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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. director Lotfy Nathan, best known for his acclaimed debut documentary “12 O’Clock Boys,” is making his feature directorial ...

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 ...

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 ...

Un Certain Regard title Harka is the debut film by Egyptian-UK director Lotfy Nathan, and is a truly multinational affair. Set and shot in Tunisia, Harka was initiated in the US by Beachside Films and ...

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 ...

We are meeting to discuss Bessa’s starring role in Harka, for which he won best actor at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. Many critics thought the film was so good that it should have been in ...

It has been a full decade since the Arab Spring protests changed the course of history in much of North Africa and the Middle East. But for people like twenty-something Ali (Adam Bessa, who is ...

The debut film from Lotfy Nathan is a gripping character study that shows Tunisia to be still in crisis. Should it be up for the Palme d’Or? Tim Robey has been one of the Telegraph's film critics ...

U.S. director Lotfy Nathan, best known for his acclaimed debut documentary “12 O’Clock Boys,” is making his feature directorial debut with “Harka.” Screening as part of the Cannes Film Festival‘s Un ...