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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I think Lotfy did a great, great job,” said Adam Bessa says of U.S. director Lotfy Nathan about his newest title Harka, which is playing in competition at the Red Sea International Film Festival this ...

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 ...

'12 O’Clock Boys' director Lotfy Nathan takes a hard look at the tough life of a young Tunisian man saving up to sneak away to Europe. Quiet, lanky twentysomething Ali (Bessa, a French thesp of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...