Films A-Z
Tunisia
Tunisian cinema: straddling Egypt and France
In 2021, The Man Who Sold His Skin became the first film from Tunisia to be nominated in the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars. Kaouther Ben Hania, the film's director, is part of a generation of filmmakers who have carved out new thematic spaces in Tunisian cinema in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Walter Ruggle analyses the special position of the country's small film industry.
For many decades, the film and entertainme…
A peine j'ouvre les yeux
Leyla Bouzid
Tunisia, 2015
Tunisia
2015
102 min.
DVD, Blu-ray, DCP
CH, DE, AT
Arabisch/d/f
Set on the eve of Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, the first feature from director Leyla Bouzid follows ...
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Bab'Aziz - Le prince qui contemplait son âme
Nacer Khemir
Tunisia, 2005
Tunisia
2005
99 min.
35mm, DVD, Blu-ray, DCP
CH, AT, DE
Farsi, Arabisch/d/f
A visual poem of incomparable beauty, this masterpiece from director Nacer Khemir (Wanderers of the ...
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Die Tunisreise - Le voyage Ă Tunis
Bruno Moll
Tunisia, 2007
Tunisia
2007
76 min.
DVD
CH, DE
Französisch, Deutsch
A very special journey:
In 1914 Paul Klee visited the South of Tunis. More than 90 years later, the ...
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La Belle et la Meute
Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisia, 2017
Tunisia
2017
100 min.
Blu-ray, DCP
CH
Arabisch/d/f oder i
During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with ...
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La saison des hommes - Maussim al-riyal
Moufida Tlatli
Tunisia, 2000
Tunisia
2000
35mm, DVD
CH
Arabisch, Französisch/d/f
Atmospheric drama about a young wife who must bear her husband a child if she ever wishes to escape ...
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Le challat de Tunis
Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisia, 2014
Tunisia
2014
90 min.
Blu-ray, DCP
CH
Arabisch/d/f
Tunisia, before the revolution. A man on a motorbike, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets of ...
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Le collier perdu de la colombe - Tawk al hamama al mafkoud
Nacer Khemir
Tunisia, 1991
Tunisia
1991
88 min.
35mm, DVD, DCP
CH, AT, DE
Arabisch/d/f
The fairy tale "the dove's lost necklace" by Nacer Khemir tells the story of Hassan, a young man who ...
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Les baliseurs du désert
Nacer Khemir
Tunisia, 1984
Tunisia
1984
95 min.
35mm, DVD, DCP
CH, DE, AT
Arabisch/d + f + e
It is in a village lost at the bottom of the desert, a young teacher was named, to teach, but there ...
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Les Filles d’Olfa
Kaouther Ben Hania
Tunisia, 2023
Tunisia
2023
107 min.
Blu-ray, DCP
CH, LIE
Arabisch/d/f
The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of 4 daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. ...
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Looking for Muhyiddin
Nacer Khemir
Tunisia, 2014
Tunisia
2014
183 min.
DCP, Blu-Ray
worldwide
Arabic
A man returns home to Tunisia to bury his mother. After the burial, his father gives him an “amana” ...
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Poupées d'argile - Araïs al-Teïn
Nouri Bouzid
Tunisia, 2003
Tunisia
2003
100 min.
35mm, DVD
CH, AT
Arabisch/d/f
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