Confidences, budding loves, disputes and rivalries… This first fiction feature film by Erige Sehiri, shot in full been in the underprivileged northwest of Tunisia. In her film, the Franco-Tunisian filmmaker wanted to show young rural Tunisian women “so modern and connected” in disadvantaged areas, able to create a space of freedom in a conservative environment. … Read more
Tunisian films are among the 200 Mediterranean films on the program of the 44th edition of the International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (Cinemed), France, which is held from October 21 to 29, 2022. Youssef Chebbi’s first feature film Ashkal is among a selection of 9 films in the Fiction feature film competition. Ashkal … Read more
“Blow Up” by Michelangelo Antonioni is scheduled for Saturday, October 15 at 6:30 p.m. Released in 1966, the film is inspired by the short story “The Sons of the Virgin” (Las babas del diablo) by Julio Cortázar. It won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. As part of the “Jaou Photo … Read more
PARIS: This disastrous August 4, 2020, Fadia Ahmad should have been in Beirut, perhaps even in her house in the Sursock district, with her family. But a feeling of anxiety had pushed her to shorten her stay in the Lebanese capital to return from August 1 with her children to Alicante, where she was born … Read more
“Divine Intervention” by Elia Suleiman is scheduled for Wednesday, October 19 at 6:30 p.m. Released in 2002, the film is an ironic critique of the appalling geopolitical situation in Palestine. As part of the “Jaou Photo 2022” festival (from October 6 to 20) which it co-organizes with the Kamel-Lazaar Foundation (KLF), the French Institute of … Read more
“Sous les Figues” (Under the Fig Trees, title in English) by Erige Sehiri is the candidate film which will represent Tunisia at the 95th Academy Awards, in the International Feature Film category. The National Center for Cinema and Image (CNCI) announced that the candidate film for the 2023 Oscars was selected on Thursday, September 8, … Read more
Considered the masterpiece of this director who gave Greek cinema an international stature, “The Comedians’ Journey” (1975, Greece, 230′) will inaugurate this cycle. The Tunisian Cinémathèque organizes, from May 11 to 19, 2022, a retrospective of the work of Greek director Théo Angelopoulos. Born on April 17, 1935 in Athens and died in Piraeus on … Read more
From the foreground of The Man Who Sold His Skin, the viewer is hooked by a pictorial photograph. It was in the imposing City of Culture in Tunis that the premiere of this lyrical and political work took place, which earned Tunisia its first Oscar nomination. Its director, Kaouther Ben Hania, has become the international … Read more
The Tunisian book registers its presence on the shelves of the 53and edition of the Cairo International Book Fair, organized from January 26 to February 7, 2022 in the Egyptian capital. An official Tunisian delegation traveled to Egypt to promote the book and publishing sector in Tunisia to participants and visitors to the show. A … Read more
The Tunisian book records its presence on the shelves of the 53rd edition of the Cairo International Book Fair organized from January 26 to February 07, 2022 in the Egyptian capital. The Tunisian book is present at the 53rd edition. An official Tunisian delegation traveled to Egypt in order to promote the book and publishing … Read more