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

Review: Under the Fig Trees

Review: Under the Fig Trees

CANNES 2022: Erige Sehiri’s new feature has hints of Éric Rohmer as it shows Tunisian women working and flirting on an orchard  

23/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Harka

Review: Harka

CANNES 2022: A young Tunisian man strives for a better life than selling contraband petroleum on the streets, in Lotfy Nathan’s debut feature  

19/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Mehdi Hmili • Director of Streams

Interview: Mehdi Hmili • Director of Streams

“This proletarian type of character, struggling with reality, is my modern hero”

We chatted to the director about his award-winning tale of a female victim of police injustice, who goes to prison for adultery  

07/12/2021 | Cairo 2021

Review: Souad

Review: Souad

BERLINALE 2021: Ayten Amid’s 2020 Cannes Label-selected drama is a touching portrayal of three Egyptian youths and the tragic event that binds them  

02/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

Kaouther Ben Hania • Director of The Man Who Sold His Skin

Interview: Kaouther Ben Hania • Director of The Man Who Sold His Skin

"What does it mean to be free?"

VENICE 2020: Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania talks about her astonishing work The Man Who Sold His Skin, a European production unveiled in the Orizzonti line-up  

06/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Orizzonti

Review: The Man Who Sold His Skin

Review: The Man Who Sold His Skin

VENICE 2020: Kaouther Ben Hania weaves a bold, captivating and edifying tale about freedom, where refugees and the contemporary art world collide  

05/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Orizzonti

Review: The Disqualified

Review: The Disqualified

Tunisian director Hamza Ouni's honest and uncompromising second feature-length documentary won a Special Mention in Visions du Réel's Burning Lights competition  

06/05/2020 | Visions du Réel 2020

Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin currently in post-production

Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin currently in post-production

The Tunisian helmer’s new drama will star Yahya Mahayni, Monica Bellucci, Koen de Bouw, Dea Liane and Wim Delvoye in the lead roles  

04/02/2020 | Production | Funding | France/Tunisia/Germany/ Belgium/Sweden/Canada/Turkey

Mehdi M Barsaoui and Sami Bouajila • Director of and actor in A Son

Interview: Mehdi M Barsaoui and Sami Bouajila • Director of and actor in A Son

"We’re dealing with a real filmmaker here"

We met up with director Mehdi M Barsaoui and actor Sami Bouajila on the occasion of their film A Son scooping the Cineuropa Prize during Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival  

09/12/2019 | Cinémamed 2019

Review: Noura’s Dream

Review: Noura’s Dream

Hinde Boujemaa analyses the troubled undercurrents of love and law in Tunisia with a first fiction feature that lets Hend Sabri and Lotfi Abdelli shine  

10/09/2019 | Toronto 2019 | Discovery

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