (Brotherhood)". Short of the Week, October 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Portrait de Regard: Meryam Joobeur". Voir, March 16, 2019.
  3. "Tunisia takes a cinematic look at jihadists". The Economist, November 8, 2018.
  4. Eric Lavallée, "A Bond That Breaks: Meryam Joobeur’s “Motherhood” Readying For Festival Launch in ’23". Ion Cinema, June 20, 2022.
  5. "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win". Screen Daily, September 16, 2018.
  6. "’Anthropocene’ tops TIFF’s top 10 Canadian films list". Canadian Press, December 5, 2018.
  7. "Ricardo Trogi, Debbie Lynch-White et Émilie Bierre: gagnants au Gala Québec Cinéma". Voir, June 3, 2019.
  8. "Montreal-based filmmaker Meryam Joobeur gets Oscar nomination". CBC News Montreal, January 13, 2020.

External links

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film
Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film
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