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January 2009, suburbs of Tunis. Four friends spend all their days in a neighbor pub. Football games first, then war images broadcasted by the little TV screen capture their attention and fill their boredom, indifferently.
During a clandestine tour in Italy, an interview between an immigrant and two journalists takes an unexpected turn. The disclosed events prove to be dreadful.
They built her world. They defined her dreams. Now, she's breaking free. "Half" is a visceral exploration of teenage emancipation, where a young girl shatters the rigid confines of her upbringing, only to discover a seductive darkness lurking beyond. "Half" is a captivating journey into teenage self-discovery, where freedom's embrace is as intoxicating as its potential for destruction.
A stranger abandons human life to journey into the barren wilderness and experience its exodus. We identify with his thoughts, which reveal vanished worlds. “My flowing tears transformed into an apocalyptic flood,” says the stranger.
Ali Raïs is a pirate armed by the Bey of Tunis. In the year 124, his fleet was arrested by the Marquis of Santa Cruz and he found himself a prisoner, with his six hundred men in Palermo. Italian witnesses will recognize him and denounce him to the Inquisition as a renegade, an indictment which is liable to the stake. Ali seeks to influence the course of the trial, he denies ever having been a Christian and proclaims himself a Muslim, the son of a Muslim. A long game of failure takes place between the court and the prisoner, he alternately tries to speed up or slow down the course of the trial depending on the nature of the information and testimony available to the inquisitors. We believe we are witnessing a modern trial where the shots alternate according to the investigations. This story of Ali Raïs was however not invented, the character is real and all the facts are recorded in a handwritten account of the hearings of the court of the inquisition.
In December 2010, the people of Tunisia, frustrated by unemployment, economic instability, government corruption, and a steady erosion of individual rights, began widespread protests against president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had been the nation's leader since taking office in a coup d'etat in 1987. By the end of January 2011, Ben Ali had been swept from office, and a new democratic government had been voted in. Filmmaker Mourad Ben Cheikh followed the revolution as it took place, and this documentary was the first film to reach theaters on Ben Ali's overthrow and the uprising that brought new leadership to Tunisia. The film features newsreel footage of the demonstrations, interviews with a number of the key players in the movement, contributions from Tunisians of all walks of life on the abuses of the old regime and their hopes for the future, and a look at an artist creating a collage that will tell the story of this key event in the Arab Spring of 2011.
After waking up in an unfamiliar place, a person looks for a way to recharge their phone.
Meriem, in her thirties, an ethnocentric woman, decides to treat herself to a vacation. She finds the body of a Sub-Saharan African man drowned in front of her balcony. No one bothered to offer him any help. Upon discovering the victim's identity, Meriem has to make a decision.
Documentary explores the disciples and the brotherhood of the Issaouia of Tunis, shedding light on the profound Sufi passion and devotion.
A story of a dream that turned into a nightmare, the description of a democratic effervescence that has turned to theocratic regression.
DR. HAFNAOUI is a medical examiner who falsifies autopsy records every time he is ordered to do so by an organization whose power is extended. One day, by chance, the code received relates to a person so close to him. Surprise, astonishment, emotions, the discovery of the body which is in his hands pushes him to question!. What a life? What future? What values? What destiny. TO FOLLOW because destiny is sometimes a fatality.
Tunis, January 14, 2011: A wedding ceremony is being organized in a working-class neighborhood of the capital. But the political and ideological tensions between the two families cause the celebration to descend into violence.
Angel, who works as a restroom attendant, makes us experience—through her perspective and behavior—the various discriminatory and humiliating situations she endures on a daily basis.
Here is an action film delivered without effects. Here is an adventure that unfolds in real, tangible settings. Hôroub is a fictional story told through a descriptive camera that simply follows the characters in their wandering.
A fictional story about the meaning of devotion and selflessness of a family towards their mother in her final days of life.
Ounayes, a masseur, works in the neighborhood's bain-maure. Without being able to count on the funeral washer, the neighbors are obliged to call on him to wash a "dead person". He reluctantly agrees but does the work in his own way.
