Ya Hanouni
Storyline
While the Mom and the Dad try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises between them: who will manage to get the baby to say the first word?
About the film/director
Born in Tizi Ouzou (Algeria), Lyna Tadount grew up around Paris and became a passionate, self-taught artist in several fields. She graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Sorbonne University. From October 2023 to February 2024, she co-wrote and co-directed Ya Hanouni within the framework of the Nikon Film Festival, allowing her to anchor herself in socially engaged cinema. Currently, Lyna is enrolled in a series screenwriting program at Nouvelles Écritures, where she is developing her series project.
Born in the south of France, Sofian Chouaib debuted as a content creator on YouTube during his high school years but quickly found his vocation in cinema. He then decided to pursue his studies at the University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne where he graduated in 2021 in the section cinema. Currently, Sofian is a director and screenwriter based in Paris.
Director’s statement
"If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow."
Heath Ledger
FILMOGRAPHY:
Ya Hanouni, 3 minutes, 2024
Credits
Director:
- Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib
- Script:
- Camera:
- Thomas Mireau, Axel Dos Santos
- Editor:
- Cast:
- Bilal-Amine Bachir, Hicham Hamdaoui, Norlhoda Dali, Omar Salem
- Sound:
- Mathis Kuntz
- Music:
- Set Decorator:
- Maxime Le Breton
- Distribution:
- Watermelon Pictures
- Contact:
- Sofian Chouaib
- E-Mail:
- sofian-chouaib@live.fr
France
- Arabic / subtitles English
- 2024
- 3 min