Tag: Tunisian Cinema
The Voice of Hind Rajab | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
In a Child’s Name: Ben Hania’s Grueling Portrait of Genocide
It’s the responsibility of artists to use their platforms as a mechanism to speak truth...
Aisha Can’t Fly Away | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
Buliana Simon Shines In Gritty Immigrant Story That Struggles To Take Flight
As the opening credits reveal, Aisha Can’t Fly was developed with the support...
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...