Ons refuses to attend her own wedding with Halim, her husband to be, experiences this as a great injustice and shame. He locks himself in his house a few days then decides to abandon his social life to join a group of marginalized. Punished and locked up by her parents, they managed to escape to roam the city. Halim and Ons find themselves in this life of wandering.
Restored in 4K by Gaumont Pathé Archive in 2025 from a nitrate copy
For centuries Tunisia was the leading producer of Mediterranean commercial sponge, which was one of the country’s most important export goods. When, in 1911, Albert Samama Chikli travelled to Libya to film the Italian-Turkish war from behind the Ottoman front, he shot on his way footage for several films that he later sold to Gaumont. In Zarzis, a peninsula south of Djerba in the Gulf of Gabès he documented the traditional sponge industry, from the diving to the sales negotiations on the market. Sponges! Where have you gone? You were the divinities of our childhood bathrooms, you were in every house. We were washed with sponges and played endlessly with them, marvelling at their marvelous capacity to hold so much water and to release it when pressed. –Mariann Lewinsky
Between 1992 and 1993, in the midst of the Algerian civil war, a group of women from the Maghreb met in Tunisia to discuss their political commitment and their stance on violence.
In Mahdia, Tunisia, Maram embarks on an intimate journey through the ancestral customs that have shaped her life, exploring matrimonial traditions, and highlighting the Henna, where the bewitching songs of the Machtat resound. Tracing her childhood memories, guided by Latifa and Habiba, two prominent Machtat, she uncovers the maternal essence of tradition, where the bond between mother and bride is at the heart of these intimate celebrations.
This film raises a cry of alarm against the plan to destroy the Municipal Theater of Tunis, a neoclassical building built at the beginning of the 20th century. In this film, Kalthoum Bornaz recreates selected scenes from the history of this historical theater. Therefore, having the opportunity to save one of the gems of Tunisia's heritage, which represents an architectural memory of the colonial era that marked the physical and ideological landscape of Tunisia.
A young man wanders between the walls and monuments of his city, looking for a refuge while the world succumbs to a pandemic: the Covid19. In this deserted city that is Monastir in Tunisia, we witness a beautiful story linking the young man to an old forgotten island: "the island of Quarantine".
Despite the natural difficulties, the inhabitants of "chareb" no longer hesitate to work in their deserted land.
An unemployed man, overconfident in himself, falls into the trap of jealousy...
In life we sometimes find ourselves with our backs to the wall...
It is a journey into the cultural life of Menzel Bourguiba in the past through memories and ruins. Young filmmakers are trying to reopen Olympia, a room closed for three decades.
How can a yoga be disturbed?
A gang of students pulls an elaborate scam to make some money until they find themselves caught in their own gimmick.
The image of an ageless black woman, who is called Oummi Fatma or Myriam or Selma, is engraved forever on the memory of every inhabitant of Zarzis, our small native town located in the south-east of Tunisia. This fantastic matchmaker of all work is indispensable because she is fully in charge of the complex ritual of the wedding ceremony and facilitates the bride and groom's difficult transition to married life. Oummi Fatma is one of the last women of her generation who still goes through this ritual whose secrets she alone knows and which a brutal modernization threatens to end forever.
Slim Ben Fredj is a young man selling postcards to tourists in Kairouan. Frustrated and suffering in his wretched and miserable home, he spends most of his time wandering near hotels that are inaccessible to him and gazing at gorgeous women he will never be able to have.
Massoud has spent all of his life running, trying to make something of himself. However, nothing seems to work out. No matter how hard he runs, life gives him nothing in return. After chasing things that lead nowhere, he finally finds what he is meant to do.
Two countries, eight hundred and ninety kilometers apart, with different civilizations, and a troubled girl is looking for her long lost father from Tunisia to China. It's all about a mysterious and splendid dream, a conviction that a girl would give whatever she'd get, and a journey full of charms and suspense.
We invite you to discover the artistic Queer Tunisian scene through generations.
