(2025, USA, Libya, 88')
At six years old, Jihan saw her father leave for Cairo and never return. Mansur Rashid Kikhia, former Libyan Foreign Minister and UN ambassador, had become Gaddafi’s main peaceful opponent. His 1993 disappearance launched a relentless family search, led by his wife, who even negotiated face-to-face with the dictator in the desert. Only 19 years later was Kikhia’s body found in a freezer near Gaddafi’s stronghold. Using archival footage and intimate testimonies, My Father and Qaddafi reconstructs a family destiny intertwined with Libya’s political history, turning an unresolved mystery into a journey of memory and identity.
Jihan K studied International and Comparative Politics at the American University of Paris and completed her master’s at NYU’s Gallatin School.
She has long focused on human rights and storytelling as a tool for empowerment. In 2012, she published the visual essay Libya, My Father and I.
My Father and Qaddafi is her first feature film.