Director
Chadi Bennani
Production
Les Films de l'Autre
Languages
Français, Arabe
Year
2023
19 min, Documentaire, Canada, 5.1
At the beginning of summer, Adam, Ana, and Dahlia turn to their families and friends to question their cultural heritage. Through tender conversations, Here and There juxtaposes the different influences that steer the blossoming of the cultural identities of second and third-generation immigrants.
Script writer: Chadi Bennani
Cinematography: Étienne Roussy
Editing: Jérémie Mazan
Sound Design: Frédérick Takvorian
Sound Mix : Isabelle Lussier
Music: Louis-Joseph Cliche
Sound Recording: Samuel L. Jodry and Marc-Antoine Sauriol
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (Canada)
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (Canada)
Canadian Film Fest (Canada)
REGARD sur le court métrage au Saguenay (Canada)
Festival Vues sur mer (Canada)
DOXA (Canada)
Festival Émergence de Montréal (Canada)
Cinéma sous les étoiles (Canada)
Les Percéides — Festival international de cinéma et d’art de Percé (Canada)
Festival du film de Knowlton (Canada)
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec (Canada)
Off-Courts Trouville (France)
Lunenburg Doc Festival (Canada)
Festival de Cine Francés de Málaga (Spain)
Ciné Franco (Canada)
Global Migration Film Festival (France)
Festival du film court francophone – [Un poing c’est court] (France)
Festival Plein(s) Écran(s) (Canada)
ReFrame Film Festival (Canada)
BUFF Malmö Film Festival (Sweden)
IFFO – The International Film Festival of Ottawa (Canada)
Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke (Canada)
Festival Silhouette (France)
Cinémania (Canada)
Chadi Bennani
Chadi Bennani graduated in 2022 from the UQAM’s film production program. During his studies, he directed his first short film, “Nicole” (2023), presented at Hot Docs 2023 as part of the Best Short Documentary competition. In 2022, he received the ACCT’s “Bourses de l’Académie pour la relève” grant. Recipient of the Regard sur Montréal film residency in 2023, Chadi directed his next short documentary film “Here and There” (2023), presented as the RIDM’s 26th edition opening film.
Di’ci, d’ailleurs, 19 min, Documentary, 2023
Trait d’union, 11 min, Documentary 2022
Nicole, 23 min, Documentary, 2023