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hetpaleis & Martha!tentatief/Bart Van Nuffelen

Fatilou M.
Het TheaterFestival presents:
  • Fri 05.09
    14:00 - 15:00
    De Vooruit, Gent
    THEATERZAAL
    Tickets
  • Fri 05.09
    20:00 - 21:20
    De Vooruit, Gent
    THEATERZAAL
    Tickets

Rena is fourteen. She expects nothing from life, nothing from herself, nothing from school. And everyone is allowed to know that. She sets the mood in class, she is loud and sassy. Until in the middle of the school year a new pupil joins the class, who disappears just as suddenly after a few months: Fatilou. Since then, something has changed in the class. Most of all for Rena.

What if your whole universe is suddenly turned upside down and you are finally truly seen? Rena tries to grasp what happened to her and, together with her class, makes a film about Fatilou, the girl who appeared and disappeared.

 

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What if your whole universe is suddenly turned upside down and you are finally truly seen? Rena tries to grasp what happened to her and, together with her class, makes a film about Fatilou, the girl who appeared and disappeared.

Fatilou M. is the portrait of two contemporary heroines in young people's language, played by Ahlaam Teghadouini and Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe/Nira De Groof, directed by Bart Van Nuffelen and Fien Leysen. Anthony Nti, Chingiz Karibekov and Remy M. Ndow bring the class to life with a film in collaboration with the Spectrumschool (Deurne). The students act in the film after intensive acting coaching from actor Soufiane Chilah and helped make the props. Writer and director Bart Van Nuffelen wrote a text based on numerous testimonies, after months of preliminary research at Antwerp schools together with performer and musician Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe. 

Fatilou M. is, after Dinska Bronska and Dounia B., the third part of a theatrical triptych about young people growing up in the city.

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“Fatilou M. bewijst dat de inbreng van de niet-professionals precies de kracht kan uitmaken van een stuk.”

Etcetera

Performance: Ahlaam Teghadouini, Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe / Niragire De Groof – music: Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe, Michiel Van Cleuvenbergen – script and text: Bart Van Nuffelen – direction: Bart Van Nuffelen, Fien Leysen – script, direction and artistic direction (film): Anthony Nti, Chingiz Karibekov, Remy M. Ndow – cast (film): Samira El Azzouti Aberkan, Fathi Hasan Mohammed, Marcelrita Makdonald, Najma Mustaf Mohamed, Manon Proost, Elizabeth Sucacueze, Jayh With, Roxiha Urban Llanchelian – youth acting coaching (film): Soufiane Chilah – set construction (film): students and teachers of Spectrumschool, Deurne – director of photography (film): Stefan Van Diest, Diren Agbaba – set mixer (film): Vincent Struelens – costume (film): Wim Muyllaert – electrician (film): Nick Matthé – costume design: Nushi Lambreva – dramaturgy: Silke De Bruyne, Jenne Van daele – scenography execution: Elke and Bruno – research: Bart Van Nuffelen, Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe – light design: Tim Clement – sound design: Bob Hermans – text and direction coaching: Johan Petit – text (stage): Teun Renkema – text corrections: students of 7th year car electronics (Spectrumschool Deurne) – lighting technician: Steven Brys – sound and video technician: Patrick Romain – set execution: Danny Havermans – stage technician: Tiffany Klink – general production management: Jenne Van daele – technical production management: Evelien Vanden Boer – production assistance (stage): Nena Grieten – educational support: Noriko Beyens, Silke De Bruyne – production and technical realisation: hetpaleis, Martha!tentatief – with the support of: the Belgian Federal Government’s tax shelter scheme via Casa Kafka Pictures – special thanks to: Jacky Van Riet, Nenalina Maes, Renee Van Nuffelen, Rik Van Nuffelen, Sander Vermeiren, Syra Baum – with heartfelt thanks to: the many students and teachers of the Spectrumschool Deurne (especially Veerle Van Bauwel, Heidi Wulff, Mieke Geussens and Christine Hannes)