Zanka_Contact
Zanka Contact
2020 film
Zanka Contact is a 2020 Moroccan film directed by Ismael El Iraki.[1][2][3][4] Described as a Wild at Heart-type love story with debts to Quentin Tarantino and Sergio Leone,[5] the film was inspired by El Iraki's emotional journey and recovery after he found himself in the midst of the horrors of the 2015 Bataclan attacks in Paris.[6][7][8][9][10] Following a screening at the 77th Venice International Film Festival[11] where the film's lead actress, Moroccan singer Khansa Batma, won the Venice Orizzonti Award for Best Actress,[12] the film went on to be selected for over thirty international festivals and won several awards through its festival run 2020 to 2022.[13] Among them, Zanka Contact was awarded the Golden Tutankhamun Award for best feature film at the Luxor African Film Festival.