My Favorite Fabric

Name: My Favorite Fabric
Director: Gaya Jiji

Feature Film | 2017-2018 | Drama | France, Germany, Turkey

Director	Gaya Jiji
Written by	Gaya Jiji, Eiji Yamazaki (co-writer)
Production	Gloria Films Production [fr], Dublin Films [fr], Les Films de la Capitaine [fr], Katuh Studio, Liman Film [tr], ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Distributor	Dulac Distribution [fr], Urban Distribution International (UDI) [fr]

Film financing	Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (CNC - Institut français) [fr] Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine [fr] German-French coproduction (Mini-traité) [de/fr] - production funding: 200.000 € (12/2016) Eurimages [eu]: 180.000 € (03/2017)
Length of movie	94'

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Manal Issa	Nahla [L]
Ula Tabari	Jiji [L]
Souraya Baghdadi	Salwa [L]
Amani Ibrahim	Shirin [SR]	Josefin Hagen
Saad Lostan	Samir [SR]
Adeeb Safadi	Salem [SR]
Mariah Tannoury	Myriam [SR]
Metin Akdülger	Lover [SR]

Activity	Name	Comment
1st AD	Burcu Bilgiç
Colorist	Julien Bodart
Director of photography	Antoine Héberlé
1st assistant camera	Gökhan Balseven a-cam	a-cam
Costume designer	Zehra Tuba Atac
Director	Gaya Jiji
Script supervisor	Sandrine Cayron
Editor	Jeanne Oberson
Gaffer	Stéphane Assié
Makeup artist / hair stylist	Janina Kuhlmann
Composer	Peer Kleinschmidt
Producer	Laurent Lavolé Gloria Films	Gloria Films
Co-producer	Eiji Yamazaki Les Films de la Capitaine	Les Films de la Capitaine
Co-producer	Vanessa Ciszewski Katuh Studio	Katuh Studio
Co-producer	David Hurst Dublin Films	Dublin Films
Co-producer	Nadir Öperli Liman Films	Liman Films
Production designer	Nadide Argun
Line producer	Asli Erdem
Production manager	Diane Thin
Assistant production manager	Franziska Plank
Screenwriter	Gaya Jiji
Co-writer	Eiji Yamazaki
Production sound mixer	Murat Şenürkmez
Sound re-recording mixer	Jocelyn Robert

Company	Comment
Gloria Films Production [fr]
Dublin Films [fr] co-production	co-production
Les Films de la Capitaine [fr] co-production	co-production
Katuh Studio co-production	co-production
Liman Film [tr] co-production	co-production
ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Das kleine Fernsehspiel	Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Company	Comment
Dulac Distribution [fr] Distribution France	Distribution France
Urban Distribution International (UDI) [fr] World Sales	World Sales

Department	Company	Comment
Score /Music	Emil Berliner Studios (EBS Productions GmbH & Co. KG)

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Gaya Jiji	2018	Festival de Cannes [fr] Un Certain Regard	Un Certain Regard	Nominated
Gaya Jiji	2018	Braunschweig Int. Film Festival [de] Die Goldenen Vier Linden	Die Goldenen Vier Linden	Winner
Gaya Jiji	2018	Film Fest Gent [be] Official Selection – Global Cinema	Official Selection – Global Cinema	Nominated

Type	Country	Station	Date / Time	Comment
Repeat	Germany	ZDF [de]	Tuesday, 13/10/2020, 12.10 AM
First showing	Germany	arte	Friday, 11/09/2020, 12.05 AM

Type	Country	Date
Theatre release	Turkey	Friday, 07/06/2019
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 10/01/2019
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 18/07/2018