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    Faya Dayi

    Jessica BESHIR 2021 Ethiopia, USA, Qatar b/w 118min Oromiffa, Harari DCP
    Legend has it that khat was found by Sufi Imams in search of eternity. Inspired by this myth, Faya Dayi is a spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar immersed in the rituals of khat, a stimulant green leaf that for centuries Sufi Muslims chewed for religious meditations and has become Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop. It weaves a tapestry of intimate stories of people caught between government repression, khat-induced fantasies and treacherous journeys.

    Director

    Jessica BESHIR

    A Mexican-Ethiopian director and producer based in Brooklyn. BESHIR's short film Hairat is also a story based in her hometown Harar. Faya Dayi is her feature debut and has won the FIPRESCI Award at Visions du Reel.

    Jessica BESHIR

    2016 He Who Dances on Wood
    2017 Heroin
    2017 Hairat
    2018 Kings
    2021 Faya Dayi

     

    Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer: Jessica BESHIR
    Associate Producer: Beth EARL, Noa OSHEROFF, Rustic CANYON, Natnael YARED
    Executive Producers: Jessica BESHIR, Tony HSIEH, Bryn MOOSER, Kathryn EVERETT, Rhianon JONES,  Matthew PETOCK, Daniel PATRICK, Zachary SHEDD
    Editor: Jeanne APPLEGATE, Dustin WALDMAN
    Sound Designer and Sound Mixer: Tom EFINGER
    Sound Recordist: Jessica BESHIR, Natnael YARED
    Music: Mehandis GELETO, William BASINSKI, Adrian ANIOL, Kaethe HOSTETTER
    Colorist: Alan Louis GORDON
    Color Post-Producer: Dimitris ATHOS

    Raphael KRIGEL
    Cinetic Media 
    raffi@cineticmedia.com

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