A gang of students pulls an elaborate scam to make some money until they find themselves caught in their own gimmick.
The image of an ageless black woman, who is called Oummi Fatma or Myriam or Selma, is engraved forever on the memory of every inhabitant of Zarzis, our small native town located in the south-east of Tunisia. This fantastic matchmaker of all work is indispensable because she is fully in charge of the complex ritual of the wedding ceremony and facilitates the bride and groom's difficult transition to married life. Oummi Fatma is one of the last women of her generation who still goes through this ritual whose secrets she alone knows and which a brutal modernization threatens to end forever.
In southeastern Tunisia, Salem and Halima spend months waiting for news of their son Ahmed, who has been smuggled overseas to Italy.
Ons refuses to attend her own wedding with Halim, her husband to be, experiences this as a great injustice and shame. He locks himself in his house a few days then decides to abandon his social life to join a group of marginalized. Punished and locked up by her parents, they managed to escape to roam the city. Halim and Ons find themselves in this life of wandering.
On a road trip, Ahmed a train conductor is torn between his loyalty to the old Tunisian railway company and his personal aspirations, while Fitati, his colleague, chooses to become a whistleblower on train accidents.
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Often it is easier said than done...
A building guard in one of the neighborhoods of the capital Tunis recalls memories of his youth and the political events that led him to commit acts he regrets in his old age, and his fears of repeating them in light of the events that befell Tunisia after the revolution.
Directed by Abdelaziz Hassine.
In December 2010, the people of Tunisia, frustrated by unemployment, economic instability, government corruption, and a steady erosion of individual rights, began widespread protests against president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had been the nation's leader since taking office in a coup d'etat in 1987. By the end of January 2011, Ben Ali had been swept from office, and a new democratic government had been voted in. Filmmaker Mourad Ben Cheikh followed the revolution as it took place, and this documentary was the first film to reach theaters on Ben Ali's overthrow and the uprising that brought new leadership to Tunisia. The film features newsreel footage of the demonstrations, interviews with a number of the key players in the movement, contributions from Tunisians of all walks of life on the abuses of the old regime and their hopes for the future, and a look at an artist creating a collage that will tell the story of this key event in the Arab Spring of 2011.
The story is set in Douz, a town in south-western Tunisia. Once a key route for sub-Saharan trade, it served the vast Eastern Erg and linked the Tunisian Sahara with that of Algeria, Libya, Niger and Egypt. The film tells the story of the M’Razig, the inhabitants of Douz—once nomads, now semi-sedentary—who find meaning in their lives through a thirst for life and a quest for eternity.
The olive tree is the eternal symbol of a fortified city and a witness to a glorious past rich in customs and traditions dating back to the 8th century BC. This blessed tree has played a crucial role socially, economically, and culturally. A role that we are not fully aware of.
A war between two tribes takes a different turn when two soldiers from opposing sides get stuck together.
Salima, 15, accidentally discovers that she is intersex. A young ballerina, she escapes into an imaginary world where the Buraq — a mythical creature — becomes her guide. Together, they travel through a parallel universe in search of a buried truth: her identity, and the essence of who she is.
A fictional story about the meaning of devotion and selflessness of a family towards their mother in her final days of life.
Ounayes, a masseur, works in the neighborhood's bain-maure. Without being able to count on the funeral washer, the neighbors are obliged to call on him to wash a "dead person". He reluctantly agrees but does the work in his own way.
Layla has a fierce journey before landing in the same city where Ettore lives. Ettore, decades earlier, had an unforgettable passage to escape war. Since then, Layla and Ettore's undead bodies cruise the city every night in search of food. Their meeting will reveal similar memories, fears, tenderness, and a desire to eternalise the youth that was stolen from them.
Documentary short film restored in 2025 by Cineteca di Bologna from a nitrate copy preserved by EYE filmmuseum.
In the ruthless streets of Tunis, Komba is a man involved in child trafficking. He is torn between the bait of gain and his role of the "protective father" that binds him to these children.