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58 articles available in total starting from 19/05/2014. Last article published on 06/09/2025.

Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane • Directors of Backstage

Interview: Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane • Directors of Backstage

"The idea was to start with the show and then get closer to these characters, who are normal people"

VENICE 2023: The directorial duo talk about their road movie through the forests of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, where we follow a dance troupe as they head out on the last leg of their tour  

07/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Backstage

Review: Backstage

VENICE 2023: The feature debut by directorial duo Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane recreates the vibrant and chaotic universe of what goes on behind the scenes of a touring dance troupe  

06/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Giornate degli Autori

Shooting to commence in Sicily on Hearts of Salt, toplined by Alexander Vlahos

Shooting to commence in Sicily on Hearts of Salt, toplined by Alexander Vlahos

The first fiction feature by Italian producer and documentary-maker Rosa Russo homes in on climate change  

15/06/2023 | Production | Funding | Italy/UK/Tunisia

Kaouther Ben Hania  • Director of Four Daughters

Interview: Kaouther Ben Hania • Director of Four Daughters

"It was interesting to bring actors, like mirrors, face to face with real characters"

CANNES 2023: The Tunisian director, in the running for the Palme d'Or for the first time, explains her unique approach, which blurs the line between documentary and fiction  

22/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

Review: Four Daughters

Review: Four Daughters

CANNES 2023: Kaouther Ben Hania shines a light on the complex place that women occupy in Tunisia through the story of a family and an original hybridation between documentary and fiction  

20/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

Review: Geology of Separation

Review: Geology of Separation

Yosr Gasmi and Mauro Mazzocchi’s documentary is a polyphonic study of two refugees’ journey through the asylum process, and an unfamiliar Europe as a whole  

07/02/2023 | IFFR 2023 | Tiger Competition

Review: Alam

Review: Alam

Firas Khoury’s debut feature is a fiery and engaging exploration of youth, politicisation and forced forgetting  

19/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Contemporary World Cinema

Episode 29: Motherhood (France/Canada/Tunisia)

Episode 29: Motherhood (France/Canada/Tunisia)

The producers of Meryam Joober's film are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support  

20/06/2022 | The Co-production Podcast

Review: Ashkal

Review: Ashkal

CANNES 2022: In Youssef Chebbi’s pensive thriller, mysterious self-immolations abound at a Tunisian housing development associated with the pre-revolutionary regime  

01/06/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Erige Sehiri  • Director of Under the Fig Trees

Interview: Erige Sehiri • Director of Under the Fig Trees

“There is no sign of modernity in nature; it’s in these women, and especially the young girls”

CANNES 2022: The French-Tunisian director and producer breaks down several aspects of her beautiful and timeless narrative feature debut  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

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