In 2001, Fahed left Algeria for England, settling in, of all places, Grimsby. Nearly two decades later, after marrying, working two jobs to pay the bills, and picking up a distinct Northern English accent, Fahed decides he wants to go back to his place of birth. But while his address in Algeria has remained fixed, the concept of home, he soon finds, is far more fluid. Trapped between two countries, Fahed is also between two cultures: one he’s worked to assimilate into and one he nostalgically longs for but can’t, in reality, face.
MY ENGLISH COUSIN
UK Premiere
Switzerland | 2019 | 82 mins
Documentary Feature
Directed by Karim Sayad
Synopsis
Credits
Directors: Karim Sayad
Writer: Karim Sayad
Producer: Joëlle Bertossa
Editor: Naïma Bachiri
Cinematographer: Patrick Tresch
Sound Editor: Clément Maléo
Additional info
Country: Switzerland
Year: 2019
Language: Arabic, English
Length: 82 minutes
Screening schedule
This film is available to watch online on yuzzi from 1 until 7 December 2020.
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Genre
documentary, portrait, migration, family
Festivals and Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
World Premiere
Dok Leipzig
Festival Dei Popoli, Florence
About the Director
Karim Sayad was born in Lausanne in 1984 to an Algerian father and a Swiss mother. After completing a MA in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, he decided to become a documentary filmmaker. His first short, Babor Casanova, premiered in Locarno in 2016 and was then shown in more than twenty festivals worldwide. It went on winning awards at DocLisboa, Festival Dei Popoli and, among others, the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.
Of Sheep and Men, his first feature documentary, premiered at TIFF in 2017 and was awarded at Journée de Soleure and was shown in numerous festivals.
My English Cousin is his second feature documentary.