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Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian director of Le Challat de Tunis (2013), Zaineb n’aime pas la neige (2016) and La Belle et la Meute (2017) is preparing a new feature film, L’Homme qui a vendu sa peau (The Man Who Sold His Skin). His crew travelled between locations in Tunisia, Belgium and the south of France. …
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In a statement on January 17th the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs announced the new heads of three cultural institutions. Among them, Sonia Chamkhi as director of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image. An off-shoot of the Ministry of Culture, the CNCI was created in 2012 to bring together all the different film …
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The cultural and cinematographic sectors of the Tunisian economy are doing better and better. Between 2014 and the last quarter of 2019, the culture budget has almost doubled, to the benefit of the film industry. Over three years the CNCI has distributed €4,209,084 (13.2 million dinars) to 150 films in production. Tunisian-French co-productions have been …
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The second Mediterranean Festival of First Documentaries will be held in Tunis between December 25 th and 28 th . Organized by the Association du Cinéma Documentaire Tunisien, the festival aims to show-case talented young film-makers from the Mediterranean region by screening twenty-four documentaries from thirteen countries, all available free during the three-day festival. With …
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On October 8th the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Télévision Tunisienne signed an agreement at the Cité de la Culture (Tunis) to strengthen their artistic and cultural partnership. The agreement is for making television programmes, in particular using creative younger Tunisians. This use of young talent will apply to every aspect of film-making, but the …
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On Tuesday September 17th the Tunisian Cinematheque launched its new season, which includes an exhibition of the work of director of photography Youssef Ben Youssef, who died in December 2018. This posthumous tribute will continue until November 10th. Mohamed Zine Elabidine, Minister of Tunisian Cultural Affairs, was present at the opening. Film professionals and personalities, …
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This year Tunisia is the guest of honour of the 9th International Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF) in Sweden. The country will also be represented by three film projects selected for the funding programmes of the MAAF Market Forum, which is held in parallel with the Festival from October 5th to 8th 2019. 22 film …
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