Tunisia | Documentary Feature Films | 2016 - 2020
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- DirectorHamza OuniStarsMehrez TaherThe film documents 12 years in the life of Mehrez, a gifted dancer and actor from Mohamedia, Tunisia, who struggles with his addiction to gambling and betting on horse races.
- DirectorAbed Aziz HafadaouiTraces the life of one of the most important symbols of armed resistance in Tunisia. A story that began in the mines of El Mdhilla, where he became aware of the suffering of workers and the discrimination they suffer from the French.
- DirectorFarah KhadharStarsSadika KeskesPortrait of the Tunisian plastic artist Sadika Keskes. The co-designer - with Houda Gorbel - of the artistic movement L'Emouvance des Emouvants which was born during Dak'art 2018, Senegal.
- DirectorHédia Ben AïchaThe olive tree is an evidence of an immense history and different customs that date back to the 8th century BC, this blessed tree played an important role in social, economic and cultural terms, a role in which we did not have enough consciousness..
- DirectorRidha TliliCovers the various issues related to water deprivation in the different rural regions of Tunisia.
- DirectorSami TliliStarsBéji Caïd EssebsiHabib BourguibaA throwback to Habib Bourguiba's presidency era in 1978, focusing on the failed strike insurrection by the Union in parallel with a very memorable sport event, the qualification of the Tunisian National Team to the World Cup in Argentina.
- DirectorWided ZoghlamiStarsWided ZoghlamiFollowing the course of three Tunisian musicians as well as her own artistic career, the Director highlights the creative process and the impact it may have on everyone's life.
- DirectorMohamed Jamel NefziA tribute to the history of the educational institution in Tunisia, true stories, memories, unpublished photos and documents from the national archive of Tunisia telling the journey of former teachers and students...AL ALAOUIA duty and obligation.
- DirectorMarwen TrabelsiStarsAli IssaAlif Issa is a Tunisian anarchist painter, multidisciplinary visual artist, he is 81 years old. Skinny and small, he hides his eyes behind the glasses and leans on his red wooden skin to balance his progress. He often wears costumes made by his own care, Ali Issa spends his days, painting portraits, landscapes, recovering objects, gleaned everywhere, to install them in his installations. He always looks at his old coils and slides that he wants to restore. In his lonely solitude, he surrounded himself with domestic animals: a ball and a rooster are installed in his garden, a cat and a dog live with him, as if to isolate his son. Ali Issa shares his meals with them, he talks to them, confides in them.
- DirectorMahmoud JemniA powerful indictment against racism, through the eyes of strong characters, moving, convincing. A hot topic of the day, first discussed in Tunisia.
- DirectorMounir BaazizThe film investigates the fate of an endangered inheritance and reconstructs whole areas of the experience of a mythical photographer who bequeathed us a heritage that breaks down day by day and dies in indifference.
- DirectorFatma RiahiA personal portrait of a broken Tunisian-Bosnian family. Exprisoner and ex-jihadist Tawfik has been left alone to take care of his three teenage daughters.
- DirectorErige SehiriOn 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.
- DirectorChiraz BouzidiStarsHamma RaiunaMohammad Raiuna lives in Redayef and runs a Stambeli group of children under twenty who live in difficult social conditions. They start to work at festivals and other events but when Mohammad goes to prison and then falls sick, everything changes.
- DirectorNasreddine ShiliStarsNasreddine ShiliIn the district of Bab Jdid on the capital Tunis of Tunisia a Muslim country, two marginal young men Rzouga and Fanta squat an old Hamam and live a story between romance, drugs and violence. Rzouga who was able to improve big care about Fanta but also very big violence against his thin partner. However, Rzouga decides to leave Fanta but he desists after discovering the illness of his partner (hepatitis C) when he started to vomit blood. Then, they decide to make Fanta stop consuming the Subutex drug little by little. Later , The camera will follow them while they are doing a trip on a seaside city with another companion. It will show their pain caused by their alcoholism and Fanta's drug dependency, their big bloody fights where Fanta sustain a sadistic violence of Rzouga but there is also some light moment of joy and relaxation on the sea . By their return to Bab Jdid, Fanta success to stop consuming the drug but then Rzouga is arrested following a fight he had with his neighborhood about a fire who have happened on the parcel of space where they were squatting . seventeen days later with the camera following a frightened crying Fanta about the situation of his friend , Rzouga is liberated . The camera shows in a final scene of a big fight between the two men , Fanta felt again to drug dependency and he is asking violently Rzouga to inject him with a dose of subutex who is refusing to do it at that moment and seeming to be upset about that. he was even asking the cameraman Nasreddine in vain.
- DirectorHiba DhaouadiLamia, Aya and Siham suffer from the rare disease called ''Xeroderma Pigmentosum'', the film shows their monotonous daily lives, how each accepts their illness differently, and how each has chosen to challenge reality.
- DirectorWissem TliliA biography about the Reformist Kheireddine Ettounsi, who is considered as one of the most important pillars of reform in Tunisia and in the Arab and Islamic world during the 19th century.
- DirectorAhmed JemaiOn a sidewalk in downtown Antananarivo lives a community of women charcoal burners. They are accused of dirtying the city, discriminated against, constantly threatened with expulsion, but they keep up their fight to live lives of dignity. They are the only people who supply the charcoal so vital for the Malagasies' daily needs.
- DirectorHajer NefziGhzela is seventy years old and comes from Kef, both exuberant and a Sufi, he follows his own path freely, unconstrained by taboos or social dogmas. His heart throbs with love and spirituality but his rebellious body craves dance and music.
- DirectorClaire BelhassineStarsFerid BelhassineNaoufel BelhassineLotfi BouchnakAn amazing story of love and family, celebrity and music. A portrait of Hedi Jouini, the godfather of Tunisian music.
- DirectorHichem Ben AmmarStarsHabib BourguibaHabib Bourguiba's return from exile on 1 June 1955 was marked by an unprecedented popular welcome. His horse race between the port of La Goulette and Tunis was a memorable event. The equestrian statue, made in 1978, came to immortalize this triumphant image. By erecting this historic moment into myth, Habib Bourguiba wanted to legitimize the presidency for life.
- DirectorNada Mezni HafaiedhNada Mezni Hafaiedh's Upon the Shadow follows the life of former Femen member Amina Sboui and the community of LGBTQ friends she houses in her Tunisian home. Offering unparalleled insight into life following the Arab spring, social persecution, and political struggle, from a queer perspective. Dive into the stories of Amina's strong and enchanting group of LGBTQ loves and comrades: Sandra, Ramy, Ayoub and Atef, as they bond and build queer community against a backdrop of global trauma and struggle.
- DirectorSarra Ben HmidaFocusing on homosexuality within the Tunisian society, this documentary brings three stories of LGBT couples, who decided to take up the challenge of revealing their identities and their sexual tendencies to the camera.
- DirectorHabib AyebThe documentary focuses on the political, social, economical and ecological conditions of cereal and demonstrates how the food question is in fact at the heart of the issue of individual and collective human dignity as well as Tunisian's local and national food independence and sovereignty.
- DirectorOns KamounA teacher from Tunis is appointed to teach in the south of the country. Against all odds, she is hardly trying to produce her student's films. This experience of desert crossing is an initiation that transforms the will to fight in a desire to be.