2004
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 30min |
| An entertaining parody of the increasingly sophisticated acrobatic feats that Tunisians are forced to perform to obtain an entry visa to France. The latest imaginary law on immigration imposes a new test to pass: a dictation in French. The visa is obtained only if there are no mistakes. For poor Rachid this is the start of a forced immersion in the French language: programmes on French culture, music by Trenet and "nouvelle cuisine"... |
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- Written by: Ibrahim Letaief
- Cast: Jamal Madani, Jamila Chihi, Lotfi Dziri
- Camera: Sofiéne El-Fani
- Sound: Yves Lévesque
- Editor: Nadia Ben Rachid
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1999
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 17min
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Am Salah, "Mister Average", is victim of a tasteless joke organized by a crew from the Tunisian television’s "candid camera". When this episode has been shown on TV, people make fun of him in the street and his life becomes such hell that he has to disguise himself to avoid being recognized. But one day, he is invited to the set of the program - and he turns the tables against the producers by telling the television pranksters a few uncomfortable home truths. |
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- Production: Long et Court
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2004
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 13min
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| It’s time for 28 year-old Samy to think about marriage. His mother really wishes to see him settle down. His love for her encourages him to try and fulfil her desire. He decides to proceed to a casting among his friends and relatives to find a wife. |
- Production: Long et Court
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2005
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 13min
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A beautifully shot, largely silent account of a 30-year old girl named Farah, who, attempting to rid herself of attachment to a failed relationship - throws away a box of snapshots. In the course of this painfully difficult process, she is seen responding to a phonecall from another man – a man apparently keen on her affection. Cut to the girl and this man's married life: while he is phoning her from work, she is looking through the wardrobe, where – lo and behold – she discovers a box of snapshots very similar to her own, a relic of her husband's own premarital love life. |
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- Production: Long et Court
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Tunisia
Documentary / Color / 7min / Video
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An ill-fated woman is forced to take on difficult work to survive. |
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2004
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 14min
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| Set in Tunisia in the 1970s, Almost a Dream is a haunting allegory of violence and repression. A twelve-year old boy is thrown out of boarding school and gets caught up in a police hunt for a labor activist. His vulnerability on the streets echoes the anxieties and fears that marked that era in Tunisia. |
- Cast: Med Jebali, Jamal Madani
- Writer: Khaled Barsaoui
- Producer: West Side Movie
- Cinematographer: Mohamed Maghraoui
- Editor: Arbi Ben Ali
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2004
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 10min
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| A man in a grey suit has an appointment with a man called Hamda. But in fact, the man in grey suits is Hamda. |
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- Production: Long et Court
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Romantisme : deux comprimes matin et soir |
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2004
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 18min
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Meryem and Walid, two unmarried young people, meet in a movie theatre. In the dark and without seeing each other, a few words exchanged trigger their imagination into creating idealised images of each other. |
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- Production: Nomadis Images
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1986
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 20min
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In spite of its reputation for swallowing virgins, the Turkish baths, Hamman D'hab, continues to operate and is popular with women. Located in the popular quarter of Bab Souka in Tunis, the baths are said to have been built on the very spot where the ground opened up one day to swallow a beautiful, young creature, leaving visible only her splendid mane of hair. |
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- Writer: Hamadi Abbassi
- Camera: Ahmed Bennys
- Editor: Moufida Tlatli
- Cast: Chadia Azzouz, Hamadi Zarrouk, René Brillant
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2004
Tunisia
Color / VHS / 34min / Documentary
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| "For as long as I can remember, on the occasion of the Islamic New Year’s day, my father never failed to bring home a number of sugar figurines…I was always fascinated by them, and very curious about the origins of this tradition exclusively kept in the town of Nabeul, but was never able to find satisfactory answers to my questions on the subject.” |
- Production: Amilcar Films
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2001
Tunisia
Color / DVD / 26min
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| Saida is an old lady in the village who is called upon at marriage occasions, weather it is a family arranged marriage or not to prepare the bride for the wedding. Mariam, the bride, refuses Saida’s help. She is scared to cross the line and get married. She reminds Saida of her own wedding getting married to a man twice her age. A special relationship grows between the two women. |
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- Editing: Nadia Ben Rachid
- Starring: Hend Sabri, Baya Zarouk, Wassila Baccar, Ayla Azzouz, Behija Haouass
- Production: Nomadis Images
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2004
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 28min
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Mouna, a 22 year-old girl, works for a private bus company. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she discovers that he has failed to gain entry into Italy. Furious, she decides to look for him. |
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- Production: CTV Services 7
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2003
Tunisia
Color / VHS / 24min / Documentary
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On the outskirts of Tunis, a community reside in the Jallez cemetary. Afraid to venture into the city, the people choose rather to remain on the borders. |
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2005
Tunisia
Color / 35mm / 20min
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| A sculptor moves to a new residence and insists on taking an oversized bed with him. Although its size doesn't fit in with the new place, it is all he has as a souvenier reminder of his family and childhood. |
- Production: Rives Productions
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2005
Tunisia
Color / Video / 23min
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| The relationship between man and dogs is the subject of this short film. |
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2005
Tunisia
Color / DV-Cam / 5min
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| If you are seeking for the soul, then you are a soul. If you are seeking for bread then you are bread. |
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