Tag: Tunisian Cinema

Agora | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review

The Dead Don’t Die: Slim Sets Adrift in Tedious Metaphors For his third feature film, Agora, Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim continues in the realm...

Who Do I Belong To | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Return of the Soldier: Joobeur Explores Ghosts of War Matriarchs confronted by their radicalized children have slowly and painstaking formed a cinematic subgenre of...

Under the Fig Trees | Review

Figment of their Imagination: Sehiri’s Baskets Filled with Hope, Humor and Harsh Truths There is a lot more behind the scenes drama that goes into...

The Key to My Art: Kaouther Ben Hania to Direct “Tu ne feras point d’images” in 2024

After premiering her Les Filles d’Olfa aka Four Daughters (which was nabbed by the Kino Lorber folks) in the Palme d'Or competition this past...

Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation | Review

Death in the Garden: Chebbi Debuts Eerie, Nuanced Murder Mystery In a supremely frightening sense, the events transpiring in Ashkal (which means ‘shapes’ in Arabic) recalls...

Film Movement Shares a Ride with Erige Sehiri’s “Under The Fig Trees”

A small gem from this year's Director’s Fortnight has been gaining a lot of traction with film festival wins, certification as Tunisia’s Oscar submission...

Beauty and the Dogs | Review

Body Talk: Ben Hania’s Troubled and Troubling Portrait of Sexual Assaul Perfectly encapsulating, perhaps to the heights of exaggeration and exploitation, why victims of sexual...

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Hysteria | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Burn After Filming: Büyükatalay Explores Colliding Perspectives in Nuanced...

Ari | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Murmur of the Heart: Serraille Conquers Indifference Through Sincerity With...