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In Tunisia, Aida, a teenage girl, secretly escapes her suffocating reality through skateboarding. But the sudden return of her dying father forces her to confront the past and make a life-changing decision.
In Tunisia, Aida, a teenage girl, has lived with her fragile mother, Leila, since her father’s disappearance. Pulled out of school too early, she now works as a cleaner in a factory in Sousse, silently watching the women on the line, longing to belong. Whenever she can, she secretly escapes the gaze of others, slips on her hoodie, grabs her skateboard, and joins her two friends in the streets and empty malls, far from social norms and obligations. On her eighteenth birthday, her dying father is left at their door. As fear erupts, Aida must choose: flee, protect her mother, or confront the ghost of a father whose legacy she refuses to inherit.

Credits

Director
Moufida Fedhila
Screenwriter
Moufida Fedhila
Producer
Mehdi Hmili
Production Company
Dogma Films

About the Director

Moufida Fedhila
Moufida Fedhila is a Tunisian director, screenwriter, and visual artist. Her acclaimed film ‘Aya’ was selected in over 200 international festivals and won major awards, including the Golden Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival and Best African Film at the Durban International Film Festival. The film was acquired by Netflix in 2022. A committed visual artist, her politically poetic work has been exh
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