Lotfy Nathan is an American filmmaker. He was accepted to the Columbia University MFA Film Program. He began to pursue film during his studies at MICA, which has since become his primary focus, informed by his background as a painter. Lotfy’s first film 12 O’Clock Boys, for which he was awarded an HBO emerging artist award, has played numerous festivals domestically and abroad, including SXSW, Sundance LA, and Lincoln Center NYC, and was ranked seven in the BFI list of top 20 documentaries of 2013. Read More

Synopsis

Ali is a young Tunisian who dreams of a better life and ekes out a lonely existence selling contraband oil on the black market. When his father dies, he is forced to care for his two younger sisters who have been left to their own devices in a house from which they will soon be evicted. As he wrestles with the sudden weight of responsibility and the injustices he faces, anger and indignation stir within Ali – that of a generation still fighting to be heard more than a decade after the revolution.Read More

Highlights

Cannes Film Festival, France

Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia