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My Father and Qaddafi

Jihan K
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Female Director 2025 88 min United States, Libya
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Synopsis

An intimate documentary with devastating political force

Director Jihan K turns the camera toward an absence that has shaped her life: the disappearance of her father, Libyan dissident Mansur Rashid Kikhia, abducted under Qaddafi’s regime in 1993. Moving between personal reckoning and political history, the film traces a daughter’s search for truth and a family’s long vigil, revealing how private grief collides with state violence and historical erasure.

My Father and Qaddafi weaves between archival footage, home videos, and personal testimony to create a deeply-felt portrait about Libyan identity and the ways in which political violence can reverberate across private life with far-reaching consequences.

Screenplay

  • Sonja Bertucci
  • Khalid Shamis

Cinematographer

  • Mike McLaughlin
  • Micah Walker

Sound

  • Barry Donnelly
  • Marcin Pawlik

Music

  • Kevin Granville
  • Aleksander Pankowski Vel Jankowski
  • Grzegorz Lapinski
  • Fryderyk Lutynski
  • Didier Monge
  • Kristjan Ruus
  • Dominik Svoboda
  • Magdalena Szczebiot-Murawska
  • Barna Zsolt Szoke
  • Bisan Toron
  • Salka Valsdóttir

Age classification

  • 16+

Screenings

Saturday 07 March 2026 14:00
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Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : English, Arabic, French
Subtitles : English
Screening : Jury Screening
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Monday 09 March 2026 18:15
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Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : English, Arabic, French
Subtitles : English
Screening : 2nd Screening
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Critics

“Jihan’s documentary about her father’s ruthless treatment under the Qadaffi regime is a profound testimony to grief and resistance.”
Leila Latif Indiewire 02/09/2025

Jihan K

Jihan K
Jihan K

Jihan K is an American-Libyan filmmaker born in exile and raised in Paris. She studied international politics with a concentration in human rights and international law, and received an MA in art education and storytelling. My Father and Qaddafi (2025), which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, is her first feature-length documentary.

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Filmography

  • My Father and Qaddafi 2025
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