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FeaturesKaouther Ben Hania talks filming ‘Mimesis’ during ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ festival, awards run
“We had to shoot in September, otherwise we had to give back some funds,” says the director.
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NewsFilm Clinic and Front Row team for Omar Hilal’s ‘His Weakest Creatures’ starring Ahmed Helmy and Hend Sabry
Hilal previously directed Voy! Voy! Voy!, Egypt’s submission to the Academy Awards
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Reviews‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ review: Kaouther Ben Hania revisits 2024 death of a six-year-old in Gaza
Wrenching Venice competition title blends documentary and drama, and uses real-life emergency services recordings
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NewsKaouther Ben Hania talks high-profile EPs, ethical concerns in ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’
“When you amplify the voice of Palestinians, you are accused of being exploitative,” said Ben Hania.
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NewsTunisia selects Venice premiere ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ as Oscar submission
Kaouther Ben Hania’s drama is set to world premiere at Venice.
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NewsPalestine’s ‘All That’s Left of You’ scoops top prize at Malaysia film festival
The festival also saw the launch of ASEAN On Screen industry programme.
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NewsTerrorism drama ‘Red Path’ takes top awards at Red Sea film festival 2024
Further winners included ‘To A Land Unknown’, ‘Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo’ and ‘Snow White’.
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NewsTunisia's Dhafer L’Abidine wraps ‘Sophia’ with cast including Jessica Brown Findlay (exclusive)
L’Abidine wrote, directed and also stars in drama about cultural crossover between the Middle East and the west
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NewsKaouther Ben Hania, Maryam Touzani projects among 24 backed by Eurimages
16 of the 24 projects funded are to be directed or co-directed by women, representing over 75% of the total funding awarded.
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Reviews‘Red Path’: Thessaloniki Review
A Tunisian teenager encounters violent extremism in this drama based on the 2015 killing of Mabrouk Soltani
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Reviews‘Aicha’: Venice Review
Mehdi M. Barsaoui directs Fatma Sfar in an electric performance as a Tunisian woman on an unexpected journey of reinvention
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FeaturesWhy ‘Four Daughters’ director chose to blend documentary and fiction
Oscar-nominated for best documentary feature, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters is based on a “spectacular and shocking” case of two missing girls. The Tunisian filmmaker talks about taking inspiration from fiction for her latest true-life story.
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Reviews‘Who Do I Belong To’: Berlin Review
A Tunisian mother struggles to cope when her jihadist son returns from Syria
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NewsMPM Premium boards Lotfi Achour’s Tunisian drama ‘Red Path’ (exclusive)
Film was showcased as a work-in-progress at Red Sea Film Festival.
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FeaturesErige Sehiri reveals details of ‘Marie & Jolie’, her anticipated follow-up to ‘Under The Fig Trees’
“Visibility allows you to be heard more and sooner for the next film, but funding is just as difficult,” says the Tunisian director.
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Reviews‘Behind The Mountains’: Venice Review
A Tunisian man becomes convinced he can fly in Mohamed Ben Attia’s intriguing third feature
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Reviews‘Four Daughters’: Cannes Review
Kaouther Ben Hania enters Cannes Competition with a hybrid documentary portrait of a Tunisian mother and her daughters
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News‘The Blue Caftan’ leads nominations in Critics Awards for Arab Films
Three categories have been added to this year’s awards.
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FeaturesIn conversation: ‘The Blue Caftan’, ‘Under The Fig Trees’ directors talk tradition vs modernity and Oscar campaigns
The directors of The Blue Caftan and Under The Fig Trees — Morocco and Tunisia’s entries to this year’s Oscars — discuss how the collision of tradition and modernity in their work reflects a region in transition.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2022: Adam Bessa, actor (Tunisia)
Bessa won this year’s Cannes Un Certain Regard best performance award for ‘Harka’.