Fri, May 02
|Washington
Shak Sponsors Aichia, and Brings Tunisian Director, Mehdi M. Barsaoui, to DC International Film Festival
Experience Aicha with its director, Mehdi M. Barsaoui, live in attendance—direct from Tunisia, hosting Q&As and offering inside perspectives both nights at the festival. Don’t miss this rare opportunity
Time & Location
May 02, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Washington, 701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
About the event
This film is being hosted by the Arabian Sights Film Festival, subset of the DC International Film Festival to buy tickets please go to https://www.filmfestdc.org/arabiansights/ In addition to sponsoring the festival, The Board of Directors of Shakshuka.org is delighted to sponsor the expenses for bringing the director, Mehdi M. Barsaoui, from Tunisia to participate in the DC Film Festival. We warmly invite the director to join us for both nights of the festival, where he will share his thoughts and insights into the film during post-screening discussions and audience Q&A sessions, providing an extraordinary opportunity for direct engagement with the film’s creator. Aicha follows the journey of Aya (Fatma Sfar), a young woman trapped in a cycle of debt and dead-end jobs. When she is presumed dead in a tragic accident that claims her coworkers, Aya seizes this unexpected opportunity to escape her suffocating life in parched southern Tunisia. Unfortunately, her quest…