10th edition CIFF – 10-14 April 2024

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film

Divertimento

Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar |France | 2022 | 110 min | French | e.s.

Based on an inspiring true story. Zahia Ziouani and her twin sister Fettouma pursue a career in music at the urging of their parents. Talented 17-year-old Zahia has one dream: to become a conductor. But she has everything against her - she is a woman and the daughter of working-class Algerian parents.
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Despite these obstacles, Zahia’s desire to make classical music accessible to all leads her to found her own orchestra in the neighborhood where she grew up. A musical gathering of young musicians with different levels of education, from all layers of French society, with all the attendant social and racial tensions. To this day, the real Zahia conducts the Divertimento Orchestra, which she founded in 1995.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 11

Time: 19:00

Duration:110min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 13

Time: 14:45

Duration:110min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 14

Time: 13:15 

Duration:110min

Year in
Festival

2024

Director

Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Country

France 

Language

French 

Length

110

Year of Production

2022